Marathi Falcons team captain Sarita Sangwan shares her journey and inspiration behind joining kabaddi in an exclusive interview with Asianet News at the GI-PKL 2025 event held at Gurugram University. Sarita draws inspiration from Raider Pooja Hathwala to pursue the sport passionately. Watch.
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00:00I am joined by Sarita Sangwan. She is from Haryana and is the captain of Marathi Falcons.
00:21So you come from Haryana, Sarita, and there are so many great players from Haryana.
00:26Pooja Narwal, Pooja Hatwana. Which player is your inspiration for?
00:32Pooja Hatwana. He is our Haryana, Nipur, India's best redder.
00:38I got to play with him. I want to make him a better redder.
00:43There are so many players from Haryana, but one thing I want to say is that
00:48Haryana is a very conservative area and it is a bit difficult to get ahead of them.
00:54So did you face some challenges when you were in this big field?
00:58In Haryana, we play in the village.
01:02There are many problems. We are our players, but my father has a lot of support.
01:08There are some good players who don't get a spot, but then they don't get up.
01:14It's a lot of difficult.
01:17But your family has supported you?
01:21Yes, my family has supported me a lot. My father has supported me a lot.
01:25So how did you play in the school?
01:27How did you play in Kabaddi?
01:28First, we started playing a stadium.
01:31We started playing a lot of games and then we started playing Kabaddi.
01:36Sanjay sir, they started eating Kabaddi.
01:40You said that there are many sports in the stadium.
01:43So if Kabaddi, for example, if you think that Sarita is not in Kabaddi,
01:48then which sport is where Sarita is in the field?
01:53I started playing athletics.
01:56I started playing athletics at the first time.
01:59And our coach's athletics was also very good.
02:02So I wanted to play high jump.
02:04High jump.
02:05So I think the question comes from this,
02:07that the high jump and the many other games are in the Olympics,
02:12but Kabaddi hasn't been in the Olympics yet.
02:14So what do you think?
02:16And what year will India get to the Kabaddi Olympics?
02:20We also have to play in the Olympics.
02:23We have to play the first game.
02:26And we also have to play it.
02:28All of this is good.
02:29But we are going to play in the Olympics.
02:31We are going to play in the Olympics.
02:33And we can't do it for us.
02:34Okay.
02:35We are playing a little rapid fire round with Sarita.
02:37So Sarita, tell us how to describe your team in one word.
02:40How do you describe your team to the team?
02:42Dhaakar Chori.
02:43Dhaakar Chori.
02:44Very interesting.
02:45Tell us, what's the funniest memory of our team?
02:47Dhaakar Chori.
02:48Dhaakar Chori.
02:49Very interesting.
02:50Tell us, what's the funniest memory of our team now?
02:54When we were raiding in the team,
02:58and our defender left the Raider,
03:00and the other defender took us.
03:02That's an interesting memory.
03:05Tell us, who's the best strategy in your team?
03:10I'll make it.
03:11I'll make it.
03:12Okay.
03:13So, Captain Kinati is the best strategy.
03:17No second thoughts about it.
03:19Tell us, what's your go-to warm-up exercise?
03:22Do you need this warm-up exercise?
03:24Stretching.
03:25Stretching.
03:26Okay. Perfect.
03:27Thank you so much Sarita.
03:28Let's talk to us.