MUMBAI: The original promoters of the defunct UBA Pro Basketball League, after a failed attempt to launch the Elite Pro Basketball League last year, have now announced a women’s 5X5 pro basketball league.
Elite Pro Basketball Pvt. Ltd, organisers of the proposed Elite Women’s Pro Basketball, have declared to IANS that tryouts for the league will be held from 17th to 20th March in Noida.
Post the tryouts, 72 athletes will make the cut in six teams, Sunny Bhandarkar, CEO of Elite Pro Basketball Pvt. Ltd, told the newswire.
Talking about the same, Bhandarkar said: “The tryouts will be held from the 17th to the 20th of March 2023 in Noida.
“Our aim is to elevate the game of basketball in India and create job opportunities for the youth in India. It’s unfortunate that the people who have been in charge of growing the sport never created such opportunities for basketball players.
“However, I am proud to be able to be the eye and ears of the US investors who believe in our country and have faith that India would be one day a gold medal winner in the Olympics. there is no reason why we can’t achieve this goal.”
