BRITISH KABADDI
Manchester Raiders 2022
Manchester Raiders Kabaddi Team
History
Manchester Raiders Kabaddi Club is owned and managed by Moinul Islam MBE founder of community organisations Outta Skool and Let’s Get Active Community Enterprise CIC. Moinul already runs a Boxing, Football, Muay Thai and Taekwondo club through Outta Skool for under privileged young people and now adding Kabaddi to the offer. With a background in secondary education, Moinul is the first in the country to develop and deliver Kabaddi as a GCSE PE syllabus since 2010.
The Club is represented by players from around the Northwest, students, and professionals from various sectors with a wealth of experience in the sport. Being part of the BKL has given the club the opportunity to take this sport to a professional level.
Our primary focus outside of BKL is to promote this awesome sport at grassroots and re-establish a love for this ancient sport in generations to come not only in the South Asian Community but the wider community. We are already working on a women’s and a youth team.
Coach & Captain: Kishan Mistry
Nickname: Mistry
Age: 23
Height: 5'8
Weight: 73kg
Occupation: Industrial sales engineer
Sports played : kabaddi, badminton, cricket, football
Played Kabaddi for: Since the age of 4/5
An interesting and unusual fact: Was born on the 1st of January
Giridhar Kopparapu
Nickname: Lucky
Age 24
Height: 5’9
Weight: 75kg
Occupation : Student
Sports played : Kabaddi and cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi : 7 years
An interesting and unusual fact : I am good at cooking and trying new recipes
Haresh Ganenthiran
Nickname: Haresh
Age: 21
Height: 5'8
Weight: 74kg
Occupation: Medical Student
Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket, football
How long they have played Kabaddi : 3 years
An interesting and unusual fact. He was born 2.5 months early. He has also broken/fractured a bone 6 times in his life
Hemanth Chintapally
Nickname: Hims
Age: 24
Height: 5'7
Weight 62kg
Occupation: student
Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi : 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact. Becoming an entrepreneur at the age of 23
Akul Purohit
Nickname: Akul
Age: 25
Height: 5'11
Weight: 82kg
Occupation - Doctor
Sports played - Football, Rugby, Cricket, Hockey
How long they have played Kabaddi - 5 years
An interesting and unusual fact. - Once went to the toilet in between Gareth Southgate and Steve McLaren
Kishen Mathi
Nickname: Kishen
Age: 21
Height: 5’9
Weight: 70kg
Occupation: Medical student
Sports played: Kabaddi, Basketball, Hockey, Cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi: 3 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He has drowned 3 times (so he sticks to land sports).
Mahesh Reddy Nagendla
Name: Mahesh Reddy Nagendla
Age: 24
Height: 5'7
Weight: 76kg
Occupation: Student
Sports played: Kabaddi, badminton , volleyball & badminton
How long they have played Kabaddi :from last 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact: ambidextrous
Matin Ahmed
Nickname: Saabz
Age: 21
Height: 5'6
Weight: 64kg
Occupation: Medical Student
Sports played : kabaddi, rugby, tennis, table tennis, badminton, running, chess
How long they have played Kabaddi : 2 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He has completed a 100m bungee jump
Mitesh Mistry
Nickname: Mits
Age: 25
Height: 5'6
Weight: 75kg
Occupation: Process engineer
Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket, kho kho
How long they have played Kabaddi : 18 years +
An interesting and unusual fact: He started off his kabaddi journey playing 9 Vs 9 and had to say "kabaddi" in one breath
Pyanam Om Narayana Reddy
Name: Narayana
Age: 26
Height: 5'11
Weight: 89kg
Occupation: Student
Sports played: Kabaddi, cricket, badminton and volleyball
How long they have played Kabaddi: Since the age of 10
An interesting and unusual fact: He is a gambler
Ramesh Nenavath
Name: Lucky
Age: 24
Height: 5’8
Weight: 70 kg
Occupation: Student
Sports played: Kabaddi, badminton and volleyball
How long they have played Kabaddi: For 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He can speak 5 languages
Roneel Bhagwakar
Nickname: Ron
Age: 24
Height: 5'9
Weight: 79kg
Software Developer
Played football, rugby, water polo growing up
Played kabaddi for 10+ years
He has been injured for every Kabaddi semi/final for the last 5 years
Shreyas Annadate
Nickname: Shrey
Age: 22
Height: 6'3
Weight: 88kg
Occupation: Student
Sports played: Rugby, athletics, kabaddi
How long they have played Kabaddi: 2 years
An interesting and unusual fact: "I don't know how to defend"
Mahesh Ajay Popat
Nickname: Pops
Age: 24
Height: 5' 10
Weight: 70kg
Occupation: Dentist
Sports played: Football, rugby, climbing, swimming, badminton, kabaddi
How long they have played Kabaddi: 6years
An interesting and unusual fact. He has been circled by sharks in Sri Lanka
Sachin Ahir
Nickname: Sachin
Age: 24
Height: 6'3
Weight: 75kg
Occupation: Finance
Sports played: Rugby & cricket
How long played for: 4 years
An interesting and unusual fact: Sachin says he is, "Unquestionably the best chef in the British Kabaddi League !! .... specialising in traditional Indian cuisine"
9th & 10th April - Wolverhampton
16th & 17th April - Manchester
23rd & 24th April - Birmingham
