Gujarat Giants (formerly known as Gujarat Fortunegiants) is a

kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

team based in

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that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Chandran Ranjith and coached by Ram mehar Singh. The team is owned by Adani Wilmar Ltd. The Giants play their home matches at The Arena by TransStadia. They reached the final in both of their attempts in

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and

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, finishing runner's up on both occasions to the

Patna Pirates Patna Pirates (PTP) is a kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Neeraj Kumar and coached by Ravi Shetty. Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex. The Pirates are the most successf ...

and

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respectively.

Team identity

Name

Gujarat Giants was known as Gujarat Fortune Giants before season 8. Fortune word represented Adani's Adani Wilmar (Fortune) Brand.

Logo and mascot

The logo of Gujarat Giant has an illustration of a muscular man. This is the

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on the forehead of the mascot. Also he wears red

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. This muscular man exemplifies Gujarat Giants' core values of Power, strength and vigor, much needed in the game of Kabaddi. The logo also captures the action and emotion of an energetic and fierce man.

Anthem

"Ghan Ghan Ghan Ghaat, Garjega Gujarat" is the current anthem. It was sung by

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and Gujarati Folk singer

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, Composed by Musical duo

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Current squad

Head coach record

Seasons

Season V

Season VI

Season VII

Season VIII

Season IX

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

By opposition

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

References

External links

* {{Pro Kabaddi League Pro Kabaddi League teams Sport in Ahmedabad Sport in Pune 2014 establishments in Gujarat Kabaddi clubs established in 2014 Adani Group