The 70th edition of the All India Railway Kabaddi Championship is back after a gap of 2 years. Due to COVID-19’s threat, this event could not take place in 2020 as well as 2021 but with the danger of COVID-19 relatively lower, the Men’s AIR Kabaddi championship gets underway from 26th of December to 29th December.
The AIR kabaddi championship last took place in 2019 at Gorakhpur which was the 69th edition. NER became the Gold medalists, ECR won the Silver medal while CR ended up with the Bronze Medal. This year, 225 players (including players and Coach) and 32 Match officials are going to take part in this event.
Hype around this tournament is massive as some of the biggest names of Indian kabaddi are a part of this event. With their help this tournament is expected to be a huge success. Below is the list of players who were a part of Pro Kabaddi League sides.
South Eastern Railways
Deepak Narwal – Bengaluru Bulls (Season 8)
Abhishek – Telegu Titans (Season 9)
Surinder Singh – U Mumba (Season 9)
Irfan – NA
North Eastern Railways
Sunil Kumar – Jaipur Pink Panthers (Season 9)
Rohit Gulia – Patna Pirates (Season 9)
Parvesh Bhainswal – Telegu Titans (Season 9)
Amit Nagar – Jaipur Pink Panthers (Season 8)
Central Railways
Sandeep Dhull – Dabang Delhi K.C (Season 9)
Shrikant Jadhav – Bengal Warriors (Season 9)
Pankaj Mohite – Puneri Paltan (Season 9)
Ajinkya Pawar – Tamil Thalaivas (Season 9)
Eastern Railways
Sushil Kumar – NA
Western Railways
Ravi Kumar – Dabang Delhi K.C (Season 9)
South Central Railways
Selvamani K – Patna Pirates (Season 8)
Siddharth Desai – Telegu Titans (Season 9)
Monu – Patna Pirates (Season 9)
Northern Railways
Nitin Rawal – Haryana Steelers (Season 9)
Meetu Sharma – Haryana Steelers (Season 9)
East Central Railways
Vikash Kandola – Benglauru Bulls (Season 9)