Winners of Begals BC (standing from left) Harshitha (Manager), Nekhala, Bhumika Singh, Chandana, Mohan Kumar (Coach), Sanjana Ramesh, Renetta, Bhavya, (sitting front row from left) Rachana, Samara, Gunashree, Medha, Swathi, Purvi and Brunda during the 1st state women basketball League championship organised by Karnataka State Basketball Association at Sree Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru on22nd July 2024, Monday.
Credit: DH Photo/B K Janardhan
Pune: Karnataka's Pratyanshu Tomar and Sanjana Ramesh are among 20 players that were offered monthly remuneration by the Basketball Federation of India.
The BFI announced on Saturday that from October 31 onwards, the top 20 players in men’s and women’s categories will receive a salary of Rs 75,000 going forward. A total of 40 ‘Category A’ players were chosen based on their national and international performances over the last four years.
BFI president Aadhav Arjuna also revealed to DH that structured remuneration for players in Category 'B' and Category ‘C' will be decided after the upcoming National Championships.
Grade A players: Men: Aravind Annadurai, Vishesh Bhaiguvanshi, Amritpal Singh, Amjyot Singh, Palpreet Singh, Muin Ben Hafeez, M Arvind Kumar, Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon, Princepal Singh, Pranav Prince, Prashant Singh Rawat, P Baladaneshwar, Harsh Dagar, Kushal Singh, Amarendra Nayak, Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu, Vaisakh K Manoj, Piyush Meena, Pratyanshu Tomar, M Lokeshwaran.
Women: Aneesha Cleetus, Harshitha KB, Pupshpa Senthil Kumar, T Darshini, Poonam Chaturvedi, M Nishanthi, Nima Doma, Kavitha Jose, Sreekala Rani, Vaishnavi Yadav, Sanjana Ramesh, Kavya Singla, Manmeet Kaur, Anumaria, Sruthy R, Sathya K, Siya Deodhar, Rashi Florentina, Ishika Choudhary.