Maninder Singh is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays for the India national kabaddi Team. He is the captain and lead raider of Bengal Warriors In the Pro Kabaddi League.He is often considered as one of the best raiders in the Pro Kabaddi League. He currently holds the record of being the fastest raider in the league to score 500 raid points, having achieved this in 56 matches. He is known for his ability to outsmart defenders and his calculated maneuvers that leave defenders bamboozled.
He started his career in the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014, playing for Jaipur Pink Panthers. The team won the inaugural season of the league and statistically he was rated as the third best raider of the Season with 130 raid points.
Season 5">2017 Pro Kabaddi League season">Season 5
After this start to his career, he was injured and missed the next three seasons of the league before being bought by Bengal Warriors in 2017. He made a brilliant comeback and scored 190 raid Points. He was a lethal raider on the mat and scored a lot of critical points for the side.
Season 6">2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League season">Season 6
He became the fastest raider to score 400 and 500 raid points in the 2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League season. He scored his career best 206 raid points from 22 matches.
In 2019, after not retaining PO Surjeet Singh who was their skipper for the past two seasons. Maninder was announced as the captain for his team. In a match against Patna Pirates, he became the second quickest raider after Pardeep Narwal to reach 600 points in the PKL. He led his team to the playoffs averaging 10 raid points per match. But in the penultimate league stage, he dislocated his shoulder and became injured. Which saw him sit out the remaining matches including semi final and final. But in the final, the team got support with his presence as assistant coach. Despite his absence off the mat, Bengal Warriors clinched their first ever PKL title by beating Dabang Delhi in The Arena. Maninder was just 2 Points short from his career best performance. However, his best performance came against Jaipur Pink Panthers, when he picked up 19 raid points from 24 raids in the Warriors' 41-40 win that propelled his team to the playoffs.His average of 10.25 points per game in the season was the best of his vivo Pro Kabaddi career and his tally of six Super Raids was bettered by only three other raiders.
