Nitin Tomar

Nitin Tomar is a professional Indian kabaddi player.[2] He leads franchise in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 and is a player of Indian Kabaddi Team (men's division). He is currently member of the UP Yoddha team.[3] He was the highest Sold player at Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 auction sold for 93 lakhs to UP Yoddha

Nitin Tomar
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996[1]
Home townMalakpur, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationKabaddi Player
Years active2015-present
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Sport
SportKabaddi
PositionRaider
LeaguePro Kabaddi League
ClubPuneri Paltan
Bengal Warriors
UP Yoddha
TeamIndia national kabaddi team

Early life and background

Tomar hails from Malakpur village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.[4] He studied at Maharishi Dayanand Public School. He is from a wrestling background, but had to pursue kabaddi due to lack wrestling training facilities in his school.[1][4] His uncle Rajiv Tomar is an Arjuna awardee wrestler.[4]

As of July 2019, Tomar is pursuing a career in the Indian Navy.[5] He is a resident of Mumbai.[4]

Career

Nitin is a left raider. He made his Pro Kabaddi League debut in 2015 with Bengal Warriors. In 2017, He was sold at 93 lakhs to UP Yoddha in PKL Auction. He became the first player to captain The Yoddhas as they were playing their first season in 2017. He was sold to Puneri Paltan in 2019 Auction.

He returned to his old franchise UP Yoddhas in PKL 2022-23.[6]

Nitin played for the Indian Team in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.

References
  1. "Nitin Tomar - Profile". ProKabaddi. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. "Nitin Tomar sets new record". The Hindu. 22 May 2017.
  3. "Pro Kabaddi Season 9: मलकपुर गांव के अंतरराष्ट्रीय कबड्डी खिलाड़ी नितिन तोमर की 20 लाख की लगी बोली". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "न‍ित‍िन तोमर: मजबूरी में कबड्डी ख‍िलाड़ी बने, पर अब 93 लाख में ब‍िके". Jansatta (in Hindi). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. Marar, Nandakumar (16 July 2019). "PKL 2019: Nitin Tomar keen to repay the faith of Puneri Paltan". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. "Pro Kabaddi Season 9: मलकपुर गांव के अंतरराष्ट्रीय कबड्डी खिलाड़ी नितिन तोमर की 20 लाख की लगी बोली". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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