Former junior India basketballer Bobit Mathew found dead

KOCHI:

Former junior India basketball player Bobit Mathew, a former Kerala captain, was found dead in his room in Kannur on Sunday.

Bobit, who was employed with the BSNL, had played for the KSEB earlier. He was 42 and is survived by wife Tintu and daughter Angelo.

The tall Bobit who hails from Chandanakampara, one of Kerala’s leading basketball nurseries, was moulded into a fine player at the Kozhikode SAI centre and was a part of the Indian team that played in the 2000 junior Asian Championship in Malaysia.

He had represented the State for seven years and was a member of the Kerala team that finished runnerup in the senior Nationals.

He was named as Kerala’s best player in 2000 and was awarded the P.S. Viswappan gold medal during the State senior championship in Thalassery.

Bobit Mathew.

monthly basis as long as they are State champions in singles events in the above age groups.

This was decided at the KBSA executive committee meeting on Saturday.

“We are planning to start the scholarship in doubles too in future,” said R. Rakesh Sekhar, secretary, KBSA, on Monday.

The KBSA has also decided to run three zonal training centres — at Ernakulam, Karunagapally (Kollam) and Ottapalam (Palakkad) — where promising players will be offered longterm coaching either at ‘no cost’ or on subsidised rates. Eligible players for KBSA’s scholarship scheme (₹24,000 per year, 202324):

Nandan B. Nair (Ekm), Sreeswar Shijo (Idk), Shivani Sivakumar (Alp), Shreya Maria Mathew (Ktk), Kiran Noguchi (Ekm), Hamdal Fikham (Koz), Hitha Maria Jose (Ekm), Mainu Sara Vinod (Ekm), P.G. Alakananda (Ekm), Aparna Sajeev (Tsr), Bjorn Jaison (Ekm), Dharmik Sreekumar (Ekm), S.M. Aman Suresh (Tvm), S. Abhishek (Ekm), Andrea Sarah Kurien (Ekm), Farza Nazrin (Tvm).

Masters CC crushed IOB by an innings and 242 runs. in the TDCA A division cricket league here on Monday.

After bundling out IOB for 57, Masters CC, riding on centuries from Rohan Nair (118) and Abhijith Praveen (102), declared its first innings for 387 for five.

IOB was skittled out for 88 in the second innings with P.M. Anfal (6/16) and M.U. Harikrishnan (3/24) sharing the spoils. In another A division match, Shines CC scored a ninewicket win over Ranji CC.

The scores:

A division: IOB 57 in 26.5 overs (M.U. Harikrishnan 4/7) & 88 in 38.3 overs (Appu Prakash 39, PM. Anfal 6/16, M.U. Harikrishnan 3/24) lost to Masters CC 387/5 decl. in 50 overs (Rohan Nair 118, Abhijith Praveen 102, Vishnu Raj 61, Abhishek Pratap 58, Sriram 3/50).

Shines CC 280 in 57.4 overs (N. Hrishikesh 46, Madav Krishna 43, K.S. Sachin n.o. 37, Manav Krishna 35, Afrad Nazar 35, Arjun Rajesh 5/32) & 49/1 in 7.5 overs bt Ranji CC 86 in 28.3 overs (Akshay Shiv 40, J.T. Sarath Chandra Prasad 4/19, Afrad Nazar 3/8) & 240 in 66.2 overs (Atuljith M. Anu 71, Akshay Shiv 88, S.S. Sebi 5/63).