Senior National Kabaddi Championship 2024: Venue, Teams, Full Squads, Fixtures, Key Players, Where To Watch

The ongoing 70th Senior National Men's Kabaddi Championship is witnessing a stellar display of talent as kabaddi stars like Pawan Sehrawat, Aslam Inamdar, Rahul Chaudhari, and Ashu Malik, alongside promising newcomers, are competing for glory.

The tournament, which sees participation from 32 teams divided into eight groups, will be played between March 21 and March 24, 2024. The final of the competition will be held on Sunday (March 24).

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This championship, a cornerstone event in the domestic kabaddi calendar, serves as a platform for emerging talents to challenge established stars and pave their way to the Indian national team, renowned for its dominance in international kabaddi.

Organised by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, this edition of the Senior National Men's Kabaddi Championship marks a milestone as matches are streamed live for the first time on the leading OTT platform, FanCode. This initiative aims to bring high-quality kabaddi coverage to a wider audience, further elevating the popularity of this beloved sport.

Kabaddi Viewership Rising In India

With remarkable viewership statistics, kabaddi continues to captivate audiences across the nation. According to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 (2022) garnered a staggering reach of 46 million and 1.41 billion minutes of consumption on its opening day, surpassing even global sporting events like the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Elev8 India Sportz Pvt Ltd., the broadcasting partner, ensures comprehensive coverage of the tournament, with BanyanBoard providing cutting-edge graphics and data points for an enhanced viewing experience.

Mr Shashikant Gade, Secretary of Ahmednagar District Amateur Kabaddi Federation and Vice President of Maharashtra State Kabaddi Association, expresses enthusiasm for the championship, underscoring kabaddi's immense popularity and its potential for further growth through such tournaments.

Senior National Men's Kabaddi Championship Pools

Pool A - Indian Railways, Madhya Pradesh, BSNL
Pool B- Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat
Pool C - Goa, Bihar, Manipur, West Bengal
Pool D - Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand
Pool E - Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Pondicherry, Rajasthan
Pool F - Chandigarh, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Telangana
Pool G - Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Vidarbha
Pool H - Services, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

National Kabaddi Championship 2024 Full Squads

Andhra Pradesh: P. Gopichand, Kumar Teja, K. Srikanth, Pawan Gopineedi, Hari Prasad, Durga Rao, Sasikumar, Emmanuel, Lakshma Reddy, Chengal Rao, Tejesh, Nagababu.

Chandigarh: Pawan Sehrawat, Vishal Bhardwaj, Narender Kandola, Gurdeep Sangwan, Vishal Chahal, Bablu, Afzal Khan, Prashant Rathee, Gaurav Khatri, Rakesh Sungroya, Aditya Rana, Lalit.

Chhattisgarh: Sanskar Mishra, Abhay Raj, Dipendra, Mukesh Kumar, Lakhan Kashyap, Mulchand, Manish Yadav, Rajendra, Jagen Sahu, Surendra, Radhe Verma, Nikhil.

Delhi: Vinit Mavi, Himmat, Minku, Ajay, Prince, Shubham, Amit, Jatin, Surender Dahiya, Vipin Tanwar, Gaurav, Sachin Jangra.

Goa: Nehal Desai, Neeraj Narwal, Rahul Nagavat, Rama Velip, Bhargav Mandrekar, Omkar Khanaj, Manjunath Navali, Neeraj Narwal, Ashish Narwal, Mohit Malik, Manish Dhull, Mohit, Sundar.

Himachal Pradesh: Nitin Chandel, Namandeep, Praveen Thakur, Nitesh Singh, Khawinder, Naveen Kumar, Gogu, Keshav Kumar, Surinder Pal, Preet Chandel, Sandeep Sharma, Anil.

Indian Railways: Sunil Kumar (captain), Nitesh Kumar, Surender Gill, Parvesh Malik, Abinesh Nadarajan, Shubham Shinde, Sudhakar M, Pankaj Mohite, Surender Gill, Guman Singh, Meetu Sharma, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj.

Jammu and Kashmir: Farman, Rajan, Rohit, Sanjeet, Amir, Krishnveer, Vikas, Amrit, Irfan, Nishant, Akshay, Abhishek.

Jharkhand: Raju Kumar Singh, Binod Prasad, Ajay Gupta, Ananjay Singh, Sourav Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Raj Kamal Kumar, Rahul Gope, Anshu Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Saurav Kumar.

Karnataka: Gagan Gowda, Vinod Gowda, Hemanth, Ratan Gowda, Vishwas S, Someshwar, Mithun Gowda, Abhishek S, Vijay, Chethan Devanga, Pavan TR, Chetan Gowda.

Kerala: Athul MS, Adarsh T, Sagar Krishna, Muhammed Shiha S, Adarsh PM, Kaushik, Yadhu, Manzoor, Arun, Sujesh, Akhil, Midhun.

Madhya Pradesh: Jay Patel, Bhavani Rajput, Himanshu Choudhary, Ravindra Chauhan, Sandip Kokote, Sachin Panwar, Ritesh Narwale, Devendra Chaudhary, Golu Rana, Satyam Trivedi, Shubham Verma, Vikash Singh.

Maharashtra: Aslam Inamdar (captain), Sanket Sawant, Akash Shinde, Aditya Shinde, Harsh Lad, Mayur Kadam, Kiran Magar, Shankar Gadai, Pranay Rane, Arkam Shaikh, Omkar Kumbhar, Saurabh Raut.

Punjab: Lovepreet Singh, Jaskirat Singh, Harmanjit Singh, Gursahib Singh, Rajbir Singh, Balraj Singh, Gurdeep Dass, Dhiraj, Rahul Kumar, Lovedeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Karmjit Singh.

Rajasthan: Jitender Yadav, Jai Bhagwan, Mahipal Sinwar, Brijendra Choudhary, Rahul, Gangaram, Jitesh, Nitin, Sahil, Arun, Karan, Sourabh.

Services: Surjeet Singh, Mahender Singh, Arjun Deshwal, Ankush Rathee, Manjeet Dahiya, Bharat Hooda, Lucky Sharma, Sonu Jaglan, Ashish Bajar, Rohan Singh, Jagdeep Goyat, Surender.

Tamil Nadu: V Ajith Kumar, Satish Kannan, Abishek M, Babu M, B Srinath, S Hariharan Sudhan, Velavan, M Ramkumar, AP Noushadali, Santhapana Selvam, Mothuvel Bandian, K Nagamani.

Telangana: Kunta Sushank, G Raju, P Mallikarrjun, Shivakumar, Kotesh Yadav, Hanumanthu, Ganesh, Shivanand, Karthik, Santhosh, Rohit, Rajshekar.

Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Chaudhari, Vinay Tewathia, Robin Chaudhary, Shubham Kumar, Mohit Baliyan, Nitin Panwar, Vishal Chaudhary, Navneet Nagar, Shivam Singh, Vikul Lamba, Anirudh Pandey, Gaurav, Kuldeep Singh.

Vidarbha: Akash Pikalmunde, Aniket Gavande, Abhishek Yadav, Amit Singh, Mahesh Shrikhande, Arjun Tanwar, Akash Chavan, Datta Waghmode, Prasad Natkut, Abdul Shaikh, Javed Pathan, Abhishek Nimbalkar.

West Bengal: Rakesh Mondal, Shiva Mahato, Shovam Adak, Pallab Chal, Purna Pal, Prakash Ghatak, Sk Sahil Ali, Raja Das, Jayanta Biswas, Ashif Mondal, Soriful Mondal, Maldha Khan.