The Indian males’s basketball crew suffered a 69-100 defeat towards powerhouse China in its FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Group C match on the King Abdullah Sports activities Metropolis in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mingxuan Hu and Jiayi Zhao have been China’s prime scorers with 17 factors every, whereas Arvind Muthu Krishnan led India’s scoring with 16.
This was India’s second consecutive loss within the event, following a tightly contested defeat to Jordan on Tuesday. The end result leaves Scott Flemming’s facet on the backside of the group standings, with their quarterfinal hopes hanging by a thread.
India should win its last group-stage match towards host nation Saudi Arabia on Saturday to maintain its qualification probabilities alive.
In accordance with the event format, the group winners will advance on to the quarterfinals. The second and third-placed groups will face off in a playoff to find out the remaining 4 quarterfinal spots.