Trials end in Colombo for Sri Lanka men’s basketball players

Sri Lanka’s men’s basketball players ended trials on Sunday in the lead up to the South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) Championship that will be worked off in Dhaka, Bangladesh next month.

Conducted over two weekends, the trials included 61 players. The squad was pruned to 20 after trials and will be further reduced to 15. The national selection panel is set to announce the final pool shortly.

The trials were conducted with the players undergoing rapid antigen tests ahead of each day.

Along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan will take part in the competition. The top three teams will then qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifier.