Sanket Sawant Biography, Kabaddi Player, Wikipedia, Height, Weight, Career

Sanket Sawant Biography: Sanket Sawant is a professional Kabaddi player who plays as a Defender—left Cover. He became popular after people started recognizing him through the Pro Kabaddi League in 2019, where he played for Puneri Paltan. He is one of the most skilled player that the Indian Kabaddi team have as of the current time. To know more about him, read this biography till the end.

Sanket Sawant Biography: Early Life

Sanket Sawant Biography: Sanket Sawant is an Indian professional kabaddi player who will debut with Puneri Paltans in Pro Kabaddi Season 7. He was born on 14th December 1999 in Rajapur, Maharashtra, India, to his Father, Suresh Sawant, and his mother, whose name is not disclosed yet. He comes from a Hindu family. As of 2025, he is 2025 years old. Since his childhood, he was interested in playing Kabaddi, and he was also interested in swimming. But he chooses Kabaddi as his profession.

Sanket Sawant Biography
Sanket Sawant Biography

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Sanket Sawant Wikipedia

NameSanket Sawant
Date Of Birth14th December 1999
Birth PlaceRajapur, Maharashtra, India
Age25 years old (as of 2025)
NationalityIndian
ReligionHinduism
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight75 kg (165 lbs)
ProfessionKabaddi Player
Zodiac SignSagittarius
Net WorthN/A
Maritul StatusMarried

Sanket Sawant Biography: Career

Sanket Sawant became a part of a local team, Amar Krida Mandal in Jijamata Nagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, where he started his career in Kabaddi. He was an all-rounder player as well as a defender. In his early career, he also played fr the Dena Bank team in regional competitions. In December 2018, he officially played for Mumbai City in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Kabaddi Tournament, where he won the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Cup.

In 2019, Sawant competed at the Shivneri Seva Madal Dadar Kabaddi Competition with the Air India Kabaddi team and won the competition. After that, the coach of Puneri Paltan, Anup Kuma, selected Sawant to play for Puneri Paltan in the Pro Kabaddi League season 7.

He started getting recognition in 2019 after he started playing for the Puneri Paltan in Pro Kabaddi League season 7. In this tournament, he played a total of 5 matches. He also maintained a tackle strike rate of 33% and earned 7 points in the entire tournament.

Alongside PKL, he also played and won several local Kabaddi tournaments in 2019, and he was named the Mumbai Mayor Cup Kabaddi Best Player of the Match in 2020.

He played for Puneri Paltan for Pro Kabaddi League season 8 in 2021 for Rs. 8 Lakh, then in 2022, he again played for the Puneri Paltan in Pro Kabaddi League season 9. In the same year, he competed as a captain for Mumbai City in the Maharashtra State Olympic Games 2022-2023 in January 2023.

In 2023, Sanket Sawant played for the third time for the Puneri Paltan in Pro Kabaddi League season 10, where he was retained for Rs. 13 Lakhs as a left-cover defender.

Sanket Sawant Biography: Family

  • Sanket Sawant was born to his Father Suresh Sawant. Unfortunately, the name of his father has not been disclosed yet.
  • It is not known whether he has any siblings or not.
  • Sawant isan married man, he is married to his wife, Mayuri Sanket Sawant.
  • Theyare bothe blessed with one son, Krishiv Sawant, who was born on 12th February 2022.

Sanket Sawant Biography: Medals

  • Sanket Sawant won a Silver medal in the Pro Kabaddi League season 9 in December 2020.
  • He won a Gold medal at the Maharashtra State Olympic Games 2022-23 in January 2023.
  • He won a Gold medal at the State-Level Professional Kabaddi Competition, Khed in Ratnagiri in February 2023.

Sanket Sawant Biography: Social Media