Team & Squad

The people
behind the Giants.

A committed leadership group, a high-performance support team, and a squad built to set the standard in UK kabaddi.

Leadership

Founded on experience

SM Photo coming soon
Founder · Former President & Current Captain

Surya Muthu

Surya Muthu founded the Giants after competing at the very top of the game — a World Cup bronze and a European Championship silver — and brings that winning experience to everything we do.

  • World Cup bronze medalist
  • European Championship silver medalist
  • Undefeated University of Manchester President & Captain
Coaching & support

Our high-performance team

Kabaddi is physical, so looking after players matters. Our coaching and support staff are at the heart of how the Giants train, recover and compete.

JR

Jinson Raju

Head Coach

To be announced

Assistant Coach

Appointment to be announced

To be announced

Club Physiotherapist

Appointment to be announced

To be announced

Sports Scientist

Appointment to be announced

The squad

Inaugural roster

SM

Surya Muthu

Raider

Captain

TM

Tayyib Majumder

Defender

Vice Captain

AJ

Alvin Jaison

All-rounder

VK

Varad Kshirsagar

All-rounder

RK

Rahul Kumar

Defender

JB

Jaymal Bechar

Raider

JP

Jai Patel

All-rounder

AR

Ahrujan Ragunathan

Raider

KK

Kailavya Kumar

Defender

SS

Shlok Shah

All-rounder

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