Akilan Pari

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Akilan Pari
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Akilan Pari with Income Tax in 2015
Punjab Steelers
PositionPoint guard
LeagueUBA Pro Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 36)
NationalityIndian
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2017–presentPunjab Steelers
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Akilan Pari (born 20 July 1989) is an Indian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Punjab Steelers of India's UBA Pro Basketball League. [1]

Early career

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Pari already made a name for himself as a youth player. He captained Tamil Nadu's official state lineups for the U-13, U-16, and U-18 (junior) and senior men's level.[2]

Sprite Uncontainable Game

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During the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, Akilan Pari was selected to play at the Sprite Uncontainable Game, where he was coached by Omri Casspi and Serge Ibaka.[3]

As of 2018, he has been labelled as one of India's best basketball players[4] because of his passing and ball handling skills, and because of complicated engagement rules, missed a crucial playoff game against Lebanon, a game which India lost[5] because of his absence.[6]

National team career

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He is a member of India's national basketball team since 2014. As of 2018, he serves as team captain[7] of India's national basketball team.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ India - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.com, accessed 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ AKILAN PARI – LIVING HIS BASKETBALL DREAMS Archived 27 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Gopalakrishnan R, ekalavyas.com, accessed 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ The Sprite Uncontainable Game: Meet the Players from Estonia, India and Lithuania Archived 7 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Colleen Oakley, coca-colacompany.com, 4 February 2013. Accessed 7 April 2018.
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  6. ^ Engagement rules Akilan Pari out of India’s basketball World Cup qualifier, Ashim Sunam, The New INDIAN EXPRESS, 24 February 2018. Accessed 3 April 2018.
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  8. ^ TN squads for senior National basketball named, The Hindu, 14 January 2018. Accessed 7 April 2018.
  9. ^ 15th SSN Trophy Championship Concluded Successfully, Expressnews, 23 August 2017. Accessed 7 April 2018.
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