Anup Kumar to lead India in Kabaddi World Cup

MUMBAI: Haryana raider Anup Kumar was named as the India captain ahead of next month’s Kabaddi World Cup, to be held in Ahmedabad and will feature 12 teams.

Published on: Sep 21, 2016, 07:19:55 IST

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MUMBAI: Haryana raider Anup Kumar was named as the India captain ahead of next month’s Kabaddi World Cup, to be held in Ahmedabad and will feature 12 teams.

Iran, South Korea, Bangladesh, USA, England, Australia, Poland, Thailand, Japan, Argentina, Kenya will vie for the title along with hosts India. While Balwan Singh was named the head coach of the squad, K Baskaran was named as his deputy. The squad: Anup Kumar (captain, Haryana), Ajay Thakur (Himachal Pradesh) Deepak Hooda (Haryana), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Tamil Nadu), Jasvir Singh (Haryana), Kiran Parmar (Gujarat), Manjeet Chillar (vice-captain, Punjab), Mohit Chillar (Punjab), Nitin Tomar (Uttar Pradesh), Pardeep Narwal (Haryana), Rahul Chaudhari (Uttar Pradesh), Sandeep Narwal, Surender Nada, Surjeet (all from Haryana).

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