Ravi Bhardwaj (born 31 October 1992) is an Indian professional

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player. He currently plays for the Punjab Steelers of India's

UBA Pro Basketball League The United Basketball Alliance (UBA) was the first men’s professional basketball league in India, comprising eight teams. The UBA was headquartered in Pune and had a city team, Pune Peshwas. The first UBA match was played on 17 July 2015 at ...

Career

Ravi started playing basketball at the age of 16. He was a member of

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at the

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge The 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge was the 6th FIBA Asia Challenge, an international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia which was hosted by Iran from 9–18 September 2016. This tournament served as the first step in determining the process of the quali ...

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, Iran. There, he had his teams best field goal and free throw percentage. He also represented Indian National Basketball Team in Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018. In 2015, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of UBA Pro League's first season. Ravi Bhardwaj won many medals in inter-school, inter-university and inter-college meets. Ravi finished his MBA from

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, Punjab. Funded through both Punjab, India, State and Government of India, Union governments, it is considered a state university (Indi ...

.The big leap: Cager from Chandigarh wins India colours
''Hindustan Times'', 8 July 2016. Accessed 9 April 2018.

References

External links

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge profile

Asia-basket.com profile

Ravi BhardwajRealgm Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhardwaj, Ravi 1992 births Living people Centers (basketball) Indian men's basketball players Basketball players from Chandigarh Panjab University alumni