Devised in the US as an indoor exercise around 1891, the game involves throwing a
ball through a suspended ring, 3.05 metres above the ground. It was introduced in India in
1920 by Dr. Henry Buck at the YMCA College of Physical Education in Madras.
The Netball Federation of India was formed in 1978 and the first national championships
were held at Jind, Haryana from May 31 to June 3 of that year.
The record for the maximum number of baskets among men is held by Pramod Kumar of Delhi,
who scored 110 baskets in the 1985 nationals at Delhi, while Anjali Dalvi holds the record
for women with 65 baskets scored at the 1984 Kanpur nationals. India's first international
exposure was a Test series against Sri Lanka during March/April 1980. |