Indian men have been grouped with Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan in the preliminary phase of the basketball competition in next month's 17th Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea. The women, on the other hand, have secured a bye into the quarter finals, according to the available draw for the competition.

The men hoopsters, ranked 61st in the world and 11th in Asia, are to open their Group B campaign against Palestine on September 20, the day after the Games open, at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium. Their remaining games against Saudi Arabia, ranked nine places below them in the continent, and Kazakhstan - ranked one rung above India in Asia - are scheduled on September 21 and 22.