Tall Poojitha Draws Attention at Amaravati Championship in Tirupati

Poojitha is a young basketball player who is six-and-a-half feet tall.

She is playing in the Under-17 competition at the Amaravati Championship in Tirupati.

Poojitha comes from Konaseema district and is studying in Intermediate first year.

She has practised basketball for three years.

She has played for her state six times and in national competitions five times.

She hopes to win the championship.

The tournament is a four-day state-level event.

Earlier competitions were held across 175 Assembly constituencies and included more than 200,000 players.

The best players from district competitions qualified for the state event.