Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact sport originated in ancient India. It is one of the most popular sports played mostly in the rural parts of the country. It is regarded as a team-contact sport or a recreational form of combat training. There are four forms of this sport played in the country named Amar, Suranjeevi, Huttuttoo and Gaminee. Amar is generally played in Punjab, Haryana, America, Canada and other parts of the world mostly by the Punjabi sportspersons whereas Huttuttoo is played in Maharashtra by men. Suranjeevi is one of the most played forms of Kabaddi and this form is used in international matches generally played in Asian games and in Gaminee there is no revival when all the players of the team are out the game ends and hence no time limit for this form of kabaddi.

The Kabaddi Federation of India (KFI) was founded in the year 1950 and is responsible for a compiled set of rules for the game. The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) was founded in 1973 and has given new shape and rules to the game. Pro Kabaddi League was introduced in 2014 based on Indian Premier League with eight franchises to make the sport more popular in urban areas as well. In 2017, 4 new teams are introduced in PKL making it more competitive and intense. Some of the shining stars of Indian Kabaddi team who make the country proud include Mohit Chhillar, Manjeet Chihillar, Anup Kumar, Rahul Chaudhari, Rohit Kumar Dhamaraj Cheralathan etc. Indian women Kabaddi team is also not far behind and won many hearts in different tournaments.

Some Achievements of Indian Kabaddi Team

Indian men won all the six Kabaddi World cups played till now
India won 7 gold medals out of a possible 8 until the 2006 SAF games
Indian women won four Kabaddi world cup titles
India had won 9 Gold medals at Asian Games
Indian team is a winner of three gold medals at South Asian Games (SAF)

 

Pro Kabaddi 2025 teams and players list

Bengal Warriorz squad for PKL 2025

• Vishwas S – Elite Retained Player
• Yash Malik – Existing New Young Player
• Manjeet – Existing New Young Player
• Deep Kumar – Existing New Young Player
• Sushil Kambrekar – Existing New Young Player
• Devank Dalal – Category A
• Nitesh Kumar – Category B
• Ashish – Category C
• Parteek – Category C
• Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah – Category C
• Jang Kun Lee – Category C
• Mayur Kadam – Category C
• Himanshu Narwal– Category C
• Shivansh Thakur – Category C
• Harander – Category D
• Ankit – Category D
• Sandeep – Category D
• Moolchandra Singh – Category D

Bengaluru Bulls squad for PKL 2025

• Chandranaik M – Existing New Young Player
• Lucky Kumar – Existing New Young Player
• Manjeet Thakur– Existing New Young Player
• Pankaj – Existing New Young Player
• Ankush Rathee – Category A
• Yogesh Bijender Dahiya – Category A
• Sanjay Krishan Dhull – Category B
• Dheeraj – Category C
• Alireza Mirzaeian – Category C
• Manish – Category C
• Ahmadreza Asgari – Category C
• Satyappa Matti – Category C
• Akash Santosh Shinde – Category C
• Mahipal – Category C
• Sachin – Category D
• Shubham Bitake – Category D
• Amit Singh Thakur – Category D
• Shubham Rahate – Category D
• Sahil Suhas Rane – Category D

Dabang Delhi KC squad for PKL 2025

• Sandeep – Existing New Young Player
• Mohit – Existing New Young Player
• Fazel Atrachali – Category A
• Ashu Malik – Category A
• Amir Hossein Bastami – Category B
• Surjeet Singh – Category B
• Saurabh Nandal – Category C
• Ashish Kumar Sangwan – Category C
• Naveen – Category C
• Gaurav Chhillar – Category C
• Mohit Narwal– Category C
• Akshit – Category C
• Neeraj Narwal – Category C
• Mohit Narwal– Category C
• Ajinkya Ashok Pawar – Category C
• Arkam Shaikh – Category C
• Amit – Category D
• Vijay – Category D
• Anil Gurjar – Category D

Gujarat Giants squad for PKL 2025

• Himanshu Singh – Elite Retained Player
• Himanshu – Elite Retained Player
• Parteek Dahiya – Retained Young Player
• Rakesh – Retained Young Player
• Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh – Category A
• Shubham Kumar – Category C
• Lucky Sharma – Category C
• Nitin Panwar – Category C
• Milad Jabbari – Category C
• Rohit Kumar – Category C
• Ajith V Kumar – Category C
• Visvanth V – Category C
• Amit – Category D
• Sumit – Category D
• Himanshu Yadav – Category D
• Ankit Dahiya– Category D
• K Harish – Category D

Haryana Steelers squad for PKL 2025

• Rahul Sethpal – Elite Retained Player
• Vinay – Elite Retained Player
• Shivam Anil Patare – Retained Young Player
• Jaideep – Retained Young Player
• Jaya Soorya NS – Retained Young Player
• Vishal S Tate – Retained Young Player
• Sahil – Existing New Young Player
• Manikandan N – Existing New Young Player
• Vikas Ramadas Jadhav – Existing New Young Player
• Naveen Kumar – Category B
• Rahul – Category C
• Ashish Narwal – Category C
• Hardeep – Category C
• Ghanshyam Roka Magar – Category C
• Shahan Sha Mohammed – Category C
• Zubair – Category D
• Ritik – Category D
• Sachin – Category D

Jaipur Pink Panthers squad for PKL 2025

• Reza Mirbagheri – Elite Retained Player
• Abhishek KS – Retained Young Player
• Ronak Singh – Existing New Young Player
• Nitin Kumar – Existing New Young Player
• Sombir – Existing New Young Player
• Ritik Sharma – Existing New Young Player
• Nitin Kumar Dhankhar – Category B
• Manjeet Dahiya – Category B
• Nitin Rawal – Category C
• Ali Samadi Choubtarash – Category C
• Aashish Kumar – Category C
• Meetu – Category C
• Vinay – Category C
• Mohit – Category C
• Uday Parte – Category D

Patna Pirates squad for PKL 2025

• Hamid Mirzaei Nader – Elite Retained Player
• Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj – Elite Retained Player
• Sudhakar M – Retained Young Player
• Ayan – Existing New Young Player
• Navdeep – Existing New Young Player
• Deepak – Existing New Young Player
• Sahil Patil – Existing New Young Player
• Deepak Rajender Singh – Category A
• Ankit Jaglan – Category B
• Sanket Suresh Sawant – Category B
• Maninder Singh – Category B
• Amin Ghorbani – Category C
• Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav – Category C
• Sombir – Category C
• Mandeep – Category D

Puneri Paltan squad for PKL 2025

• Abinesh Nadarajan – Elite Retained Player
• Gaurav Khatri – Elite Retained Player
• Pankaj Mohite – Elite Retained Player
• Aslam Mustafa Inamdar – Retained Young Player
• Mohit Goyat – Retained Young Player
• Dadaso Shivaji Pujari – Retained Young Player
• Aditya Tushar Shinde – Retained Young Player
• Sachin Tanwar – Category B
• Gurdeep – Category C
• Mohd. Amaan – Category C
• Milad Mohajer – Category C
• Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh – Category C
• Stuwart Singh – Category C
• Vishal Bhardwaj – Category C
• Rohan Ashok Tupare – Category D

Tamil Thalaivas squad for PKL 2025

• Moein Shafaghi – Elite Retained Player
• Himanshu – Elite Retained Player
• Sagar – Elite Retained Player
• Nitesh Kumar – Retained Young Player
• Narender – Retained Young Player
• Ronak – Retained Young Player
• Vishal Chahal – Retained Young Player
• Aashish – Retained Young Player
• Anuj Kaluram Gawade – Existing New Young Player
• Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare – Existing New Young Player
• Pawan Sehrawat – Category A
• Arjun Deshwal – Category A
• Alireza Khalili – Category C
• Mohit – Category C
• Suresh Jadhav – Category D

Telugu Titans squad for PKL 2025

• Shankar Bhimraj Gadai – Elite Retained Player
• Ajit Pandurang Pawar – Elite Retained Player
• Ankit – Retained Young Player
• Praful Sudam Zaware – Retained Young Player
• Sagar – Existing New Young Player
• Chetan Sahu – Existing New Young Player
• Nitin – Existing New Young Player
• Rohit – Existing New Young Player
• Bharat Hooda – Category A
• Vijay Malik – Category A
• Shubham Shinde – Category A
• Amir Hossein Ejlali – Category C
• Ganesh Parki – Category C
• Ashish Narwal – Category C
• Manjeet – Category C
• Jai Bhagwan – Category C
• Aman – Category C
• Rahul Dagar – Category D

U Mumba squad for PKL 2025

• Sunil Kumar – Elite Retained Player
• Rohit – Elite Retained Player
• Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh – Elite Retained Player
• Satish Kannan – Elite Retained Player
• Mukilan Shanmugam – Retained Young Player
• Ajit Chouhan – Existing New Young Player
• Deepak Kundu – Existing New Young Player
• Lokesh Ghosliya – Existing New Young Player
• Sunny – Existing New Young Player
• Rinku Sharma – Category B
• Parvesh Bhainswal – Category C
• Ravi – Category C
• Mohammad Ghorbani – Category C
• Sandeep Kumar – Category C
• Aanil Mohan – Category D
• Amarjeet – Category D

UP Yoddhas squad for PKL 2025

• Sumit – Elite Retained Player
• Bhavani Rajput – Elite Retained Player
• Sahul Kumar – Elite Retained Player
• Surender Gill – Elite Retained Player
• Ashu Singh – Elite Retained Player
• Hitesh – Retained Young Player
• Gagana Gowda HR – Retained Young Player
• Shivam Chaudhary – Retained Young Player
• Jayesh Vikas Mahajan – Existing New Young Player
• Gangaram – Existing New Young Player
• Sachin – Existing New Young Player
• Keshav Kumar – Existing New Young Player
• Mahender Singh – Category B
• Guman Singh – Category B
• Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi – Category C
• Dong Geon Lee – Category C
• Pranay Vinay Rane – Category C
• Ronak – Category D