Prashant Singh Rawat (born 15 August 2000) is an Indian professional

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player, last playing for

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of the

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Personal

Prashant Singh Rawat is the son of Narendra Singh Rawat, a former India national team player who represented his home country from 1993 to 2000 at several international events in

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. After this, Narendra Singh Rawat was appointed as a physical teacher in a private school in

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. During this time he continued to practice basketball with Prashant. In later years Prashant went on to Motiram Baburam Government Post Graduate College where he was part of the basketball team.

Playing career

Rawat was selected for the

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in 2017 as one of the top 22 children in the country.हल्द्वानी के प्रशांत का सीनियर बास्केटबॉल टीम में चयन

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, 18 February 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021. He represented his home country at the

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.Also a

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in the South Asian Basketball Championship 2018 in

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. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Indian senior team for the

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and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualification. Altogether, he represented India in

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. He represented the nation in

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in Jakarta , Indonesia . He has represented India in

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References

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