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{{Short description|Basketball player from India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Durga Dharmadhikari
| image =
| caption =
| position = [[Shooting guard]]
| league = [[Women's National Basketball League (United Kingdom)|WBBL Division One]]
| team = [[Bristol Academy Flyers]]
| number =
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|24}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| highschool =
| college = Local university, United Kingdom
| career_start = 2022
| career_end =
| years1 = 2022–2023
| team1 = Maharashtra
| years2 = 2022
| team2 = Pune Panthers (3x3)
| years3 = 2024–
| team3 = Bristol Academy Flyers
}}
'''Durga Dharmadhikari''' (born 24 July 2000)<ref name=":0" /> is an Indian [[basketball player]] from Maharashtra.<ref>https://play.fiba3x3.basketball/players/a24bc9cc-8d51-43fd-b278-e1ba3c6b46d4/activity</ref> She plays as a shooting guard for the [[Bristol Academy Flyers]] in United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Basketball Players / Coaches Abroad - asia-basket |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/India/basketball-Players-Abroad.aspx?women=1 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.asia-basket.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=EuroProBasket Players Commits to University |url=https://europrobasket.com/players/durga-dharmadhikari/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Europrobasket |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
She began with the local club, Deccan Gymkhana in Pune and also played for the Maharashtra state team in 2022-23, before moving to England for higher studies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-19 |title=DG 'A' women clinch district basketball title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/dg-a-women-clinch-district-basketball-title/articleshow/93650558.cms |access-date=2025-10-31 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She played for Pune Panthers in the 3x3 professional basketball league in 2022 under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India and FIBA Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kochi Stars defeat Pune Panthers, win 3BL Women's League Round 2 title |url=https://khelnow.com/basketball/kochi-stars-defeated-pune-panthers-win-3bl-womens-league-round-2-title |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Khel Now |language=en-us}}</ref>

As a student of a local university in the United Kingdom, she plays for Bristol, a women's basketball team in British Women's National Basketball League Division One. As of 2025, she is usually in the starting five, along with Leila Jepson, [[Samantha Roscoe]], Oliva Jokonya, Marlee Ball and Veronica Iweanya.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=Bristol Academy Flyers basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://europrobasket.com/players/durga-dharmadhikari/ Europrobasket profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dharmadhikari, Durga}}
[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's basketball players]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pune]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in England]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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Aranyam at 21:09, 9 November 2025