Basketball News: Indian wheelchair basketball on the rise

Ishrat Akhtar, a wheelchair basketball player from Baramula in the Kashmir valley on Thursday thanked Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police for sending her to Chennai to attend a training camp ahead of the Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Earlier in the day, she met with Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and he assured her of all the necessary support by the government. Akhtar will also be attempting for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Para-Olympics. The Ministry will provide all necessary supports for her and the team," Rijiju tweeted.