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Pro Kabaddi 2024: Anup Kumar set to return to mat after 6 years as PKL All-Star Masters squad announced Pro Kabaddi 2024: Anup Kumar set to return to mat after 6 years as PKL All-Star Masters squad announced
Pro Kabaddi 2024: Anup Kumar set to return to mat after 6 years as PKL All-Star Masters squad announced
"I have watched videos of some special moves like the Lion Jump and the Dubki"- Australia's Joshua Kennedy excited to play kabaddi with PKL stars "I have watched videos of some special moves like the Lion Jump and the Dubki"- Australia's Joshua Kennedy excited to play kabaddi with PKL stars
"I have watched videos of some special moves like the Lion Jump and the Dubki"- Australia's Joshua Kennedy excited to play kabaddi with PKL stars
"I'd have to say Iran" - Pardeep Narwal picks the team that is like 'bitter gourd of international kabaddi' "I'd have to say Iran" - Pardeep Narwal picks the team that is like 'bitter gourd of international kabaddi'
"I'd have to say Iran" - Pardeep Narwal picks the team that is like 'bitter gourd of international kabaddi'
"Kutte, tune mera number bhi save nahi kar rakha"- Pawan Sehrawat shares details of how coach Randhir gave him 1st PKL contract "Kutte, tune mera number bhi save nahi kar rakha"- Pawan Sehrawat shares details of how coach Randhir gave him 1st PKL contract
"Kutte, tune mera number bhi save nahi kar rakha"- Pawan Sehrawat shares details of how coach Randhir gave him 1st PKL contract
Why are the Indian kabaddi teams barred from international tournaments by IKF? Why are the Indian kabaddi teams barred from international tournaments by IKF?
Why are the Indian kabaddi teams barred from international tournaments by IKF?

Indian Kabaddi team Videos

Asian Games 2018 Day 5 Highlights
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Asian Games 2018 Day 5 Highlights
Indian Kabaddi Team Suffers A Shocking Loss To South Korea
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Indian Kabaddi Team Suffers A Shocking Loss To South Korea
Asian Games 2018 Day 3 Highlights
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Asian Games 2018 Day 3 Highlights

Indian Kabaddi team Bio

The Indian national Kabaddi side is by far the most successful national kabaddi side of any country. India have won gold medals in the sport in all the Asian Games till date starting from 1990 in Beijing. India have also won all the World Cups held in the sport which shows the dominance exerted by the team in this sport.

In 2017, India won the Asian Kabaddi Championship led by raider Ajay Thakur.

Past Results

India beat Bangladesh in the gold medal match for both the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games. In the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, the team beat arch rivals Pakistan. The side won their fourth gold medal in a row in Busan, four years later beating Bangladesh once again. In 2006, India beat Pakistan 35-23 to win their fifth gold medal. In the last two occasions, they beat Iran quite convincingly.

India won the inaugural Kabaddi World Cup in 2004 beating Iran by a 55-27 margin. They repeated the feat three years later, beating the Iranians 29-19. When the World Cup resumed again in 2016 after nine-year hiatus, India beat Iran for the third final in a row by 38-29.

India Schedule in Kabaddi Masters League

In the inaugural Kabaddi Masters League being hosted in Dubai, India start their campaign against Pakistan on 22nd June. They will also face Kenya in the group stage. The top two sides from each group make their way to the semi-finals. The final takes place on 30th June 2018.

The other group comprises of Argentina, Iran and South Korea.

Indian Kabaddi Team Captain

During the Incheon Asian Games triumph in 2014, India was led by Rakesh Kumar. The raider Anup Kumar led the side when they won the Kabaddi World Cup in 2016. Pardeep Narwal took the team to glory during the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship.

Experienced raider Ajay Thakur has been selected to lead the side during the Kabaddi Masters League in the absence of Anup Kumar. Thakur was retained by his Pro Kabaddi League franchise Tamil Thalaivas earlier in the year for the next season.

Key Players

Pardeep Narwal, Rahul Chaudhuri and Manjeet Chillar are some of the key players of the Indian Kabaddi set up.

Narwal finished as the leading scorer in the last season of Pro Kabaddi League with 369 points, all of them being raid points.

Chaudhuri is the only player to have amassed over 700 points in over all the seasons of the league.

Chillar will be looking to use the tournament to announce his comeback after he had a disappointing 2018 Pro Kabaddi League auction where he was picked up at base price.

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