Anup Kumar (kabaddi)

Anup Kumar
Personal information
Nickname(s) Captain Cool
Bonus ka badshah
Nationality Indian
Born (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983
Palra, Haryana, India
Years active 2006-present
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country India
Sport Kabaddi
Position Raider
League Pro Kabaddi League
Team India national kabaddi team
Medal record
Representing  India
Kabaddi World Cup
Winner2016 Kabaddi World Cup
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2014 IncheonTeam

Anup Kumar (born 20 November 1983) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian gold medals in 2010 and 2014. He is captain of Indian National Kabaddi Team and Jaipur Pink Panthers which plays in Pro Kabaddi League. He made a stunning move after 5 years with U Mumba to Jaipur Pink Panthers for just 30 lakhs.In 2012, the Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on him for his achievements in the sport.[2] He is employed as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in his native State of Haryana.[3] He has over 400 points in the Pro Kabaddi League.

Early life

Kumar was born and brought up in Palra, is the son of Ransingh Yadav, and Ballo Devi, in a village Gurgaon district of Haryana. He started playing Kabaddi as a pass-time during his schooldays. In April 2005, he joined CRPF as a constable. His exploits took him to the Indian camp in December 2005. He represented India for the first time at the 2006 South Asian Games in Sri Lanka.[3]

Pro Kabaddi League

He plays as a raider for Indian National Kabaddi Team and Jaipur Pink Panthers. He is one of the most successful raiders of Pro Kabaddi League and International Kabaddi. His main skills are bonus, hand touch and toe touch. Due to his extraordinary skills of taking bonus points, he is famously known as Bonus ka Badshah. He has another nickname 'Captain Cool' due to his brilliant captaincy and sportsmanship.

Season 1

He is captain of the U Mumba team in the Pro Kabaddi League. He won the Most Valuable Player award in the first season of the league, leading his team to the finals where they lost to Jaipur Pink Panthers. He scored 155 raid points in 16 matches, to become one of the most successful raider of Pro Kabaddi.[4]

Season 2

He led U Mumba to their maiden Pro Kabaddi title in 2015 in which he finished the season with 74 raid points. They defeated Bengaluru Bulls in the final.

Season 3

U Mumba reached the final where they lost against Patna Pirates by a margin of only 2 points. This was the 3rd time when they played the final. A player in his team, Rishank Devadiga, got the award of most valuable player.

Season 4

He was retained by U Mumba team. After 3 seasons, the squad of U Mumba was mostly changed but once again with the help of Rakesh Kumar they managed to finish 5th in the season. This was the first season where U Mumba failed to reach the finals.

Season 5

Anup Kumar was retained by U Mumba for the fifth consecutive season. In season 5, he became the first player in Pro Kabaddi to complete 400 raid points.

Season 6

For the 6th season, Anup Kumar was released by his former franchise U Mumba. In the recently held auctions, Abhishek Bachchan owned franchise Jaipur Pink Panthers brought him in the auction for 30 Lakhs INR. This led to huge disappointment among U Mumba as well as Anup's fans because of dropping a player of great caliber of him. Sources have stated that he might lead the team for the 6th season as well.

International career

He made his International debut in 2010 Asian Games. Kumar won gold medals at the 2010 Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Games in kabaddi.

He won a gold medal in kabaddi at the 2016 South Asian Games.

He captained the Indian national Kabaddi team and won their record third Kabaddi World Cup in 2016.[5]

Honours and Achievements

Club

U Mumba

International

India

Individual

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "FROM OBSCURITY, KABADDI PLAYERS NOW REVEL IN STARDOM". Bangalore Mirror. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards Announced". Press Information Bureau. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Awasthi, Shailendra (21 August 2015). "Pro Kabaddi League: Anup, the force behind U Mumba". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Interview with Anup Kumar: "Pro Kabaddi League has completely changed the sport"". Yahoo! News. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pro Kabaddi League 2017: Anup Kumar Dispels Retirement Rumours". News 18. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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