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Maninder Singh is an Indian professional
Kabaddi Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In this game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to touch defenders and attempt to return within 30 ...
player who plays for the
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. He is the captain and lead raider of
Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
In the
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. Maninder is regarded as one of the best raiders in the league. He led Bengal Warriors to their maiden PKL trophy in
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Early life

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.


Career


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He started his career in the
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in 2014, playing for
Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional Kabaddi team from Jaipur, competing in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Arjun Deshwal. The team is owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home ...
. The team won the inaugural season of the league and statistically he was rated as the third best raider of the Season with 130 raid points.


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After this start to his career, he was injured and missed the next three seasons of the league before being bought by
Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
in
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. 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.


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He became the fastest raider to score 400 and 500 raid points in the 2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League season. He scored 206 raid points from 22 matches.


Season 7

In
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, after not retaining PO Surjeet Singh who was their skipper for the past two seasons. Maninder was announced as the captain for his team. In a match against
Patna Pirates Patna Pirates (PTP) is a professional kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Ankit Jaglan and coached by Anup Kumar (kabaddi). Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex. The Pirate ...
, he became the second quickest raider after
Pardeep Narwal Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1997) is an Indian former international kabaddi player, who played as a raider. Widely regarded as the greatest raider in kabaddi history, he led the Patna Pirates to three straight titles in Pro Kabaddi League ...
(63 matches) to reach 600 points (68 matches) in the
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. He led his team to the playoffs averaging 10 raid points per match. But in the penultimate league stage, he dislocated his shoulder and became injured. Which saw him sit out the remaining matches including semi final and final. But in the final, the team got support with his presence as assistant coach. Despite his absence off the mat,
Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
clinched their first ever
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title by beating
Dabang Delhi Dabang Delhi K.C. is a professional kabaddi team based in New Delhi, India, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Ashu Malik and coached by Joginder Narwal. The team is owned by Radha Kapoor and they play their hom ...
in The Arena. Maninder was just 2 Points short from his career best performance. However, his best performance came against
Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional Kabaddi team from Jaipur, competing in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Arjun Deshwal. The team is owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home ...
, when he picked up 19 raid points from 24 raids in the Warriors' 41-40 win that propelled his team to the playoffs. 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.


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In 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League season, Maninder was retained as the captain of
Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
. In a match against
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, he achieved a unique feat of having 100% raid contribution, scoring 17 raid points of his team alone. Maninder also achieved his career best 9 consecutive Super 10s (scoring 10 raid points in a match) in
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. on 24 January, in a match against
Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional Kabaddi team from Jaipur, competing in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Arjun Deshwal. The team is owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home ...
, he became only the fourth player in Pro kabaddi history to cross the 900-raid point mark, second quickest (93 matches) after
Pardeep Narwal Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1997) is an Indian former international kabaddi player, who played as a raider. Widely regarded as the greatest raider in kabaddi history, he led the Patna Pirates to three straight titles in Pro Kabaddi League ...
. Despite Maninder's tremendous form,
Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
couldn't qualify for the playoffs. 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.


Season 9

Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and c ...
retained Maninder as their captain in season 9 of
PKL The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is an Indian professional Kabaddi league for men. It premiered in 2014 and airs on Star Sports. It is the most popular kabaddi league in the world and the third most watched sports league in India after the Indian ...
. In Warriors' opening match against
Haryana Steelers Haryana Steelers is a professional kabaddi team based in Haryana that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Jaideep Dahiya and coached by Manpreet Singh. It is owned by JSW Sports, of the JSW Group. The home matches are played at ...
, he became only the second player after
Pardeep Narwal Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1997) is an Indian former international kabaddi player, who played as a raider. Widely regarded as the greatest raider in kabaddi history, he led the Patna Pirates to three straight titles in Pro Kabaddi League ...
to reach 1000 raid points in the history of the 
Pro Kabaddi League The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is an Indian professional Kabaddi league for men. It premiered in 2014 and airs on Star Sports (Indian TV network), Star Sports. It is the most popular kabaddi league in the world and the third most watched sports ...
. On November 5, he scored his career best 20 raid points in a single match to register a 45-50 victory against Gujarat Giants.


Career statistics

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Maninder Living people Indian male kabaddi players Kabaddi players from Punjab, India Pro Kabaddi League players 1990 births People from Jalandhar district