Amatuer Kabaddi Federation of India(AKFI) has announced 12-member strong Indian Kabaddi Squad for Asian Games 2018. India is the most successful team in the sport at the Asian games, picking 7 gold medals in men’s category and 2 gold medals in women’s category.
Ajay Thakur who successfully led India to victory in the Kabaddi Master Dubai was again handed the role of the skipper. He will be accompanied by Rishank Devadiga, Rahul Choudhary, Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat and Rohit Kumar in the raiding department.
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Mohit Chillar, Ganesh Maruti Ernak and Mallesh Gangadhari will form India’s defense.
The all-round abilities will be handled by Deepak Niwas Hooda and Sandeep Narwal.
Maninder Singh and Amit Nagar were kept as a reserves in the team.
Kabaddi Squad for Asian Games 2018- Men’s
Ajay Thakur
Pardeep Narwal
Rishank Devadiga
Monu Goyat
Rohit Kumar
Rahul Chaudhari
Deepak Niwas Hooda
Sandeep Narwal
Girish Maruti Ernak
Mohit Chhillar
Raju Lal Choudhary
Mallesh Gangadhari
Stand by:
Maninder Singh
Amit Nagar
Kabaddi Squad for Asian Games 2018- Women’s
Sakshi Kumari
Kavita Devi
Priyanka
Manpreet Kaur
Payel Chowdhury
Ritu Negi
Sonali Vishnu Shingate
Sayali Sanjay KeriPale
Randeep Kaur Khehra
Shalini Pathak
Usha Rani Narasimhalah
Madhu
Standby
Priyanka
Shama Parveen
