Ajay Thakur

Ajay Thakur
	Ajay Thakur receiving Arjun Award 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ajay Thakur
Nickname(s)	Ice Man,King of kabaddi
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Born	1 May 1986 (age 35); , Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Government Post Graduation College, Nalagarh
Occupation	DSP, Kabaddi Player
Years active	2007-present
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Spouse(s)	Sandeep Rana
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Kabaddi
Position
Kabaddi	Pro Kabaddi League
Club	Bengaluru Bulls ; Puneri Paltan; Tamil Thalaivas
Team	India national kabaddi team, Himachal Pradesh
Coached by	Baskaran Kasinathan, Balwan Singh
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Representing India
Asian Games
2016 Kabaddi World Cup
2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters
Asian Indoor Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Ajay Thakur (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player and the former captain of the Indian National Kabaddi Team. He was part of the national teams which won 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and gold medal at 2014 Asian Games. He was awarded the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award in 2019.

He is a member of Himachal Pradesh Police Service cadre who currently serves as Deputy superintendent of police.

Early life[]

Thakur was born in Dabhota village of Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh; his father's name is Chhotu Ram.^[1] He was inspired by his cousin Rakesh who had already represented India in Kabaddi at international level. He married Sandeep Rana on April 10, 2019.^[1]

Career[]

Ajay Thakur has been described as one of the best Indian raiders.^[2] He represented his employer Air India at the Industrial National Championships.^[3] He has also captained India team in 2017 and led them to gold. He will also lead the Himachal men's team at the 67th Senior Nationals Kabaddi Championship 2020.^[4]

He is a member of Himachal Pradesh Police Service cadre who currently serves as Deputy superintendent of police.^[5]

Pro Kabaddi League[]

Season 1[]

In Season 1, Thakur played 15 matches and scored 122 raid points as well as 5 tackle points while playing for Bengaluru Bulls.^[6]

Season 2[]

In season 2, Thakur played 13 matches and scored 79 raid points as well as 1 tackle point while playing for Bengaluru Bulls.

Season 3[]

In season 3, Thakur played 14 matches and scored 52 raid points as well as 4 tackle points while playing for Puneri Paltan.

Season 4[]

In season 4, Thakur played 16 matches and scored 63 raid points as well as 1 tackle point while playing for Puneri Paltan.

Season 5[]

In season 5, Ajay Thakur played 22 matches and scored 213 raid points as well as 9 tackle points while playing for Tamil Thalaivas.

Season 6[]

In season 6, Ajay Thakur played 22 matches and scored 203 raid points as well as 1 tackle point while playing for Tamil Thalaivas.

Season 7[]

In season 7, Ajay Thakur played 13 matches and scored 58 raid points while playing for Tamil Thalaivas.

Kabaddi World Cup 2016[]

He was the no.1 raider with most raid points and Ajay was the overall highest point scorer with 68 points.

India while playing Iran in the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 final, was in a trailing situation. In this situation, came Ajay scoring a 4-point raid to take India to the lead. He was also the Man of the Tournament in Kabaddi World Cup 2016.

Thakur was placed fourth among the best performing raiders in Season 1 of Pro kabaddi league.

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Playing style[]

He is an attacking player. He tries to draw out his team when fallen into critical situations. Once he had saved Tamil Thalaivas from going down to Bengal warriors and also had given a match-winning effort against Iran. Due to his height, he has one of the longest reaches (to the midline) in the current lot of players.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements[]

His awards and achievements include:

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Kabaddi - Gold Medal [2013]
Gold Medal at Kabaddi at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
2014 Asian Games - Gold Medal.
Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017(Gorgan, Iran) - Gold Medal.
World Cup 2016 (Ahmedabad, India) - Gold medal
Asian Games 2018 (Jakarta, Indonesia)- Bronze Medal
Padma Shri award (2019)
Arjuna Award (2019)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kabaddi star ties the knot". The Tribune. Tribune News Service. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^ Lasrado, Svetlana (21 July 2014). "Bengaluru Bulls gear up for Pro Kabbadi League". The New Indian Express.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "ShieldSquare Captcha". validate.perfdrive.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ "Kabaddi star Ajay Thakur takes up police duty in Himachal Pradesh during Covid-19 lockdown". India Today. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ https://www.prokabaddi.com/players/ajay-thakur-profile-26
^ "Ajay Thakur". Bengaluru Bulls. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
^ "Kabaddi fever peaks for tonight's finale". Times of India. TNN. 31 August 2014.

[TNS-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kabaddi star ties the knot". The Tribune. Tribune News Service. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[2] Lasrado, Svetlana (21 July 2014). "Bengaluru Bulls gear up for Pro Kabbadi League". The New Indian Express.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "ShieldSquare Captcha". validate.perfdrive.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[DSP-5] "Kabaddi star Ajay Thakur takes up police duty in Himachal Pradesh during Covid-19 lockdown". India Today. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[6] ttps://www.prokabaddi.com/players/ajay-thakur-profile-26

[7] "Ajay Thakur". Bengaluru Bulls. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.

[8] "Kabaddi fever peaks for tonight's finale". Times of India. TNN. 31 August 2014.

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