Maanas is an Indian Sports Content Manager and writer at Sportskeeda, having 4 years of previous experience in the industry. A true and blue sportsman since his early days, he was school and club level cricketer, and has also tasted success in a Kabaddi tournament.

Maanas’ interest grew in Kabaddi in 2014 after watching the then newly-launched Pro Kabaddi League. He supported U Mumba, the Mumbai-based franchise, and seeing them lift the trophy in the second season is one of his most memorable sporting moments. His favorite Indian sports athlete is now-retired Anup Kumar, who captained U Mumba to their PKL triumph. Maanas admires Kumar’s work ethic, skills, calmness and self-belief.

Maanas has an incredible ability to learn about a sport within 10 minutes and churn out brilliant articles, like he did during an on-field assignment of Ultimate Kho Kho. He makes sure to watch the matches he reports on to maintain authenticity. He has done around 100 exclusives so far, including interviews with legends such as Robin Uthappa, Leander Paes, Sharath Kamal, and more.

Maanas has covered the 2020 Olympics for Sportskeeda, along with many other tournaments like Asian Games 2023, Paris Olympics 2024, CWG 2022, and more. When not working, he enjoys watching and playing cricket or watching some TV series.

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