Mumbai Challengers

The Mumbai Challengers was an Indian professional basketball team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Challengers last competed in the United Basketball Alliance as a member of the North Division along with three other teams. They are one of two UBA teams located in Maharashtra, the other is Pune Peshwas. The team was established in 2015 with the inception of the UBA.

Mumbai Challengers
Leagues	UBA Pro Basketball League
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Location	Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Head coach	Jora Singh Gulia
Championships	1 (2017)

The Challengers won their first UBA Championship in Season 4^[1] after defeating the Punjab Steelers in the semifinals and the Bengaluru Beast in the finals series.

The only player that has played all four UBA Seasons for the Challengers is Karanpal Singh, while Jagdeep Singh Bains,^[2] Nikhil Kumar, Prudhvi Reddy^[3] and Dildar have all been on the roster since season 2.

Season-by-season record

UBA Season	W	L	Finish	Playoffs
Season 1 (2015)	0	6	4th, North	Did not qualify
Season 2 (2016)	4	3	2nd, North	Lost in semifinal series 2-1
Season 3 (2016)	2	2	3rd, North	Lost play-in game
Season 4 (2017)	5	1	1st, North[4]	Won Championship

Players

Mumbai Challengers Season 4 roster

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Department
1	Harman Singh			Railways
6	Jagdeep Bains			Punjab
8	Alex Scales[5]			N/A
9	Prasanna Venkatesh			IOB
17	Prudhvi Reddy			Student
18	Inderbir Gill			Canada?
22	Jimmy Scroggins			N/A
24	Nikhil Kumar			Air Force
25	Karan Pal Singh			Student
40	Dildar Singh			Student
56	Jeevenathan			IOB
58	Ravinder Singh			Income Tax

Prominent players

Name	Avg PPG (S1) [citation needed]	Avg PPG (S2) [citation needed]	Avg PPG (S3) [citation needed]	Avg PPG (S4) [citation needed]	Total Avg PPG
Alex Scales	N/A	N/A	N/A	40.2	40.2
Jimmy Scroggins	N/A	N/A	N/A	24.2	24.2
Inderbir Gill	N/A	N/A	N/A	16.3	16.3
Jagdeep Bains	N/A	11.6	22.3	13.6	15.8
Nikhil Kumar	N/A	15.1	12.0	10.8	12.6
Prudhvi Reddy	N/A	7.2	10.8	7.5	8.5
Prasanna Venkatesh	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.2	8.2
Karanpal Singh	30.5	11.3	1.3	3.4	11.6
Dildar Singh	N/A	1.9	8.0	5.0	5.0
Jeevanathan	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.2	4.2

Head coaches

UBA season	Name
Season 1	Linesh
Season 2	PC Antony
Season 3	Jora Singh Gulia
Season 4	Jora Singh Gulia

Assistant coaches

UBA season	Name
Season 1	N/A
Season 2	Sudeep Bose
Season 3	Sudeep Bose
Season 4	Sudeep Bose

References

1. "Mumbai Challengers emerge as UBA Season 4 Champions". Ubaindia.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
2. Ians (14 November 2017). "29 Indian players sign for United Basketball Alliance". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
3. Gowra, Nikhita (24 November 2017). "Soaring to great heights". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
4. Mergulhao, Marcus (10 May 2017). "Top Indian cagers find a way to play in uba pro basketball league". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
5. Schaefer, Alec (3 July 2017). "Scales still living the hoop dream". The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. Retrieved 25 February 2016.