Shankar Gadai is an Indian Kabaddi player who is noticed for playing as the left corner all-rounder for Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat 2023.
Wiki/Biography
Shankar Gadai was born “Shankar Bhimraj Gadai” on Friday, October 3, 1997, in Maharashtra, India (age 26; as of 2024). His zodiac sign is Libra. Shankar studied at Jijamata College of Science and Arts in Dineshwar Nagarband, Maharashtra.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′1″
Weight (approximately): 85kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body Measurements (Approximately): Bust: 36″, Waist: 32″, Biceps: 14″
family
Parents and siblings
Shankar Gadai’s parents bet and harvest sugarcane every day. He has an elder brother named Dnyaneshwar Gadai.
Shankar Gadai and his brother Dnyaneshwar Gadai
Shankar Gadai’s mother and brother
wife
Shankar Gadai is unmarried.
religion
Shankar Gadai follows Hinduism.
Shankar Gadai of Shree Siddhivinayak Temple
Profession
kabaddi player
Shankar Gadai has participated in various kabaddi tournaments at the district level, representing districts including Ahmednagar, Palghar and Gondia. In 2022, Shankar represented the Maharashtra team in the 36th National Games of India held in Gujarat. He captained the entire competition and won a silver medal in the final. He then represented the Ahmednagar district in the 70th Maharashtra Senior Men’s and Women’s Kabaddi Championship and won the ‘Best Performer of the Tournament’ award.
Shankar Gadai won the title of ‘Best Performer of the Tournament’ at the 70th Maharashtra Kabaddi Championship 2022
In the same year, he represented Maharashtra in the 69th National Senior Kabaddi Championship and won a silver medal. In 2022, Shankar Gadai was selected by the ‘Gujarat Giants’ for the ninth season of the Pro Kabaddi League for 30.30 Lac rupees season. He played in a total of 20 games, with an overall tackle hit rate of 32% and a steal hit rate of 36%.
Shankar Gadai becomes official player of Pro Kabaddi League ‘Gujarat Giants’ 2022
In 2023, Shankar Gadai participated in the 37th National Games and represented the Maharashtra team and won the bronze medal in the championship final.
Shankar Gadai wins bronze medal at 37th National Games 2023
Shankar Gadai has been selected by Telugu Titans, a kabaddi team from Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, for Rs 13 lac to participate in the Pro Kabaddi League in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Season 10. Throughout the game, his average hit rate was 37.5% and his average out rate was 42.86%.
Shankar Gadai serves as official player of Pro Kabaddi League ‘Telugu Titans’ 2023
bicycle collection
Shankar Gadai owns Royal Enfield Bullet.
Shankar Gadai and his Royal Enfield Bullet
Facts/Trivia
- No one in Shankar’s family was well-educated and all belonged to the working class. Shankar wanted to learn more and play kabaddi. Although he started playing Kabaddi from a young age; however, after he completed his seventh standard, he started going to the Kabaddi Academy located in his village and that’s how he turned professional. Eventually, he began funding his studies and was accepted into a university.
Instagram post dedicated to Shankar Gadai
- He used to work on the farm while learning Kabaddi side by side. Shankar used to come out of the farm at 5 pm and go to practice. He used to work as a laborer in the sugarcane fields, earning 300 rupees a day.
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