India's road to the FIBA World Cup 2023 begins in the February 2022 window of games.
With Group A playing no games in Nov. 2021 window, India tips off its 'road to the World Cup' campaign with a schedule of four games in five days between Feb. 24 and Feb. 28.
In Group A, India has been slotted alongside Asian powerhouses like New Zealand, Korea and Philippines.
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Who is on India's roster for Feb. window of 2023 FIBA World Cup Asia Qualifiers?
On Thursday (Feb. 17), a week before their first game, the Basketball Federation of India announced their 12-man roster for their fixtures during the February window of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asia Qualifiers.
From the squad that participated in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifying Tournament in Aug. 2021, there are few veterans that seemed to have been left out such as Amjyot Singh, Joginder Singh, and Jagdeep Singh.
| Player | Height/Position | Age |
| Muin Bek Hafeez | 6-foot-2/ Point Guard | 25 |
| Vishesh Bhriguvanshi | 6-foot-4/ Guard | 30 |
| Arvind Kumar Muthu Krishnan | 6-foot-2/ Point Guard | 21 |
| Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon | 6-foot-4/ Point Guard | 20 |
| Manoj Belur Manjunatha | 6-foot-6/Shooting Guard | 18 |
| Pranav Prince | 6-foot-7/ Small Forward | 18 |
| Rajeev Kumar | 6-foot-3/ Shooting Guard | 20 |
| Princepal Singh | 6-foot-10/ Center | 21 |
| Prashant Singh Rawat | 6-foot-8/Power Forward | 21 |
| Aravind Annadurai | 6-foot-8/Power Forward | 28 |
| Amritpal Singh | 6-foot-10/ Center | 31 |
| Palpreet Singh Brar | 6-foot-11/ Center | 28 |
Above data courtesy - FIBA
The team's head coach remains Serbian national Veselin Matic.
From the above table, it is quite clear that the national team is going young with only four veterans - aged 28 or above - on the squad.
Meanwhile, four of the seven players aged 21 or younger are former NBA Academy India student-athletes.
Who are NBA Academy India alumni on the roster?
The four NBA Academy India alumni on this roster are Princepal Singh, Pranav Prince, Arvind Kumar and Prashant Singh Rawat.
While the trio of Singh, Kumar and Rawat were part of the NBA Academy India's first class of 21 student-athletes when it opened in May of 2017, Prince joined the Academy in 2018.
Price is making his return to the team from a broken bone in his left forearm, an injury he suffered just a minute into his senior team debut during the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifying Tournament in Aug. 2021.