Milinda Chathuranga (born 23 April 1991) is a Sri Lankan

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 ...

player represents Sri Lanka in international matches and also currently plays for

Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional kabaddi team which belongs to Pink City of India Jaipur, competes in Pro Kabaddi League which is a professional Kabaddi league in India. The team is currently led by Sunil Kumar Malik and coached by ...

in the Indian Pro Kabaddi League. He was bought by Jaipur Pink Panthers for a bidding price of 10 lakhs during the auction for the 2019 Pro Kabaddi League.

Career

Milinda has represented Sri Lanka in few international competitions including the

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and in the Asian Games. He was part of the Sri Lankan team which claimed bronze medals in the 2014 and 2016 editions of the Asian Beach Games. He was also a member of the Sri Lankan squad which took part at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

where Sri Lanka finished at seventh position in the men's kabaddi team event.

References

1991 births Living people Sri Lankan male kabaddi players Kabaddi players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Pro Kabaddi League players {{SriLanka-sport-bio-stub