Rajasthan defeated Telangana 81-50 in the boys’ upper pool at the 41st Youth National Basketball Championship in Pune. Kerala’s girls entered the quarterfinals unbeaten, while Chandigarh and Haryana teams advanced in the girls’ qualifying knockout matches
Published Date – 31 October 2026, 08:19 PM
Hyderabad: Rajasthan defeated Telangana 81-50 in the boys’ upper pool league match of the 41st Youth National Basketball Championship here on Saturday.
While Kerala’s girls maintained their unbeaten record to storm into the quarterfinals, their boys’ team suffered an 83-45 defeat against Madhya Pradesh.
In the qualifying knockout matches of the lower pool, Chandigarh and Haryana registered victories in the girls’ category to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
In the boys’ qualifying knockout matches, Chandigarh rode on the joint efforts of Yashender (22) and Mukund Khoiwal (20) to beat Karnataka 87-53 and enter the pre-quarterfinals.
The scores:
Girls
League – Upper Pool:
Kerala 71 (Subhadara Jayakumar 17, Brisa Binu 12, Akshara K 10) bt Madhya Pradesh 50 (Divyanshi Sharma 19).
Delhi 62 (Myrah Babbar 18, Diya Sehrawat 12) bt Uttar Pradesh 60 (Sadhana Chauhan 22) 62-60 (13-11, 18-16, 21-9, 10-24).
Qualifying knockout:
Chandigarh 84 (Khushi Choudhary 18) bt Puducherry 37 (Sona Sri 6).
Haryana 68 (Kanika 17) bt Jharkhand 18 (Igyasa Lakra 6).
Boys
League – Upper Pool:
Madhya Pradesh 83 (Prashant Singh 26) bt Kerala 45 (S R Niranjan 10).
Rajasthan 81 (Abhishek Choudhary 22) bt Telangana 50 (Advay Khator 13).
Qualifying knockout:
Chandigarh 87 (Yashender 22, Mukund Khoiwal 20) bt Karnataka 53 (K S Achyuthkumar 13).
Uttarakhand 67 (Aman Khan 25) bt Chhattisgarh 63 (Mohammad Ruhan Ahmed 20) (20-9, 13-17, 10-16, 24-21).
