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{{Infobox basketball biography<br />
| name = Arvinder Singh Kahlon<br />
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| birth_date = 2 December 2002<br />
| birth_place = [[Barnala]], [[Punjab]], India<br />
| position = Power forward<br />
| league = Domestic tournaments (India)<br />
| number = 24<br />
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'''Arvinder Singh''' '''Kahlon'''<ref name=":2" /> (born 2 December 2002) is an Indian basketball player from Punjab.<ref>https://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Arvinder-Singh/684280</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Senior Men |url=https://www.basketballfederationindia.org/2023-senior-men/ |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=Basketball Federation of India |language=en-US}}</ref> He plays for the [[India men's national basketball team]] as a power forward. He plays for Railways in the domestic tournaments.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He is born in Barnala, Punjab on 12 March 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2025-10-08 |title=Exclusive {{!}} 'Came to Japan for basketball, now can't go back': The harsh reality of being an Indian hoopster |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/exclusive-came-to-japan-from-india-for-basketball-now-cant-go-back-the-harsh-reality-of-being-an-indian-hoopster/articleshow/124330107.cms |access-date=2026-02-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Monteiro |first=Leandra |title=India’s Arvinder Singh in Japan for B3 Basketball League |url=https://www.ekalavyas.com/p/indias-arvinder-singh-japan-b3-basketball-league |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.ekalavyas.com |language=en}}</ref> His father is an assistant sub-inspector in Punjab Police. He started with athletics as a shot putter and at 13 shifted to basketball after he was spotted by Rajinder Singh of Ludhiana Basketball Academy, who persuaded his father to send his ward to basketball. Within a year Singh joined the NBA academy Greater Noida.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 2024, he was part of the Indian team that defeated Kazakhstan in the FIBA Asia Cup. In March 2025, he played 4 matches in the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers at Manama, and in the crucial match where India defeated higher ranked Bahrain.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-24 |title=Harsh Dagar shines as India stun Bahrain to confirm Asia Cup berth |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/harsh-dagar-shines-as-india-stun-bahrain-to-confirm-asia-cup-berth/articleshow/119407330.cms |access-date=2026-02-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-16 |title=Arvinder Singh . (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/389647-arvinder-singh- |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref> He went on to play the FIBA Asia Cup in August 2025. In 2025, he played for the Yamaguchi Patsfive in the Japanese B3 League.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Monteiro |first=Leandra |title=India’s Arvinder Singh in Japan for B3 Basketball League |url=https://www.ekalavyas.com/p/indias-arvinder-singh-japan-b3-basketball-league |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=www.ekalavyas.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He participated in the 2019 Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp in Tokyo.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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He was part of the Indian Railways team that won the Senior Nationals at Ludhiana in 2025.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Shotputter-turned-baller Arvinder Singh Kahlon out to become household name in Indian basketball |url=https://khelnow.com/basketball/arvinder-singh-kahlon-interview-202508 |access-date=2026-02-16 |website=Khel Now |language=en-us}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian men's basketball players]]<br />
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