Maninder Singh is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays for the India national kabaddi Team.[1] He is the captain and lead raider of Bengal Warriors In the Pro Kabaddi League.[2] Maninder is regarded as one of the best raiders in the league.[3][4] He led Bengal Warriors to their maiden PKL trophy in 2019.[5]
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| Nickname | Mighty Maninder | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
| Citizenship | Indian | |||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1990 Dasuya, Punjab, India | |||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Police officer, Kabaddi Player | |||||||||||
| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||
| Sport | Kabaddi | |||||||||||
| Position | Raider | |||||||||||
| League | Pro Kabaddi League | |||||||||||
| Club | Jaipur Pink Panthers (2014) Bengal Warriors (2017-present) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Maninder Singh was born in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India. He completed graduation from Khalsa College, Amritsar and currently lives in Jalandhar. He is employed to Punjab Police.[6]
Career edit
Season 1 edit
He started his career in the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014, playing for Jaipur Pink Panthers. The team won the inaugural season of the league[7] and statistically he was rated as the third best raider of the Season with 130 raid points.[8]
Season 5 edit
After this start to his career, he was injured and missed the next three seasons of the league before being bought by Bengal Warriors in 2017.[9] He made a brilliant comeback and scored 190 raid Points in the season. He was a lethal raider on the mat and scored a lot of critical points for the side.[10]
Season 6 edit
He became the fastest raider to score 400 and 500 raid points in the 2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League season.[11][12] He scored 206 raid points from 22 matches.[13]
Season 7 edit
In 2019, after not retaining PO Surjeet Singh who was their skipper for the past two seasons. Maninder was announced as the captain for his team.[14] In a match against Patna Pirates, he became the second quickest raider after Pardeep Narwal (63 matches) to reach 600 points (68 matches) in the PKL.[15] He led his team to the playoffs averaging 10 raid points per match.[16] But in the penultimate league stage, he dislocated his shoulder and became injured.[17] Which saw him sit out the remaining matches including semi final and final.[18] But in the final, the team got support with his presence as assistant coach. Despite his absence off the mat, Bengal Warriors clinched their first ever PKL title by beating Dabang Delhi in The Arena.[19] Maninder was just 2 Points short from his career best performance. However, his best performance came against Jaipur Pink Panthers, when he picked up 19 raid points from 24 raids in the Warriors' 41-40 win that propelled his team to the playoffs.[16] His average of 10.25 points per game in the season was the best of his vivo Pro Kabaddi career and his tally of six Super Raids was bettered by only three other raiders.[20]
Season 8 edit
In 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League season, Maninder was retained as the captain of Bengal Warriors.[21] In a match against U Mumba, he achieved a unique feat of having 100% raid contribution, scoring 17 raid points of his team alone.[22] Maninder also achieved his career best 9 consecutive Super 10s (scoring 10 raid points in a match) in Season 8.[23] on 24 January, in a match against Jaipur Pink Panthers, he became only the fourth player in Pro kabaddi history to cross the 900-raid point mark, second quickest (93 matches) after Pardeep Narwal.[24][25] Despite Maninder's tremendous form, Bengal Warriors couldn't qualify for the playoffs.[26] He became the third best raider of PKL 8 with 262 raid points. Mani scored 16 Super 10s and executed 11 super raids during the season. He proved himself as a multi-point raid specialist.[27]
Season 9 edit
Bengal Warriors retained Maninder as their captain in season 9 of PKL.[28] In Warriors' opening match against Haryana Steelers, he became only the second player after Pardeep Narwal to reach 1000 raid points in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League.[29][30] On November 5, he scored his career best 20 raid points in a single match to register a 45-50 victory against Gujarat Giants. [31]
Career statistics edit
- As of 18 February 2022.[32]
| Club Team | Season | Total Apps | Raid Points | Tackle Points | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 2014 | 16 | 130 | 7 | 137 |
| Bengal Warriors | 2017 | 21 | 190 | 2 | 192 |
| Bengal Warriors | 2018 | 22 | 206 | 0 | 206 |
| Bengal Warriors | 2019 | 20 | 205 | 0 | 205 |
| Bengal Warriors | 2021-22 | 22 | 262 | 2 | 264 |
| Bengal Warriors | 2022 | 21 | 238 | 2 | 240 |
| Total | 122 | 1231 | 13 | 1244 |
Raid statistics edit
| Season | Total Apps | Raid Points | Avg Raid Points | Successful Raids | Super Raids | Super 10s | D0-OR-Die Raid Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16 | 130 | 8.13 | 103 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 2017 | 21 | 190 | 9.05 | 154 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 2018 | 22 | 206 | 9.36 | 158 | 6 | 9 | 34 |
| 2019 | 20 | 205 | 10.25 | 171 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 2021-22 | 22 | 262 | 11.91 | 192 | 11 | 16 | 39 |
| 2022 | 21 | 238 | 11.33 | 180 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023-24 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 126 | 1276 | 10.13 | 992 | 45 | 66 |
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References edit
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi - Maninder Singh Player Profile". Vivo Pro Kabaddi. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Know the team captains of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9". 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Best Raiders in Pro Kabbadi League Season 8".
- ^ "Top 5 raiders to watch out for in Season 9".
- ^ "Bengal warriors become champions in Season 7".
- ^ "Policeman Maninder guides his team to victory". The Times of India. 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Jaipur Pink Panthers won Pro Kabaddi title". September 2014.
- ^ "Top 5 raiders from PKL Season 1". 19 June 2015.
- ^ Shah, Vidhi (August 2017). "Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Bengal Warriors' Maninder Singh eager to make up for his missed time on the kabaddi mat". www.sportskeeda.com.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi 2017: Pardeep Narwal to Ajay Thakur, top 5 raiders of season 5". 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Maninder Singh becomes the fastest player to reach 400 raid points". 9 October 2023.
- ^ "A bright night for Bengal Warriors as they secure a top-two finish in Zone B". 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi League 2018: Top 5 raiders from the season". 5 January 2019.
- ^ "VIVO Pro Kabaddi League 2019: Know your teams, your captains of PKL Season 7". 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Five biggest talking points from the Chennai Leg". 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Maninder stars as Bengal Warriors beat Jaipur Pink Panthers to qualify for the playoffs". 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Bengal Warriors extend winning streak to seven games after beating Dabang Delhi K.C." 30 September 2019.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (19 October 2019). "Pro Kabaddi: Warriors skipper Maninder Singh ruled out of final vs Dabang Delhi". Sportstar.
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi: All-round Bengal Warriors defeat Dabang Delhi to be crowned champions for first time". 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Leading by example: The highest-scoring captains in vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 7". 27 December 2019.
- ^ "list of players retained and released by bengal warriors in PKL 2021-22". 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Maninder Singh scores 100% of Bengal Warriors' raid points against U Mumba". 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Maninder Singh scored 9 consecutive super 10s". 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Maninder scores 900 raid points".
- ^ "Maninder Singh reaches 900-raid-point milestone". 24 January 2022.
- ^ "3 players Bengal Warriors should retain for PKL 9". 19 February 2022.
- ^ "1 player from each eliminated team who impressed the most". 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Bengal Warriors retains Maninder and other two players". 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Maninder Singh becomes the second player to cross 1000 raid points". 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Maninder Singh joins 1000 raid points club". 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Maninder Singh powers Bengal to victory".
- ^ https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D