Pune Peshwas was an Indian professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
team located in
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...
, India. The team last competed in 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 ...
.
Players
Notable players
:To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team
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Amritpal Singh
Amritpal Singh Sandhu (born 17 January 1993) is a radical Indian pro- Khalistan separatist, self-styled Sikh preacher and politician. He is a Member of the Indian Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Khadoor Sahib si ...
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Arshpreet Bhullar
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Akash Lokhande
* Siddhant Shinde
*/ Pranav Wagle
* Karna Mehta
Miscellaneous
Notable fans of the team include
Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film and music producer, and actor in Hindi cinema, with over 1,300 songs to his credit as a music director. He started his career as a music direct ...
who performed at a halftime show in 2016, and actor
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Neil Nitin Mukesh Chand Mathur (born 15 January 1982) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi films. He is the son of playback singer Nitin Mukesh and grandson of singer Mukesh. He debuted as a child artist ...
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UBA Pro Basketball League: Pune Peshwas, Hyderabad Sky register wins
''Indian Sports News'', 29 February 2016. Accessed 1 May 2017.
References
External links
Presentation at Asia-basket.comFacebook
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Basketball teams in India
Basketball in Maharashtra
Basketball teams established in 2015
Sport in Pune