A lot has been happening on the Kabaddi mat of late. Fans recently saw the conclusion of the Kabaddi World Cup in England, both in men’s and women’s competitions in which India emerged as the champions in both the tournaments.
In the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou as well, India took the gold medal in both men’s and women’s competition.
Going forward, a few international tournaments are in the pipeline in the near future and a handful of Kabaddi series between two or more countries might also take place.
India, the powerhouse of Kabaddi, are already preparing for big matches. Tournaments are being held at district, state, national levels to groom the players for the international stage.
In the run up to the upcoming fixtures, Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) has announced the probable 44 players for Indian men’s kabaddi team who will stay in camp for coaching for upcoming international events.
The selection procedure was held by taking into consideration performance of players at 71st Senior Men’s National Kabaddi Championship.
The probable players will undergo intense training in the camp after which the Indian men’s kabaddi team will be shortlisted. They will represent India at international Kabaddi tournaments.
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List Of Probable Players For Indian Men’s Kabaddi Team
Here are players who have been selected for the coaching camp:
- Rahul Sethpal (Services)
- Gaurav Khatri (Chandigarh)
- Yogesh Dahiya (Haryana)
- Shubham Shinde (Indian Railways)
- Sumit Sangwan (Indian Railways)
- Ankit Jaglan (Services)
- Mohammad Amaan (Uttar Pradesh)
- Jitendra Yadav (Rajasthan)
- Sagar Kumar (Bihar)
- Sunil Kumar (Indian Railways)
- Deepak Rathee (Services)
- Ashu Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
- Rajesh Narwal (Haryana)
- Jaideep Dahiya (Services)
- Parvesh Malik (Indian Railways)
- Shubham Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
- Dheeraj (Punjab)
- Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Chandigarh)
- Ashu Malik (Haryana)
- Mohit Goyat (Haryana)
- Naveen Kumar (Services)
- Devank Dalal (Services)
- Pankaj Mohite (Indian Railways)
- Sachin Tanwar (Rajasthan)
- Arjun Deshwal (Uttar Pradesh)
- Vinay Tewathia (Uttar Pradesh)
- Bhavani Rajput (Goa)
- Rohit Raghav (Odisha)
- Ayan Lohchab (Chandigarh)
- Bharat Hooda (Services)
- Akash Shinde (Maharashtra)
- Shivam Pathare (Maharashtra)
- Ajit Chouhan (Maharashtra)
- Sudhakar M (Indian Railways)
- Vijay Malik (Punjab)
- Vishwas S (Karnataka)
- Satish Kanan (Tamilnadu)
- Mayank Saini (Himachal Pradesh)
- T Shiva Krishna (Telangana)
- Anil Gugar (Madhya Pradesh)
- Potla Gopi Chand (Andhra Pradesh)
- Navneet (Jharkhand)
- Javed Pathan (Vidharbha)
- Krishan Pandya (Gujarat)
