Rahul Chaudhari

Rahul Chaudhari is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He started as a Defender but later became a Raider. He was a member of the Indian National Kabaddi team that won a gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games. After six seasons with Telugu Titans, Rahul now plays for Tamil Thalaivas.[1]

Rahul Chaudhari
Personal information
Nickname(s)Showman, Raid Machine, Posters Boy
NationalityIndian
Born (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993
Jalalpur Choiya, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh
Home townJalalpur Choiya, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh
OccupationKabaddi Player
Years active2010-present
Height6 ft (183 cm) 0 Inch
Sport
CountryIndia
SportKabaddi
PositionRaider
KabaddiPro Kabaddi League
ClubTamil Thalaivas
TeamIndia national kabaddi team Uttar Pradesh Telugu Titans

Early Life

Chaudhari was born to Rampal Singh and hails from Jalalpur Choiya village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh.[2] He started playing Kabaddi at the age of 13 in 2006.[2]

Kabaddi career

Telugu Titans

Chaudhari scored 151 raid points in Season 1. In the second season, he scored 98 raid points and 9 tackle points, and the third season saw him score 87 raid points and with 12 tackle points with a 41.37% tackle success rate.[3]

Rahul was adjudged the best raider of Season 4 after finishing the league as the top-scoring raider with 146 raid points and 11 tackle points. The Telugu Titans reached the semi finals where they lost; Chaudhari took 14 raid points in the game. He was made captain of the Telugu Titans in Season 5, and finished the campaign with 193 points – 184 raid points and 9 tackle points. [3]

For Season 6, Chaudhari was again bought by Telugu Titans for Rs 1,29,00,000, ending the season with 159 raid points and 7 tackle points.[3]

Tamil Thalaivas

The Tamil Thalaivas bought Chaudhari for Season 7, biding Rs 94,00,000 for him in the auction.[3]

References
  1. Sportstar, Team. "PKL Auction highlights: Telugu Titans gets Siddharth Desai for 1.45 crore, Rahul Chaudhari to Tamil Thalaivas for 94 lakh". Sportstar. Sportstar. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. "एशियन गेम्स: बिजनौर के लाल का कमाल, गर्व से ऊंचा किया देश का नाम, कोच ने पहचानी थी काबिलियत" (in Hindi). amarujala.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. Chaudhary, Rahul. "Player profile". prokabaddi. prokabaddi. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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