The 70th Senior National Kabaddi Championship will start on March 21 in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
Organised by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), the upcoming edition of the Senior National Kabaddi Championship for men’s category will be held at the District Sports Complex in Ahmednagar.
The upcoming men’s kabaddi nationals will be a four-day event and will conclude on March 24.
Several Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) stars are expected to participate in the senior kabaddi nationals. Players competing in the Senior National Kabaddi Championship 2024 will be scouted for the Indian national kabaddi team.
Indian Railways will head into the tournament as the four-time defending champions. Under the leadership of Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Indian Railways defeated Maharashtra 38-21 in the 69th Senior National Kabaddi Championship final in July 2022.
In the women’s category, the 70th Senior National Kabaddi Championship was held at Lamrin Tech Skills University in Nawanshahr earlier in December. Himachal Pradesh emerged as winners after they beat Indian Railways 33-27.
In the upcoming 70th Senior National Kabaddi Championship Hi-Flyer Pawan Sehrawat will represent Chandigarh, while Arjun Deshwal will play for Services.
Uttar Pradesh's Rahul Chaudhari, Maharashtra's Aslam Inamdar, Tamil Nadu's V Ajith Kumar, Rajasthan's Jai Bhagwan, Services' Surjeet Singh, and Bharat as well as Indian Railways' Sunil Kumar and Surender Gill, are just a few more renowned Pro Kabaddi players who will feature in the tournament.
However, Punjab's Maninder Singh remains a noticeable absentee from the competition. With that in mind, here are the 70th Senior National Kabaddi Championship 2024 teams and squads.
70th Senior National Kabaddi Championship 2024 teams and squads
Andhra Pradesh: P. Gopichand, Kumar Teja, K. Srikanth, Pawan Gopineedi, Hari Prasad, Durga Rao, Sasikumar, Emmanuel, Lakshma Reddy, Chengal Rao, Tejesh, Nagababu
Chandigarh: Pawan Sehrawat, Vishal Bhardwaj, Narender Kandola, Gurdeep Sangwan, Vishal Chahal, Bablu, Afzal Khan, Prashant Rathee, Gaurav Khatri, Rakesh Sungroya, Aditya Rana, Lalit
Chhattisgarh: Sanskar Mishra, Abhay Raj, Dipendra, Mukesh Kumar, Lakhan Kashyap, Mulchand, Manish Yadav, Rajendra, Jagen Sahu, Surendra, Radhe Verma, Nikhil
Delhi: Vinit Mavi, Himmat, Minku, Ajay, Prince, Shubham, Amit, Jatin, Surender Dahiya, Vipin Tanwar, Gaurav, Sachin Jangra
Goa: Nehal Desai, Neeraj Narwal, Rahul Nagavat, Rama Velip, Bhargav Mandrekar, Omkar Khanaj, Manjunath Navali, Neeraj Narwal, Ashish Narwal, Mohit Malik, Manish Dhull, Mohit, Sundar
Himachal Pradesh: Nitin Chandel, Namandeep, Praveen Thakur, Nitesh Singh, Khawinder, Naveen Kumar, Gogu, Keshav Kumar, Surinder Pal, Preet Chandel, Sandeep Sharma, Anil
Indian Railways: Sunil Kumar (captain), Nitesh Kumar, Surender Gill, Parvesh Malik, Abinesh Nadarajan, Shubham Shinde, Sudhakar M, Pankaj Mohite, Surender Gill, Guman Singh, Meetu Sharma, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj
Jammu and Kashmir: Farman, Rajan, Rohit, Sanjeet, Amir, Krishnveer, Vikas, Amrit, Irfan, Nishant, Akshay, Abhishek
Jharkhand: Raju Kumar Singh, Binod Prasad, Ajay Gupta, Ananjay Singh, Sourav Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Raj Kamal Kumar, Rahul Gope, Anshu Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Saurav Kumar
Karnataka: Gagan Gowda, Vinod Gowda, Hemanth, Ratan Gowda, Vishwas S, Someshwar, Mithun Gowda, Abhishek S, Vijay, Chethan Devanga, Pavan TR, Chetan Gowda
Kerala: Athul MS, Adarsh T, Sagar Krishna, Muhammed Shiha S, Adarsh PM, Kaushik, Yadhu, Manzoor, Arun, Sujesh, Akhil, Midhun
Madhya Pradesh: Jay Patel, Bhavani Rajput, Himanshu Choudhary, Ravindra Chauhan, Sandip Kokote, Sachin Panwar, Ritesh Narwale, Devendra Chaudhary, Golu Rana, Satyam Trivedi, Shubham Verma, Vikash Singh
Maharashtra: Aslam Inamdar (captain), Sanket Sawant, Akash Shinde, Aditya Shinde, Harsh Lad, Mayur Kadam, Kiran Magar, Shankar Gadai, Pranay Rane, Arkam Shaikh, Omkar Kumbhar, Saurabh Raut
Punjab: Lovepreet Singh, Jaskirat Singh, Harmanjit Singh, Gursahib Singh, Rajbir Singh, Balraj Singh, Gurdeep Dass, Dhiraj, Rahul Kumar, Lovedeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Karmjit Singh
Rajasthan: Jitender Yadav, Jai Bhagwan, Mahipal Sinwar, Brijendra Choudhary, Rahul, Gangaram, Jitesh, Nitin, Sahil, Arun, Karan, Sourabh
Services: Surjeet Singh, Mahender Singh, Arjun Deshwal, Ankush Rathee, Manjeet Dahiya, Bharat Hooda, Lucky Sharma, Sonu Jaglan, Ashish Bajar, Rohan Singh, Jagdeep Goyat, Surender
Tamil Nadu: V Ajith Kumar, Satish Kannan, Abishek M, Babu M, B Srinath, S Hariharan Sudhan, Velavan, M Ramkumar, AP Noushadali, Santhapana Selvam, Mothuvel Bandian, K Nagamani
Telangana: Kunta Sushank, G Raju, P Mallikarrjun, Shivakumar, Kotesh Yadav, Hanumanthu, Ganesh, Shivanand, Karthik, Santhosh, Rohit, Rajshekar
Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Chaudhari, Vinay Tewathia, Robin Chaudhary, Shubham Kumar, Mohit Baliyan, Nitin Panwar, Vishal Chaudhary, Navneet Nagar, Shivam Singh, Vikul Lamba, Anirudh Pandey, Guarav, Kuldeep Singh
Vidarbha: Akash Pikalmunde, Aniket Gavande, Abhishek Yadav, Amit Singh, Mahesh Shrikhande, Arjun Tanwar, Akash Chavan, Datta Waghmode, Prasad Natkut, Abdul Shaikh, Javed Pathan, Abhishek Nimbalkar
West Bengal: Rakesh Mondal, Shiva Mahato, Shovam Adak, Pallab Chal, Purna Pal, Prakash Ghatak, Sk Sahil Ali, Raja Das, Jayanta Biswas, Ashif Mondal, Soriful Mondal, Maldha Khan
* remaining squads to be added once announced
Photo credit: 69th Senior National Kabaddi Championship
