Arjun Deshwal Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Name Earned	Raid Machine [1]Pro Kabaddi League
Nickname	Chotu [2]YouTube - Jaipur Pink Panthers
Profession	Kabaddi Player
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Kabaddi
Position	Right Raider
Team(s)	• U Mumba (PKL Season 6 & 7) • Jaipur Pink Panthers (PKL Season 8, 9 & 10)
Medal(s)	• Bronze medal at the 36th National Games (2022) • Gold medal at the 11th Asian Men's Kabaddi Championship (2023) • Gold medal at the 19th Asian Games (2023)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 July 1999 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2023)	24 Years
Birthplace	Basera village, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
School	Heritage Public School, Basera, Muzaffarnagar
College/University	Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
Tattoo	On his left arm: 'Kabaddi is my passion'
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Charan Singh Deshwal (farmer) Mother- Seema Deshwal
Siblings	Brother- Aryan Deshwal
Favourites
Kabaddi Player	Anup Kumar
Cricketer	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Exercise	Running
Food	Dal Makhani & Roti
Drink	Sweet lemon juice
Travel Destination	Mussoorie
Style Quotient
Bike Collection	Royal Enfield Bullet
Social Media
Instagram	Arjun Deshwal
Facebook	Kabaddi Arjun Deshwal
Twitter	Arjun Deshwal
YouTube	Arjun Deshwal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arjun Deshwal

• Arjun Deshwal belongs to a farmer family in Basera village, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.

• He started playing kabaddi in 2008. He began to play the game just for fun; however, after his uncle started training him for kabaddi, he started to lose interest in the sport due to the discipline and dedication the game required. In an interview, while talking about how he started playing kabaddi again, he said,
  

  My family supported me, but they told me to focus on kabaddi only. But once I started getting beatings because I wasn’t behaving properly, I ran back home and told my parents I didn’t want to play kabaddi anymore. But slowly, my guruji also helped me to get better. I began to learn to play well and practised hard in the morning and evening.”

• In 2017, he started playing in senior national competitions for Services.
  

  Arjun Deshwal with his team after winning the gold medal at the 47th Inter Services Kabaddi Championship 2021

• In 2018, he was selected in the Indian Army through sports quota and joined the Roorkee Center.

• He has played many kabaddi matches for the Services team and Green Army.

• He made his Pro Kabaddi League debut in 2018. In the PKL Season 6 auction, he was bought by the U Mumba for Rs 8 lakhs. Throughout the season, he secured 4 raid points in a total of 3 matches.

• In PKL Season 7 in 2019, he was retained by U Mumba for Rs 19.46 lakhs. He played 19 matches in which he earned 104 raid points along with two Super raids and three Super 10s.
  

  Arjun Deshwal while raiding in a match against Haryana Steelers in PKL season 7

• In PKL Season 8 in 2021, he was bought by Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 96 lakhs, which made him the third most expensive player of the season. ^[3]Lallantop Sports

• His exceptional performance during the 8th season resulted in him achieving 267 total raid points and 16 Super 10s in the tournament.
  

  Arjun Deshwal while raiding in a match against Patna Pirates in PKL season 8

• During the 2022 season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), he was retained by the Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 105.6 lakhs.

• In the season, he earned 296 raid points out of 465 total raids. He secured 7 Super raids and 17 Super 10s and was also titled the best raider of PKL season 9. At the end of the season, he received a cash prize of Rs 20 lakhs for being the most valuable player of the season.
  

  Arjun Deshwal as the most valuable player of PKL season 9

• In June 2023, he helped the Indian Kabaddi team win a gold at the 11th Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Busan, South Korea.

• In 2023, Arjun played as a member of the Indian team that won a gold medal in the 19th Asian Games finals in Hangzhou, China. The team beat Iran with a score of 33-29.

• Apart from kabaddi, he is fond of playing cricket.

• In an interview, he shared that if he had not become a kabaddi player, he would be a farmer. ^[4]YouTube – Jaipur Pink Panthers

• In season 10 of PKL in 2023, he was again retained by Jaipur Pink Panthers. He earned 276 raid points in a total of 23 matches.

• In January 2024, he was appointed as a DSP in UP police. The Sports Department of Uttar Pradesh gave him a reward of Rs 3 crores.
  

  Arjun Deshwal receiving a reward worth Rs 3 crores