Surinder Singh is an Indian Kabaddi player who has played for Himachal Pradesh in various national tournaments and for U Mumba and Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL).
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Wiki/Biography
Surinder Singh (also spelled Surender Singh) aka Surinder Singh Dehal was born on Thursday, 23 July 1998 (age 25 years; as of 2023) in Dehalan, Una, Himachal Pradesh, India. His zodiac sign is Leo. He started playing Kabaddi under his coach Sushil while in school and later joined the SAI (Sports Authority of India) hostel in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh where he trained for two years. He studied till 12th from Government Senior Secondary School, Dehlan.
Surinder Singh’s childhood picture
Due to some issues in his family, he returned back to his village where he continued playing Kabaddi in local tournaments. He later earned a Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports degree from Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, Punjab. He later became a professional Kabaddi player.
Surinder Singh (second from right) during his graduation days
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 75 kg
Hair Colour: Black (wears turban)
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Jaswant Singh who works as a driver. His mother is a housewife. He has a younger brother named Sandeep Singh.
Surinder Singh (far right) with his family
wife and children
He is unmarried and has no children.
relationships/affairs
he is single.
Religion
He follows Sikh religion.
Surinder Singh in turban
nationality
He is an Indian citizen.
livelihood
State
Surinder Singh has played in many local and state level tournaments for various teams like Narwal Academy and Una in the Himachal Pradesh Kabaddi Championship 2022.
Surinder Singh (right) after winning the local Kabaddi tournament.
National
junior
He was a member of the Himachal Pradesh junior team that played in the 42nd Junior National Kabaddi Championship held in Ujjain, MP from 3 to 7 January 2016 and the 43rd Junior National Kabaddi Championship held in Baroda, Gujarat from 21 to 25 December 2016.
senior
He played for Himachal Pradesh in the 64th Senior National Kabaddi Championship held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan from 5 to 8 November 2016, 65th Senior National Kabaddi Championship held in Hyderabad, Telangana from 31 December 2017 to 5 January 2018, 66th Senior National Kabaddi Championship held in Hyderabad, Telangana from 31 December 2017 to 5 January 2018. Roha, Raigarh, Maharashtra from 28 to 31 January 2019, 67th Senior National Kabaddi Championship held at Jaipur, Rajasthan from 2 to 6 March 2020, 68th Senior National Kabaddi Championship (Men) held at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh from 13 to 16 April 2021 were held. The 69th Senior National Kabaddi Championship was held from 21 to 24 July 2022 at Charkhi Dadri, Haryana.
Surinder Singh in Himachal Pradesh jersey during a national tournament
league
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL)
Surinder Singh participated in the Future Kabaddi Heroes initiative in 2017 and later the New Young Players (NYP) initiative, Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) events to identify young talent; He was persuaded by his coach Jaipal to test in these initiatives. He was acquired from these initiatives by U Mumba for PKL Season 5 in 2017 for Rs 6 lakh and was later retained for Season 6 (2018) and 7 (2019) for Rs 6.60 lakh and Rs 37.50 lakh respectively .
Surinder Singh (far left) playing a match for U Mumba
Telugu Titans acquired him for Rs 55 lakh for PKL Season 8 (2021-22).
Surinder Singh (left) in Telugu Titans jersey.
He returned to U Mumba in PKL Season 9 for Rs 35.50 lakh and became their captain. He was retained as captain by U Mumba in season 10 in 2023–24.
Poster of Surinder Singh as U Mumba captain
star kabaddi league
Surinder Singh played for Punjab Kings in seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the Star Kabaddi League from 2021 onwards.
Surinder Singh in Punjab Kings jersey
Jersey number
He wears jersey number 5 for U Mumba in PKL matches.
Surinder Singh’s jersey number 5
record
- Became the first player to assist in 100 tackles in a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season (Season 6 in 2018)
bike collection
He has a Honda X-Blade bike which he bought in January 2020.
Surinder Singh (second from left) buying a Honda X-Blade bike
Facts/General Knowledge
- His playing position is right-cover, and he plays as a defender. He also plays as a raider in local tournaments.
- Surinder talked about his childhood in an interview and said that his schoolmates used to tease him because they thought he was slow. They often made fun of him and sometimes threw him in the mud when it rained. He used to wash his clothes in the nearby Gurudwara and go to school in a wet uniform. Once he saw two of his seniors being honored by the school management for getting selected in the army. This incident inspired Surinder to do something big in his life. He filled a bag with sand and started practicing with it until he was accepted into local teams.
- His signature move is the Quick Dash. He said in an interview that his skills improved significantly after playing with Fazal Atrachali and Anup Kumar.
Surinder Singh (left) with Fazal Atrachali
Surinder Singh and Anup Kumar (left)
- In an interview, he revealed that he was once playing in Mumbai when he read a comment on one of his social media posts which made him very angry. She sent the commenter her location and asked for saying such things to her face instead of the comment. Later his management team came to know about it and explained to him that he should not take the bad comments seriously.
- He often works out in the gym to maintain his fitness.
Surinder Singh during workout in the gym
- He is a dog lover and has a pet dog.
Surinder Singh with his pet dog
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