Anup Kumar (kabaddi)
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| Nickname(s) | Captain Cool Bonus ka badshah |
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||
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20 November 1983 Palra, Haryana, India |
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| Years active | 2006-present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Kabaddi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Raider | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | Pro Kabaddi League | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U Mumba 2014- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team | India national kabaddi team | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Kumar was born and brought up in Palra, a village in 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.
He plays as raider for Indian National Kabaddi Team and U Mumba. He is one of the most successful raider 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.
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 U Mumba to the finals where they lost from Jaipur Pink Panthers. He scored 155 raid points in 16 matches being one of the most successful raider of Pro Kabaddi.
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