Hume High School, Mumbai's Danish Qureshi and St Joseph's Anglo Indian Secondary School, Chennai's Nishanti were crowned champions of the Jr NBA and Jr WNBA National Skills Challenge and earned an all-expense paid trip to the NBA headquarters in the US
Hume High School, Mumbai's Danish Qureshiu00a0 and St Joseph's Anglo Indian Secondary School, Chennai's Nishanti were crowned champions of theu00a0Jr NBA and Jr WNBA National Skills Challenge and earned an all-expense paid trip to the NBA headquarters in the US.
At the Indian Gymkhana basketball courts on Sunday evening, Qureshi and Nishanti exhibited their skills alongwithu00a0 50 other students in the 10-12 age group fromu00a0 Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune.
NBA star Brandon Jennings, who plays for Milwaukee Bucks, gave the students some useful tips on the game and demonstrated a few tricks too.
Indian women national basketball captain, Geethu Anna Jose, was also present to encourage the kids.
The winners will have the opportunity to train with an NBA coach, visit the NBA league headquarters and historic landmarks in New York.
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