Nitin Tomar is a professional Indian kabaddi player. He leads franchise in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 and is a player of

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. He is currently member of the

UP Yoddha UP Yoddhas is a kabbadi franchise of Pro Kabaddi League based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by GMR Group. It was found in 2017. In season 8 franchise bought Pardeep Narwal for a record price of 1.65 Cr. The Yoddhas play their home matc ...

team. He was the highest Sold player at Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 auction sold for 93 lakhs to

Early life and background

Tomar hails from Malakpur village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. He studied at Maharishi Dayanand Public School. He is from a

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

background, but had to pursue kabaddi due to lack wrestling training facilities in his school. His uncle

Rajiv Tomar Rajiv Tomar (born 31 December 1980) is an Indian wrestler. He represented India in the men's freestyle 120 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost to Steve Mocco of United States in qualifications. He is from Malakpu ...

is an Arjuna awardee wrestler. As of July 2019, Tomar is pursuing a career in the

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. He is a resident of

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Career

Nitin is a left raider. He made his Pro Kabaddi League debut in 2015 with

Bengal Warriors Bengal Warriors (BEN) is a Kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Maninder Singh and coached by ...

. In 2017, He was sold at 93 lakhs to

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 Puneri Paltan is a kabaddi team which represents the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team, coached by BC Ramesh, plays at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. Puneri Paltan, a founding member of the Pro Kab ...

in 2019 Auction. He returned to his old franchise UP Yoddhas in PKL 2022-23. Nitin played for the Indian Team in the

2016 Kabaddi World Cup The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup was the third edition of the standard-style Kabaddi World Cup. It was organised by the International Kabaddi Federation and contested from 7 to 22 October 2016 in Ahmedabad, India. Twelve countries competed in the to ...

References

1995 births Living people Indian kabaddi players Sportspeople from Baghpat district Pro Kabaddi League players {{India-sport-bio-stub