This study investigated how elite basketball players' fatigue-related physiological indicators during acute recovery were affected by low-intensity underwater exercise technique. The study included 16 elite male basketball players who have participated in competitions at the all-India or national levels for at least four years. Each participant completes an exercise routine designed to cause muscular fatigue, followed by three distinct recovery techniques, passive recovery (PR), active recovery (AR) and underwater exercise technique (UET). Dependent variables were heart rate, lactate, and oxygen saturation (SPO2). A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine the effects of recovery techniques on dependent variables at different time points of recovery. Results show that AR and UET are significantly better than PR in terms of returning heart rate to normal. Lactate clearance rates were similar for AR and PR at the 10 min mark, but AR was significantly better compared to PR at the 20 min mark, and UET was significantly better than both AR and PR at the 10 min and 20 min markers. Oxygen saturation comparison reveal that there was no significant difference among recovery techniques and each recovery method exhibits a consistent SPO2 recovery pattern. In conclusion, the study establish that that low-intensity underwater exercise is an effective technique for recovering from exercise-induced fatigue.