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Basketball is one of the largest growing team sports in the world. While playing the sport it is very important to have good control in balance. The ankle joint has to bear a lot of body weight and forces. While running and jumping, ankles have to carry forces equivalent to several times of the body weight. Ankle injuries such as sprains, strains and fractures mainly affect the upper ankle because many studies proved that the lower ankle is more stable than the upper ankle. The ankle joint is one of the most vulnerable to injury through participation in sports and exercises. The management of ligament injuries is usually quite straightforward, such injuries are often accompanied by repeated sprain episodes, instability of the joint, and as a result, reduced physical activity participation. Ankle sprains are the most common acute injuries in basketball while landing on an opponent�s foot or during changing direction. Balance gets affected due to acute ankle injury in basketball players therefore present study was done to know the effect of balance due to acute ankle injury which is important factor while playing any sport. Predicting risk for ankle injury could be important to reduce the risk of these injuries and save health care costs. Total 30 subjects (15 ankle joint injured and 15 uninjured) had performed Y balance test (lower quarter version) as per the inclusion criteria to determine balance. Dynamic balance of lower limbs measured at anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral directions for injured and uninjured groups. Data analysis did to find out the significant difference in dynamic balance among the uninjured and injured groups. The mean and standard deviation of right and left uninjured and ankle joint injured were 122.4 + 11.1, 90.6 + 12.8: 126 + 13. , 92.2 + 10.4 respectively (simple paired t test p < 0.005). Hence it is concluded that ankle injuries in basketball players significantly affect balance. Dynamic balance of lower limb was more among uninjured basketball players than ankle joint injured players. The decline in dynamic balance ability experienced during playing basketball can increase the risk of injury and decreases the performance of player so it is required that the dynamic balance be assessed in time and if required balance training exercise should be given.