Ajay Thakur Kabaddi Player

 

Ajay Thakur Biography

Early Life 

Ajay Thakur was born on 1st May of 1986 in Dabhota Village of Nalagarh district of Himachal Pradesh. He was very lean and shy as a kid.

Ajay Thakur Pro kabaddi Career:

Ajay Thakur made his Pro Kabaddi League debut in Season 1 with Bengaluru Bulls. The star of India’s 2016 World Cup campaign, Ajay Thakur has been making waves since the inaugural season of Pro Kabaddi League. One of the leading raiders of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League, Thakur will play his third season for Tamil Thalaivas in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 7. Playing in his debut season, Ajay Thakur finished as the fourth most successful raider in the competition.  

International career

He has been playing in the Indian National Kabaddi Team since 2013 and has brought home pride and accolade. He was one of the youngest players to represent India at the age of 19. He had won gold medals representing Indian at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games and the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. 

He rose to prominence after the 2014 Incheon Games, where India won the gold medal in Kabaddi. He has won gold at the 2014 Asian Games, 2017 Kabaddi Championship and a bronze at 2018 Asian Games. His big moment came in the 2016 Kabaddi World cup which happened in India. In that championship, Ajay Thakur went on to become the number one raider with the most raid points and he was also the overall highest point scorer with 68 points. He also scored a super 10 in the game. 

Personal Info

Full Name	Ajay Thakur
Nickname	Ice man
Date of birth	June 1, 1986
Age	34 Years old (as in 2020)
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Weight	82 kgs
Height	180 cms
Position	Raider
Signature Move	Frog Jump
Mothers Name	Rajinder Kaur
Fathers Name	Chotu Ram
Spouse/wifes name	Sandeep Rana
Coach	Baskaran Kasinathan, Balwan Singh
Current Club	Tamil Thalaivas
Former Club	Bengaluru Bulls, Puneri Paltan

Ajay Thakur Family 

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Ajay Thakur comes from a middle class family. His father name is Chottu Ram and is a Kabaddi player and a coach for Ajay thakur in his early days of career. Ajay Thakur is always been very close to his mother, his mother name is Ranjinder kaur and is an Housewife.

Ajay Thakur Family Has been very supportive from the very beginning of his career. He was inspired by one of his cousins, Rakesh who also represented India in international kabaddi.

Ajay has two siblings, Disha Thakur and Abhinandan Chandel.

Ajay Thakur Marraige 

Ajay Thakur got married to Sandeep Rana on 10th April 2019.

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Teams Played for

Pro Kabaddi Season	Teams
Season 1	Bengaluru Bulls
Season 2	Bengaluru Bulls
Season 3	Puneri Paltan
Season 4	Puneri Paltan
Season 5	Tamil Thalaivas
Season 6	Tamil Thalaivas
Season 7	Tamil Thalaivas

STATISTICS

Total matches played	115
Total earned points	811
Most points in a match	20
Not out percentage	77.53
Total raids	1687
Successful raids %	46.82
Super 10’s	29
Total raid points	790
Average raid per match	6.86
Total tackles	82
Number of super tackles	0
Total tackle points	21
Average tackles per match %	0.18
Tackle strike rate %	25.6

Ajay Thakur Records and achievements

Season Wise Stats:

Raiding:

Season	Team	Matches	Total Raids	Successful Raids	Unsuccessful Raids
PKL 7	Tamil Thalaivas	13	171	47	43
PKL 6	Tamil Thalaivas	22	388	180	79
PKL5	Tamil Thalaivas	22	407	187	75
PKL4	Puneri Paltan	16	155	41	34
PKL3	Puneri Paltan	14	148	41	32
PKL2	Bengaluru Bulls	13	190	56	52
PKL1	Bengaluru Bulls	15	228	99	55

 

Tackling:

Season	Team	Matches	Total Tackles	Successful Tackles	Total Tackle Points
PKL 7	Tamil Thalaivas	13	5	0	0
PKL 6	Tamil Thalaivas	22	11	1	1
PKL5	Tamil Thalaivas	22	25	9	9
PKL4	Puneri Paltans	16	8	1	1
PKL3	Puneri Paltans	14	9	4	4
PKL2	Bengaluru Bulls	13	6	1	1
PKL1	Bengaluru Bulls	15	18	6	5

 

Ajay Thakur Social Media Handles:

Ajay Thakur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajaythakurkabaddi

Ajay Thakur Twitter: https://twitter.com/thakurkabaddi 

Ajay Thakur Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIY9J0qTgeysOjbpooDpGQ