Jaipur Pink Panthers

Jaipur Pink Panthers
Captain:	Navneet Gautam
Coach:	Kasinathan Baskaran
City:	Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Owner:	Abhishek Bachchan
Founded:	2014 (2014)

Jaipur Pink Panthers is a team in the Pro Kabaddi League based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The team is currently led by Navneet Gautam, and coached by Kasinathan Baskaran. It is owned by actor Abhishek Bachchan.^[1] The Jaipur Pink Panthers became the first ever team to win the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi title against U Mumba in 2014. ^[2]

Franchise history

Pro Kabaddi League is a Kabaddi tournament backed by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) and the Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF). For the inaugural tournament to be held in July - August 2014, the PKL has finalized a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Pink City Jaipur.

Current squad

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Position	Height	Weight	Category
1	Navneet Gautam (Captain)			Defender, Left Corner	183cms	80 kg	A
2	Maninder Singh		(1990-01-13) 13 January 1990	All-Rounder	176cms	76 kg	A
3	Jasvir Singh		(1984-04-04) 4 April 1984	Raider	168cms	78 kg	A
4	Sanjay Shrestha		(1984-01-06) 6 January 1984	Raider	168cms	79 kg	B
5	Wei Yang			Defender, Right Cover	171cms	80 kg	B
6	Gokul Shitole		(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990	Defender	178cms	78 kg	B
7	Rajesh Narwal		(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990	Raider	172cms	80 kg	B
8	Gangadhari Mallesh		(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993	Raider	177cms	73 kg	B
9	Rohit Rana		(1988-03-30) 30 March 1988	Defender, Left Cover	172cms	80 kg	B
10	Balbir Singh		(1995-05-12) 12 May 1995	All Rounder	174cms	71 kg	C
11	Prashant Chavan			Defender, Right Corner	162cms	70 kg	C
12	Raju Lal Choudhary		(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988	Defender, Right Corner	183cms	78 kg	SW

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