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National Kabaddi Team for Men
National Kabaddi Team for Men is a team representing India in many national and international level championships.

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National Kabaddi Team for MenNational Kabaddi Team for Men is a national level team from India. India men`s national kabaddi team represents India in international kabaddi competitions mainly in USA and United Kingdom. India"s National Kabaddi Team for Men is the most successful team, having won Gold medals in all the Asian Games and won all world cups so far. South Indians played this game mostly. The team plays for national level kabaddi in India.

Anup Kumar
Anup Kumar was born on 20th November in the year 1983. He is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian gold medals in 2010 and 2014. In 2012, the Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on him for his achievements in the sport. He is employed as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in his native State of Haryana.

Pardeep Narwal
Pardeep Narwal is an Indian Kabaddi athlete.

Rahul Chaudhari
Rahul Chaudhari is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He is popularly known as the poster boy of Indian kabaddi. He is very famous in International Kabaddi. He was the member of the Indian national kabaddi team that won gold medal in the 2016 South Asian games. He also plays in Pro Kabaddi League for Telugu Titans team since 2014. He is one of the retained players of Telugu titans. He is also a member of kabaddi world cup 2016 representing Indian team.

Ajay Thakur
Ajay Thakur is a professional Indian international kabaddi player. He was the star player of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final. India won the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup due to his stunning performance combined with a great team effort. He was also a key player in the Indian kabaddi team that won the Gold medal at the Incheon Asian Games in 2014. Thakur has over 14 years of professional experience in Kabaddi.

Jasvir Singh
Jasvir Singh is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was a member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian Games Gold medal in 2014 and World Cup in 2016. He hails from Panipat District, Haryana and serves in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

Surender Nada
Surender Nada is an Indian Kabaddi athlete.

Deepak Niwas Hooda
Deepak Niwas Hooda is an Indian Kabaddi player. He was part of the Indian team, which won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. He was also featured in the first three seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League.


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