Ludhiana Academy Men and Amritsar Women emerge Champions in 72nd S. Pb State Basketball Championship 

Ludhiana, November 22, 2021: 72nd  Senior Punjab State Basketball Championship dedicated to the memory of Late Gurdial Singh Malhi, an Arjuna Awardi  in basketball (1968)  at village Gureh  which was played from 18th Nov to 21st Nov  concluded at the stadium in his name. In the finals Ludhiana Academy Men remained Punjab champions by beating Jalandhar Men (90-72) in a very interesting and lively match. While Amritsar women beat Ludhiana Academy women by 83-65.
Yurinder Singh Hayer (IPS) a former IG and a Sr. Vice president of PBA and Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu,SSP Jagraon jointly distributed prizes to the winners and other players in presence of Teja Singh Dhaliwal, Hon.Gen Sec.PBA.  Hayer praised the village’s local organizers  Avtar Singh Malhi, Birpal Singh, Balwinder Kaur(Sarpanch), Jathedar Jarnail Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Sohan Singh (former Sarpanch) and other youths who are popularizing the sports in the area. In an earlier match, M S Bhullar SSP Batala (VP-PBA) who also remained present gave a call to youth to adopt the game.
Teja Singh  Dhaliwal also disclosed that Basketball Federation of India has now launched its Indian National  Basketball League(INBL) league on the pattern of USA’s NBA leagues which will attract more youth to the game as they will be financially helped through the league system . He also said that PBA plans to train new coaches throughout the state.  
Brij Goyal and Richu Sharma   from District Basketball association Ludhiana said that they have plans to distribute 2000 basketballs and poles in village schools.