Ludhiana, Aug. 7 -- Joypreet Singh Sidhu, 18, a Ludhiana Basketball Academy groomed player, has been selected for the Indian team for the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026, becoming the only player from Punjab to make the final squad.

The tournament will be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad from August 13 to 23.

Joypreet, originally from Bathinda, is a first-year BA student at Arya College and an alumnus of KL Memorial School in Ludhiana. He is currently attending the national coaching camp in Ahmedabad, which began on July 3 and will continue till August 10. After training for a year in Bathinda, he shifted to Ludhiana nearly five years ago to join the Ludhiana Basketball Academy, where he has been honing his skills under exp...