Bhiwani Bulls Coach Naseeb Janghu: The Balance Behind a Near-Perfect Season

Bhiwani Bulls Coach Naseeb Janghu: The Balance Behind a Near-Perfect Season

Bhiwani Bulls head coach Naseeb Janghu built his Kabaddi Champions League campaign around a simple conviction, that genuine balance across raiding, defence, and all-round options would give his team the hunger to win matches that a squad of individual stars alone could not. Season 1 came agonisingly close to proving that philosophy all the way to a title, with Bhiwani Bulls falling just short in the final after one of the most complete campaigns any team produced in the tournament's debut year.

The Coach's Pre-Season Philosophy

Speaking after Bhiwani Bulls completed their auction-day squad building, Naseeb Janghu was clear about what he saw in the group, describing a squad with balance across every department and every player selected with a specific role in mind. That clarity of purpose, more than any single marquee signing, was the foundation Naseeb Janghu built his entire Kabaddi Champions League campaign around, and it showed in how the season eventually unfolded.

The Auction Blueprint

Naseeb Janghu's biggest statement came with the acquisition of Devank Dalal, who became the highest-bid player of the entire Kabaddi Champions League auction at Rs 19.2 lakhs, secured as Bhiwani's right raider and set to lead the team's raiding charge for the season. Around him, the coach built a genuinely solid defensive unit, adding Hitesh at right corner for Rs 7 lakhs, Deepak Singh at right cover for Rs 5.6 lakhs, and Pravesh Malik at left corner for Rs 5.4 lakhs. Experienced all-rounder Praveen Narwal added further balance, while Naveen Raval, Ashish, Sombir Mehra, and Sunder Nawab Singh brought depth and flexibility across positions. Naseeb Janghu also showed strong faith in emerging talent, bringing in young players including Bhavya Ramesh Kumar, Rohit, Rajat, Sourav Sanjay, and Ujjwal Raj Kumar, giving Bhiwani Bulls a squad built for both immediate impact and long-term potential.

The Blueprint in Action

Bhiwani Bulls' campaign opened with a 38-41 defeat to Hisar Heroes, but Naseeb Janghu's side responded immediately, thrashing Gurugram Gurus 62-34 just a day later. A second defeat followed, a narrow 28-31 loss to Sonipat Stars, before Bhiwani Bulls delivered one of the standout performances of the entire league stage, beating Panipat Panthers 55-39. A tough 35-43 defeat to eventual champions Rohtak Royals tested the group once more, but the response was emphatic, a 60-40 win over Karnal Kings followed by an 86-45 demolition of Faridabad Fighters on the final league day, the highest-scoring match of the entire Kabaddi Champions League season. Four wins and three defeats across seven matches left Bhiwani Bulls in third place on the table, exactly the kind of resilient, balanced campaign Naseeb Janghu had promised back at the auction.

Peaking in the Knockouts

Bhiwani Bulls got the chance to settle a score in the semi-final, facing the same Hisar Heroes side that had beaten them on the opening day of the season, and this time Naseeb Janghu's team came out on top, winning 40-36 to book their place in the Kabaddi Champions League final. The final itself against Rohtak Royals turned into one of the most competitive matches of the entire season, with the lead changing hands repeatedly across both halves before Rohtak Royals held their nerve to close out a narrow 32-30 win, leaving Bhiwani Bulls as runners-up in the tournament's debut season.

What Naseeb Janghu's Approach Means for Season 2

Even in defeat, Naseeb Janghu's balanced approach delivered two of the standout individual stories of Kabaddi Champions League Season 1, with Devank Dalal finishing as the tournament's leading raider and Hitesh closing out the season as its Top Defender, giving Bhiwani Bulls the rare distinction of producing both the competition's best raider and its best defender in a single campaign. With that foundation already in place and a squad built on exactly the kind of role clarity and balance Naseeb Janghu prioritised from day one, Bhiwani Bulls head into Kabaddi Champions League Season 2 as one of the clear favourites, carrying the unfinished business of a final defeat decided by the smallest of margins.

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