Jagdeep Singh Bains ( hi, जगदीप सिंह; born 10 January 1986) is an Indian professional
basketball
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player. Before playing for
Mumbai Challengers
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of the
UBA Pro Basketball League
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, he spent his first seven seasons with Punjab Police Jalandhar in the
Indian National Basketball Championship. Singh was dismissed from Punjab in 2012 and suffered a career-threatening injury. He returned to basketball in 2016, when he signed with the Challengers. He last played for Mumbai Stars in
Elite Pro Basketball League
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. Singh competed with the
India national basketball team
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at the
FIBA Asia Championship
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Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
. Singh has completed his degree of coaching from the
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
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History
Founded on 7 ...
in 2019.
Early life
Singh was born on 10 January 1986 in
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
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.
His father coached
athletics
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, and Jagdeep was a runner. Due to his exceptional height, he drew the attention of a local basketball coach in 2002. Singh joined the Rajasthan team in the following year, competing in school nationals.
He was soon noticed by coach Sankaran Subramanian, and he was invited to the prestigious Ludhiana Basketball Academy in
Ludhiana, Punjab
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.
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International career
Shortly after becoming a part of Ludhiana Basketball Academy early in his career, Singh joined the India junior national team. At age 19, he became a member of the senior team.[ Singh competed for India at both the ]FIBA Asia Championship 2007
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Participati ...
and FIBA Asia Championship 2009
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. He averaged 11.4 points per game at the 2007 tournament for the 15th placed Indians. In 2009, he averaged a team-leading 7.8 rebounds per game as the Indian team improved to a 13th-place finish.FIBA Archive
/ref> In both of India's victories, he was the game-leading rebounder, grabbing 10 against Indonesia
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and 15 against Uzbekistan
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.
References
External links
Jagdeep Singh
at Eurobasket.com
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Jagdeep Singh
at RealGM
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1986 births
Living people
Indian men's basketball players
Young Cagers players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
Power forwards
Centers (basketball)
Basketball players from Rajasthan
Asian Games competitors for India