Maninder Singh Wiki, Profile, Biography, Age, Country, Kabaddi Stats, Wife, Height, Salary, PKL and more

Maninder Singh is a professional Kabaddi player born on 31st January 1990 in the Hoshiarpur District in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He completed his graduation from Khalsa College, Amritsar. He currently plays as a lead raider for the West Bengal based team, Bengal Warriors, and captains them in the Pro Kabaddi League for Season 7. He holds the record of being the fastest raider in the league to score 500 raid points, achieving the feat in 56 matches. He works in Punjab Police and plays for Punjab at the Senior Nationals.

Maninder is an agile player and is known for his ability to outsmart the opposition defenders fair and square with his timely and calculated maneuvers. His timing and precision are so good that the opposition is left confused and ultimately dazzled by the time he finishes. He was part of the Indian Team that won the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship. He uses running hand touch to great effect while raiding. The sudden increase in pace, he rushes towards the defender leaving him nowhere else to go. Maninder stands at 6 ft and utilizes his height in reaching out with his entire body for a quick touch.

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Maninder Singh started out his Pro Kabaddi League career in 2014 playing for Jaipur Pink Panthers. From the start, he was a runaway hit and the Pink Panthers won the inaugural title of the Pro Kabaddi League. Maninder was donned as the best raider of the season with an emphatic 130 raid points in just 16 matches. After this dream start, he hit the pothole and was injured and had to take a break from the Pro Kabaddi League and was not available for the next three seasons. Season 5 saw him coming back to the mat for the West Bengal based team, Bengal Warriors. He scored 190 raid points in the comeback season. Maninder was retained by Bengal Warriors because of his enigmatic performance in season 5. In the 2018 season, he went on to become the fastest raider to score 500 raid points. He was only second to Pardeep Narwal to reach 600 points as well. Maninder did it in 68 matches and Pradeep scored the same in 63 matches.

During Pro Kabaddi Season 7, Maninder led Bengal Warriors to win their maiden title of the tournament. They defeated Dabang Delhi KC in the finals to lift the trophy under coach BC Ramesh. Interestingly, Maninder could not play the finals due to an injury and played the role of the coach for the team to guide them from outside the mat.

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• Maninder was signed with Jaipur Pink Panthers in the 1st PKL season on the recommendation of the coach Hanumat Singh.
• In his 1st PKL season, he scored 130 raid points and 7 tackle points in 16 matches easily directing the team towards an amazing PKL win.
• He was badly injured in 2015 for which he had to take a rest from all forms of kabaddi sport. For recovery, he was forced to skip three PKL seasons. 
• Maninder soon made his epic comeback in the 5th PKL season after being bought by Bengal Warriors scoring 190 raid points and 2 tackle points in 21 matches.
• He retained with the team for the next PKL season where he scored his personal highest raid score with 206 raid points 22 in matches with 9 Super 10s and 6 Super Raids.
• In the 7th season, he again scored the best raid score with 205 raid points in 20 matches with 10 Super 10s and 6 Super Raids.
• On November 5, 2022, Mani set a career high with 20 raid points in a single game, leading Gujarat Giants to a 45-50 victory.
• Maninder Singh, a prominent Indian Kabaddi player, is renowned for his participation in the Pro Kabaddi League, playing for the Bengal Warriors and Jaipur Pink Panthers teams. His professional debut came in 2014 with the Jaipur Pink Panthers.
• His Kabaddi journey began in school, followed by joining the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Kabaddi Club to pursue professional training. At the club, he honed his skills under expert coaches like Hanumat Singh.
• His big break came when he received an invitation from Jaipur Pink Panthers for trials. He traveled by bus from his village to give out the trials.
• Maninder is employed by the Punjab Police in Jalandhar, Punjab, and represents Punjab in the Senior Nationals. As of 2023, he is a Raider for Bengal Warriors.
• The highlight of his 2014 season was becoming the top raider with 130 raid points across just 16 matches. An injury forced him to miss the subsequent three seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League.
• Making a strong comeback in Season 5, Maninder scored 190 raid points with the Bengal Warriors. His captivating performance led to his retention by the team for Seasons 6, 7, and 8.
• In Season 7, the team opted for Maninder as the captain over PO Surjeet Singh, who had previously led for two seasons.
• During a game against the Patna Pirates, he became the second-fastest raider, trailing only Pardeep Narwal. Even in his absence, Bengal Warriors clinched their first PKL title by overcoming Dabang Delhi in The Arena.
• For the 2021-22 Pro Kabaddi League’s eighth season, Maninder was once again chosen as Bengal Warriors’ captain. In a remarkable feat against U Mumba, he scored 17 raid points, making up 100% of his team’s raid points in that match. He was retained as captain for the ninth season.
• Maninder’s love for Kabaddi was ignited by his father, who played and taught him the sport. He initially played ‘Circle Kabaddi’ in his village, a form more common in Punjab and Haryana, before being guided by coach Paramjit Singh from the Punjab Police. This led him to take up the sport on a professional level.
• Maninder holds the view that Anup Kumar and Surjeet Singh also genuinely deserve captaincy of the team.
• Apart from his sports career, Maninder Singh serves as a brand ambassador for various health supplements companies, such as Fuel One, and other organizations like Vision 11.
• Maninder Singh was ruled out of the final of season 7 of the Pro Kabaddi League because he dislocated his shoulder and became injured. 
• Maninder Singh thinks of Ran Singh as one of his best friends who is also a kabaddi player. They have played together on the Jaipur Pink Panthers and Bengal Warriors teams. They once shared a room and also worked together as police officers in Punjab for a little while. Then Ran quit the job.
• When they have free time, Maninder and Ran enjoy playing volleyball.
• Maninder decided to get tattoos because he was inspired by Ran Singh.
• In a talk with a reporter, Maninder said that if he wasn’t playing kabaddi, he would like to be a photographer.
• Maninder is able to do 20 mountain climber exercises in just 5 seconds!
• In the first season of the Pro Kabaddi League, Maninder Singh got 130 raid points in 16 games. This was the most raid points anyone from Jaipur Pink Panthers got in that season.
• He reached 500 points faster than anyone else in Pro Kabaddi League history, doing it in just 56 games.
• Maninder Singh enjoys swimming and working out at the gym.