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National Games 2025: Chittaranjan Kumar has been appointed manager of Bihar Lawn Bowls team in National Games 2025. Chittaranjan, bronze medalist at the 2020 Khelo India, has represented Bihar at several national levels.read more

Chitranjan Kumar
highlights
- Chittaranjan Kumar became the manager of Bihar Lawn Bowls team.
- Chittaranjan had won the bronze medal in the 2020 Khelo India.
- Will lead the Bihar team in the National Games 2025.
East Champaran: The National Games 2025, called the Olympics of India, is being organized by the Indian Olympic Association from 28 January to 14 February 2025 in ten districts of Uttarakhand. The lawn balls competition will be organized at Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun from 1 February to 8 February 2025. In the 17-member team going from Bihar for the lawn ball competition, lawn ball player Chittaranjan Kumar, resident of Parsa village of East Champaran, has been appointed by Bihar Bowling Association as the Bihar Lawn Balls Team Manager.
The only lawn ball player from the district
The team going from Bihar in this competition includes nine men and eight women. Chittaranjan is the only player from East Champaran district involved in this game. He has been single-handedly representing the district in the national level lawn ball team for the last many years and now he has got the big responsibility of leading the Bihar team as a manager.
Got big recognition in 2020
Chittaranjan had made his name and the district famous by winning the bronze medal in the Khelo India competition held in Assam in the year 2020, after which he came into limelight. Along with this, he had secured sixth place in the individual event in the National Games 2022 and National Championship 2024. Despite limited resources and limited guidance in the initial period, it made its way.
Happy atmosphere due to Chittaranjan’s success
On being appointed as the manager for this big competition, there is a wave of happiness among Chittaranjan’s mother Udavanti Devi and father Rampratap Sah and other family members and people of the village and the entire area.
While talking to Local18, player Chittaranjan said that for the first time, I have got the privilege of handling the responsibility of such a big game. I will try to fulfill this responsibility well. Care will be taken to ensure that the team does not face any kind of problem. Together we will bring glory to our state.
Purba Champaran,Bihar
January 26, 2025, 20:46 IST
Champaran player becomes manager of Bihar Lawn Bowls team for National Games