Bulls, Sparks into finals at KMBA Basketball League
Pune, January 30, 2026: Bulls and Sparks entered into finals of boys and girls category respectively at the KMBA Basketball League tournament organized by the Karna Mehta Basketball Academy (KMBA)
In the last league matches, which is being held at Abil Castle Royal Towers, Bhosale Nagar, the Bulls team defeated the Bucks team 45-42 in the boys’ category to advance Ujjwal Shaiju (10 points), Nivan Shewale (6 points), Yash Deshpande (6 points), Nivan Sawant (6 points), Tansh Gupta (4 points), and Aadiv Agarwal (4 points) performed brilliantly for the Bulls team, securing their victory. In another match, Ranbir Singh (18 points), Anish Jasuja (14 points), Shreyas Mandal (7 points), Archit Reddy (6 points), Mitansh Tathed (5 points), and Sumair Mutha (4 points) played exceptionally well. Bulls team will face Bucks team in the final.
In the girls’ category, the Sparks team defeated the Storm team 38-31. Arisha Pimpodkar (12 points), Kiara Gada (10 points), Ivana Bagga (4 points), Isha Malpani (2 points), Ridhima Dubey (2 points), and Nishchal Agarwal (2 points) delivered outstanding performances for the winning team. In another match, the Lynx team put up a tough fight against the Aces team, with a score of 24-23. Sparks team will face Aces team in the final.
Results: Boys Group: League Round:
Jazz: 57(Ranbir Singh 18pts, Anish Jasuja 14pts, Shreyans Mandal 7pts, Archit Raddi 6pts, Mitansh Tathed 5pts, Sumair Mutha 4pts) bt Spurs: 55(Neev Navani 27pts
Krishav Bafna 10pts, Drish Shah 2pts, Anay Shah 9pts, Samar Mutha 5pts, Vandit.Bakliwal 2pts);
Bulls: 45(Ujwal Shaiju 10pts, Nevaan Shewale 6pts, Yash Deshpande 6pts, Nivaan Sawant 6pts, Tanash Gupta 4pts, Aadiv Agarwal 4pts) bt Bucks: 42(Veer Dhaddha 14pts, Manan Sampat 4pts, Vivaan Shende 2pts, Aarav Mehta 10pts, Hrishaan Lahoti 4pts, Amey Pandhare 4pts);
Girls Group:
Sparks: 38(Arisha Pimpodkar 12pts, Kiara Gada 10pts, Evana Bagga 4pts, Isha Malpani 2pts, Riddhima Dubey 2pts, Nischhal Agarwal 2pts) bt Storm: 31(Priska Shivnani 10pts, Ananya Kalkar 5pts, Demira Gandhi 2pts, Ira Palresha 8pts, Shamika Sama 4pts, Aariya Agarwal 2pts);
Lynx: 24(Divyanka Bhosale 7pts, Radha Gupta 5pts, Mahika Sama 4pts, Anahita.Gupta 2pts) bt Aces: 23(Saisha Shende 5pts, Mahima Kawa 4pts, Sai Lakshmi 3pts, Samaira Mehta 6pts, Uma Kulkarni 2pts, Aarika Mahabaleshwarkar 1pts).
