Ajay Thakur News
Ajay Thakur has recently appeared in a music video album titled 'Maidaan.'
Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Himachal Pradesh a few days ago and former kabaddi player and captain of Indian team Ajay Thakur joined the yatra briefly and posted a photo with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Youngsters Ajeet and Manjeet were the stars for Thalaivas and Paltan respectively in a match that had been billed as a clash of the Kabaddi stalwarts.
The contest was always going to be about Bengaluru's raiding prowess and Thalaivas' resolute defence and Pawan Sehrawat's storming early raids meant the former found themselves 5-0 up in the opening four minutes of the match.
The Tamil Thalaivas star started the seventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) with a bang after amassing 12 points in his very first game and became the chief architect during his team`s thumping win over Telugu Titans.
The number of retained players for the upcoming season, starting July 19, has increased from the previous season's 21.
Skipper Ajay Thakur led from the front for Tamil Thalaivas and scored 14 points to lead his team to victory.
India's continued dominance in the match as defenders Surjeet, Girish were thrashing the Iran raiders and grabbing them at will.
Photographs of the coach attending the match wearing a hijab made their way to social media.
Thakur also reached reached the 500 raid point milestone in the history of Pro Kabaddi League. He scored 15 raid points and delivered every time his team were looking down and out.
Gujarat are top of the table in Zone A with 61 points from 16 matches. Tamil Thalaivas are bottom of the table in Zone B with 28 points from 13 matches.
Tamil Thalaivas remain rooted at the bottom of Zone B table with 21 points from 10 games. UP Yoddha are second with 37 points from 14 games.
The inaugural match of the tournament would be held at the Gachibowli stadium between the Rahul Chaudhari-led Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas.
India had defeated Iran in the previous two World Cup finals, 55-27 at Mumbai In 2004 and 20-19 at Panvel in 2007.
India had previously defeated Iran in the previous two World Cup finals, 55-27 at Mumbai In 2004 and 20-19 at Panvel in 2007.
The final against the Persian giants will be played on Saturday.
India have won the previous two World Cups, under the revamped standarised format, each time defeating Iran inn the finals.
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