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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Siya Deodhar<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_date = 28 April 2003<br />
| birth_place = Dharampeth, [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| occupation = Basketball player<br />
| years_active = 2018–present<br />
| sport = Basketball, 3x3 basketball<br />
| position = Point guard<br />
| team = [[India women's national basketball team]], [[Maharashtra]] (domestic)<br />
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'''Siya Deodhar''' (28 April 2003)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-07-12 |title=Siya Deodhar (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/280978-siya-deodhar |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian [[basketball]] player from [[Maharashtra]]. She plays for the [[India women's national basketball team]] as a point guard. She plays for Maharashtra team in the domestic tournaments. She also plays 3x3 basketball.<ref>https://play.fiba3x3.com/players/f2fc823b-534b-4d03-9efb-4d140131c0d0</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Deodhar is from Dharampeth, [[Nagpur]], Maharashtra, India. She is born to Shreesh and Swati. She learnt her basics at Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana under coaches Shatrughna Gokhale and Vinay Chikate, both [[Shiv Chhatrapati Award|Chhatrapati awardees]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-07-07 |title=Nagpur's Siya to represent India at FIBA Women's Asia Cup in China |url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/nagpurs-siya-to-represent-india-at-fiba-womens-asia-cup-in-china/07071732 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Nagpur Today : Nagpur News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Siya Deodhar of Nagpur to represent India in Basketball at the Asian Games |url=https://www.nagpurtrends.com/articles/siya-deodhar-of-nagpur-to-represent-india-in-basketball-at-the-asian-games-Gps2yo |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=www.nagpurtrends.com |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Deodhar was selected to play for the Indian senior 3x3 basketball team at the [[2022 Asian Games|19th Asian Games]] 2023 held at Hangzhou, [[China]], along with Anu Maria Shaju, Yashneet Kaur and Vaishnavi Yadav.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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In August 2020, she was selected for high school basketball programme in Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-17 |title=Behind closed doors, hoopsters prepare to chase their American dream |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/basketball/indian-hoopsters-american-dream-ncaa-behind-closed-doors-6413461/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She got a scholarship to study and play in the US and was signed up by Life Prep Academy in Wichita, [[Kansas]], along with Ann Mary Zachariah of Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-08-13 |title=Siya Deodhar first Nagpur hoopster to bag US scholarship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/77517623.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |access-date=2025-07-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She became the fourth female player to play high school basketball in the [[United States]] after Asmat Kaur Taunque, Harsimran Kaur and Zachariah.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2025-07-07 |title=Nagpur cager Siya in Indian women's team for Asia Cup in China |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/nagpur-cager-siya-in-indian-womens-team-for-asia-cup-in-china/articleshow/122284429.cms |access-date=2025-07-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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She also took part in the NBA Academy India women's camps in May 2018, January and October 2019.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In July 2025, she was selected to represent the Senior India women's team in the FIBA Asia Cup basketball Division B tournament to be held in [[Shenzhen]], China, from July 13 to 20.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
She got the BWB All Star in the 2018 BWB Asia 2018 Women and 2019 BWB Asia 2019 Women.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nagpur]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women's basketball players]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players at the 2022 Asian Games]]</div>Bogdanwyo