India national basketball team
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| FIBA ranking | 53  8 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1936 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | ||
| National federation | Basketball Federation of India | ||
| Coach | Bhaskar Sappaniambalam | ||
| Nickname(s) | Young Cagers | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (1980) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA Asia Championship | |||
| Appearances | 24 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| South Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 | ||
| Medals |
 Silver: 2010
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The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.
A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 24 times and is placed in the top-5 in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won three gold medals and one silver medal at the South Asian Games. Team India celebrated its most recent title at the 2014 Lusofonia Games after they finished the tournament with a 4-0 record and beat Angola in the final.
Its most famous moment came at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup with the win against home favorites China men's national basketball team by 7 points. This win has been labelled as the "biggest basketball win in the nation's history."
India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. Khushi Ram who captained the Indian team stood as second best scorer at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship and even in 1967 and 1969 Asian Championship as well. In the following years, India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.
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