Kabaddi’s wave continues to take over as the 69th edition of the Women’s Senior Kabaddi championship is all set to get underway at Mahendargarh, Haryana from 23rd March to 26th March. It will be a 3-day tournament which will see some of the country’s best Women Kabaddi players in full throttle action.
It will be an important tournament for all the Women Kabaddi players as their performance could land them a spot in the Indian Kabaddi team preparing for the Asian Games scheduled to take place later this year. Himachal Pradesh will enter the fray being the defending champions and they will begin their title defense in just 2 days time.
The schedule was released by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) and Shri Krishna Group of Institutions at Mahendargarh, Harayana is the venue.
All the participating 5 teams have begun with their practice sessions and squads have also been released.
29 teams were split into eight groups in the 68th edition which took place in 2022. Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri hosted the event in 2022 Himachal Pradesh went on to beat Indian Railways 33–31 to claim the trophy. While Indian Railways dominated Rajasthan to win the other semifinal 41-17, Haryana was eliminated in the semis after falling to Himachal Pradesh by a score of 35-32.
Previous editions and hosts –
| 67th Senior Nationals | 02 Mar – 06 Mar 2020 | Poornima University, Jaipur | |
| 66th Senior Nationals | 11 Jul – 14 Jul 2019 | Patliputra Sports Complex, Bihar | |
| 65th Senior Nationals | 31 Dec – 05 Jan 2018 | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium , Hyderabad | |
| 63rd Senior Nationals | 24 Nov – 29 Nov 2015 | Banglore, Karnataka | |
| 62nd Senior Nationals | 14 Jan – 18 Jan 2015 | Tirucengode, Tamilnadu | |
| 61st Senior Nationals | 21 Jan – 24 Jan 2015 | Patna, Bihar | |
| 60th Senior Nationals | 10 Jan – 13 Jan 2013 | Mandya, Karnataka |
Below is the tentative squad for 5 teams –
Indian Railways
Payel Chowdhury, Sonali Shingate, Pinki Roy, Raksha Narkar, Ritu Negi, Pooja Narwal, Ritu Kumari, Vaishali Chaudhary, Mansi Rode, Minal Jadhav, Dimpal, Rutu. Gautmi Aroskar ( Head Coach ), Sumati Suvarna (Team Manager).
Jammu and Kashmir
Taniya Choudhary, Ilfa Majeed, Aisha Hameed, Muskan Majeed, Anita Sharma, Rajni Rani, Siya Saini, Sweety Devi, Sonia Devi, Suman Kumari, Dinakshi Sharma, Sunita Devi. Archana Kaushal ( Team Manager ), Kajal Devi ( Head Coach ).
Maharashtra
Sayli Keripale, Snehal Shinde, Ankita Jagtap, Pooja Shelar, Amrapali Galande, Pornima Jedhe, Pooja Yadav, Pratiksha Tandel, Sayali Jadhav, Harjeet Kaur Sandhu, Pooja Patil, Siddhi Chalke. Snehal Jadhav Marne ( Head Coach ), Shraddha Gambhir ( Team Manager)
Telangana
Moti Chandan ( C ), Pavithra Indrajit, K Sathiya, Ritu Rani, Rayalapuram, Nousheen Shaikh, Mounika Mandala, Maheshwari K, Sweety, Asavari Kochare, Sriveena Sidamshetti, Krishnaveni. MS. Mangala Desai ( Coach ), T Jyotishwar ( Manager )
Goa
Ankita ( C ), Sonali, Yashmita, Pragati, Asha, Ritu, Rajrani, Prity, Sakshi, Renu, Rajani, Sushma. Omkar ( Coach ), Surekha ( Manager )
