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Seven Rajasthan cagers including women's team captain Yashika Singhal and Udaipur's Anshuman Shekhawat to compete at World University Games in Germany

Jaipur: Seven cagers from Rajasthan including women's team captain Yashika Singhal will represent Indian University basketball team in the FISU World University Games 2025 to be held in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, from July 16 to 27. Besides Yashika Singhal, Sonal Mahala and Manvi Srivastava are part of the 12-member women's squad. There are as many as four Rajasthan players in the 12-member men's team, which will be led by Krishnapalsinh Gohil of Gujarat. Anshuman Shekhawat of Udaipur, Lokesh Kumar Sharma, Mohammed Ishan and Yash Vardhan Singh made it to the national varsity side on the basis of their exceptional skills. The women's team was trained by the former Indian team captain CV Sunny, while Dhyan Chand Awardee and former international Ram Kumar from Rajasthan guided the men's team. Both the Indian teams underwent a 15-day camp organised by Mahatma Gandhi University at the regional Sports Center, Kochi. The Indian basketball team played in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. After a long gap of 45 years, the Indian team is again going to play a world-level tournament. Representing Rajasthan University, the 24-year-old Anshuman Shekhawat participated in the National University Games held at the Patiala Punjabi University. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Esta nueva alarma con cámara es casi regalada en Penco (ver precio) Verisure Alarmas Undo On the basis of his excellent performance, he got a place in the Indian team. Anshuman is currently playing for the senior team of Rajasthan. He also represented Rajasthan in the National Games held in Uttarakhand. His father Mahendra Singh Shekhawat has also been a player of the Indian basketball team and is employed in the Railways in Udaipur. Women's India is in Group A along with Finland, Argentina, and Czechia, while the men's team is in Group B which also has USA, Romania, and Latvia.