List of PKL stars participating in All India Inter Railway Kabaddi Championship 2025

A host of PKL stars will be in action from December 24 to 28 at the 73rd All India Inter Railway Kabaddi Championships 2025.

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, will host the 73rd edition of the All India Inter Railway Kabaddi Championship 2025 from December 24 to 28. Several current and former PKL stars will be in action during the five-day tournament.

Central Railways (Mumbai) entered the tournament as the defending champions, having defeated Integral Coach Factory (Chennai) in the summit clash of the 72nd Inter Railway Championship earlier this year in January.

North Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur) and Northern Railway (Delhi) jointly secured the third place after losing to their respective opponents in the semi-finals.

Central Railways raider Pankaj Mohite won the Player of the Tournament award. Ajinkya Pawar from Central Railways and Abinesh Nadarajan from Integral Coach Factory (ICF) bagged the Raider of the Tournament and Defender of the Tournament awards, respectively. The 2025 edition will also feature all three players in action.

Several other teams will also compete in the five-day competition in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. However, Central Railway will begin the tournament as clear favorites, with 12 PKL stars in their ranks. Northern Railway, North Eastern Railway, and ICF are the three other teams that will be in contention for a podium finish.

On that note, here’s the complete list of all PKL players competing in the ongoing edition of the All India Inter Railway Kabaddi Championships 2025:

Inter Railway Kabaddi Championship 2025: All PKL players-

Central Railway

• Sandeep Dhull
• Shrikant Jadhav
• Shubham Shinde
• Pankaj Mohite
• Ajinkya Pawar
• Ashish Sangwan
• Akram Shaikh
• Viraj Langde
• Vinod Atyalkar
• Balbir Singh
• Ashish Narwal
• Vinay Kumar

ICF (Integral Coach Factory) 

• Sudhakar M
• Abinesh Nadarajan
• Sajin Chandrasekar
• Arul Nantha Babu
• Abdul Insamam S
• Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj
• S Sanjeevi
• Jayaseelan AZ
• Naveen Narwal

Northern Railway

• Ashu Malik
• Saurabh Nandal
• Nitin Rawal
• Meetu Sharma
• Manjeet Sharma
• Deepak Narwal
• Bhupender Singh
• Shrikant Tewathia
• Pritam Chhillar
• Anil Lath

NER (North Eastern Railway)

• Sunil Kumar
• Parvesh Malik
• Surender Gill
• Rohit Gulia
• Nitin Panwar
• Himanshu Narwal
• Anil Kumar
• Rupesh Tomar

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