PKL 2022: The ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League came to an end on Sunday, 18th December 2022. Jaipur Pink Panthers emerged as the winners after defeating Puneri Paltan in the final. The franchise owned by Abhishek Bachchan became the second team to win more than one title in the Pro Kabaddi League. Players from all the teams put on an impressive show on the mat throughout this season, InsideSport takes a look at the Dream Team of this year’s edition. Follow Kabaddi News and updates on InsideSport.IN
PKL 2022: From Arjun Deshwal to Narender Hoshiyar, Check who features in Dream Team of Pro Kabaddi League 2022
Arjun Deshwal
The ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League turned out to be one of the best season for Arjun Deshwal. The raider scored a very crucial role in helping his team Jaipur Pink Panthers win the title. He scored 296 raid points in 24 matches this season, which is his highest ever tally in his four seasons at the Pro Kabaddi League. He also has 17 Super 10s, which is the most by any raider in this season. He was adjudged as the most valuable player of the season.
Bharat
Young raider Bharat has done an exceptional job for his franchise this season. Bharat picked up 279 raid points, which is the second-best performance by a raider this year. Despite the presence of experienced Vikas Kandola, Bharat emerged as the first-choice raider for Bengaluru this season. His performances earned him the Best Raider of the season award.
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Narender Hoshiyar
Narender Hoshiyar had a breakthrough season this year for the Tamil Thalaivas. In his maiden edition of the PKL, the youngster had a big role to play for his franchise. The team’s star raider Pawan Sehrawat was ruled out due to injury.
Narender has to fill in his shoes and the youngster took up the responsibility, performing exceptionally well. He scored 243 raid points this season. He was duly awarded the new young player of the season award.
Ankush
Ankush is another debutant who impressed this year. The youngster has been one of the pillars in Jaipur Pink Panthers defence. He scored a whopping 89 tackle points. It was also the most number of tackle points registered by any defender in this season. He also registered 9 High 5s in the league, which is also the most by a defender in this edition.
Mohammedreza Chiyaneh
Iranian Mohammadreza Chiyaneh was outstanding in defence in this edition of the league. Chiyaneh ended the season with 84 tackle points, which is just behind Ankush’s tally of 89 tackle points.
Chiyaneh however put in one of the best-ever performances by any defender in the league. He picked up 16 Tackle points from a single match against Dabang Delhi. This is the most number of points collected by a defender in a single match in the history of the league.
Fazel Atrachali
Fazel Atrachali should be the captain of this dream team. The Iranian had a great impact on his team’s brilliant run into the final. He was constantly inspiring his teammates in crucial moments and was instrumental in helping his team win crunch moments. His individual form was also great as he scored 55 tackle points from 21 matches.
Sunil Kumar
Jaipur Pink Panthers skipper Sunil Kumar played a very crucial role in helping his side win the Pro Kabaddi League Trophy. The defender scored 62 tackle points from 23 matches in this edition of the league. He, along with Ankush made the Jaipur defence a very strong unit that was instrumental in his team’s victory.
PKL 2022: From Arjun Deshwal to Narender Hoshiyar, Check who features in Dream Team of Pro Kabaddi League 2022
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