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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian professional basketball player (born 1989)}}<br />
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{{Infobox basketball biography<br />
| name = Akilan Pari<br />
| image =Akilan Pari.JPG<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Akilan Pari with Income Tax in 2015<br />
| position = [[Point guard]]<br />
| height_ft = 5<br />
| height_in = 10<br />
| weight_lb = <br />
| team = Punjab Steelers<br />
| league = [[UBA Pro Basketball League]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|7|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| high_school = <br />
| college = <br />
| draft_year = 2010<br />
| career_start = 2010<br />
| career_end = <br />
| years1 = 2017–present<br />
| team1 = [[Punjab Steelers]]<br />
| highlights = <br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
}}<br />
'''Akilan Pari''' (born 20 July 1989) is an Indian professional [[basketball]] player. He currently plays for the [[Punjab Steelers]] of India's [[UBA Pro Basketball League]]. <ref>[http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/India#tab=roster India - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016], FIBA.com, accessed 2 April 2017.</ref><br />
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He is a member of [[India's national basketball team]] since 2014. As of 2018, he serves as team captain<ref name="Captain">{{cite web|title=India's Men's basketball roster announced for FIBA World Cup qualifying games next week|date=18 November 2017|url=http://hoopistani.blogspot.com/2017/11/indias-mens-basketball-roster-announced.html|accessdate=23 April 2018}}</ref> of [[India's national basketball team]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/tn-basketball-squads-for-senior-nationals/article22439508.ece TN squads for senior National basketball named], ''The Hindu'', 14 January 2018. Accessed 7 April 2018.</ref><ref>[http://expressnews.asia/15th-ssn-trophy-championship-concluded-successfully/ 15th SSN Trophy Championship Concluded Successfully], Expressnews, 23 August 2017. Accessed 7 April 2018.</ref><br />
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Pari already made a name for himself as a youth player. He captained [[Tamil Nadu]]'s official state lineups for the u-13, u-16 and u-18 (junior) and senior men level.<ref>[http://ekalavyas.com/2014/10/05/akilan-pari-living-basketball-dreams/ AKILAN PARI – LIVING HIS BASKETBALL DREAMS], Gopalakrishnan R, ekalavyas.com, accessed 26 April 2017.</ref><br />
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During the [[2013 NBA All-Star Game]], Akila Pari was selected to play at the ''Sprite Uncontainable Game'', where he was coached by [[Omri Casspi]] and [[Serge Ibaka]].<ref>[http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/the-sprite-uncontainable-game-meet-the-players-from-estonia-india-and-lithuania The Sprite Uncontainable Game: Meet the Players from Estonia, India and Lithuania], Colleen Oakley, coca-colacompany.com, 4 February 2013. Accessed 7 April 2018.</ref><br />
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As of 2018, he has been labelled as one of India's best basketball players<ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab Suffer Second Successive Deteat|url=http://www.uniindia.com/punjab-suffer-their-second-successive-defeat/sports/news/578334.html|date=4 August 2016}}</ref> because of his passing and ball handling skills, and because of complicated engagement rules, missed a crucial playoff game against Lebanon, a game which India lost<ref>{{cite news|title=Lebanese hoopsters too good for India|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/lebanese-hoopsters-too-good-for-india/article22860050.ece|date=26 February 2018 | first=Shreedutta | last=Chidananda | newspaper=Hindu | accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> because of his absence.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2018/feb/24/engagement-rules-akilan-pari-out-of-indias-basketball-world-cup-qualifier-1778484.html Engagement rules Akilan Pari out of India’s basketball World Cup qualifier], Ashim Sunam, The New INDIAN EXPRESS, 24 February 2018. Accessed 3 April 2018.</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/Akilan-Pari Profile at 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualification]<br />
* [https://results.gc2018.com/en/basketball/athlete-profile-n6026827-akilan-pari.htm?source=mobile_app Profile at 2018 Commonwealth Games]<br />
* [http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/Akilan-Pari Profile at 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge]<br />
* [http://sportingindia.com/PARI%20Akilan Profile at SportingIndia.com]<br />
* [http://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Akilan_Pari/India/Punjab-Steelers/333955 Asia-basket.com profile]<br />
* [http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/114905/sid/12544/tid/301/tid2//_/2016_FIBA_Asia_Challenge_/index.html Profile at FIBA Archive]<br />
* [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Akilan-Pari/Summary/97869 REAL GM Profile]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1989 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's basketball players]]<br />
[[Category:Point guards]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]</div>->Citation bot