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 U Mumba which plays in Pro Kabaddi League. In 2012, the Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on him for his achievements in the sport. He is employed as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in his native State of Haryana. He has over 400 points in the Pro Kabaddi League.
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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.
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Pro Kabaddi League
He plays as raider for Indian National Kabaddi Team and U Mumba. 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.
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.
International career
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.
Honours and Achievements
Club
U Mumba
- Pro Kabaddi League: 2015
International
India
- Kabaddi World Cup: 2016
- Asian Games Gold Medal: 2010, 2014
- South Asian Games Gold Medal: 2016
Individual
Awards
- Pro Kabaddi League 2014: Most Valuable Player
- Arjuna Award for Kabaddi: 2012
References
External links
- Anup Kumar's Twitter account
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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