Deepak Niwas Hooda was born 10 June 1994 is an Indian Kabaddi player. He was part of the Indian team which won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. He has also featured in the first three seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League. Hooda was part of the Haryana team that bagged gold at the Senior National level tournament in Patna in the 2014. He made his debut for the national team at the 2016 South Asian Games, where his team won a gold medal.
Hooda was born in a farming family in the Chamaria Village of the Haryana’s Rohtak district. He lost his mother when he was four year old. He started playing kabaddi in his village in the 2009. He was studying in the twelfth grade when his father, Ram Nivas, demised in the 2013, which made him the sole breadwinner. Due to that, he had to leave his studies and become a part-time teacher. For the next two years, after completing his job at the school, he would go to other villages to practice kabaddi, which helped him improve his game immensely. He then pursued his graduation. There, he played at the All-India University tournament and won a gold medal. After that, he left his studies once again to pursue a career in kabaddi.
At the auction of the inaugural season of the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014, Hooda was recipient of the second highest bid, having been bought for ₹12.6 lakh by the Telugu Titans. In 2016, after remaining part of the Telugu Titans for the first two seasons, Hooda joined the Puneri Paltanfor the third and fourth seasons. In the third place play-off, Hooda top-scored with nine raid points for the Puneri Paltan, helping them to make a podium finish in the third season.
Deepak Hooda Biography | Wiki.
| Name | Deepak Hooda |
|---|---|
| Date Of Birth | 10 June 1994 |
| Age | 24 years |
| Height | 5'11" |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Profession | Kabaddi |
| Sport | Country- India Sport- Kabaddi Position- All-rounder League- Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Club- Telugu Titans Puneri Paltan Team- India national kabaddi team Jersey No : 8 Matches - 57 Raid Points - 342 Average Raid Points - 6 Super 10s - 7 Position - Raider |
| Performance highlights - | Played for Puneri Paltan in season 3 and 4 Played for Telugu Titans in season 1 and 2 Won gold medal at Kabaddi World Cup 2016 |
| Records in Pro Kabaddi | MATCHES PLAYED: 57 TOTAL POINTS: 391 TOTAL RAIDS POINTS: 342 TOTAL DEFENCE POINTS: 49 RAIDS: 735 SUCCESSFUL RAIDS: 296 UNSUCCESSFUL RAIDS: 126 EMPTY RAIDS: 313 TACKLES: 132 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES: 45 UNSUCCESSFUL TACKLESS: 87 |
| Strength | Raiding Touch Point Toe Touch fast |
| Weakness | Strategy |
| Religion | Not Known |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home Town | Chamaria Village, Rohtak district, Haryana |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Fathers Name | Not Known |
| Mothers Name | Not Known |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Not Known |
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