PKL 2021: Top 5 Raiders, Defenders and All-rounders of Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 – The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League is underway and the fans enjoyed the first week of thrilling action is what they were missing so badly last year. Naveen Kumar of Dabang Delhi K.C., Surender Nada of Haryana Steelers and Rohit Gulia of Haryana Steelers are the top raider, defender and all-rounder who has impressed the fans in the first week action of the Pro Kabaddi League season 8. – Follow PKL 8 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
PKL 2021: Top 5 Raiders, Defenders and All-rounders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 Season 8 – From Naveen Kumar to Sumit to Rakesh
Top 5 Raiders of PKL 2021 Season 8
- Naveen Kumar
- Pawan Kumar Seharawat
- Maninder Singh
- Arjun Deshwal
- V Ajith Kumar
Naveen Kumar – Daband Delhi K.C. [81 POINTS]
Naveen Kumar joined the Dabang Delhi side back in 2018 as a New Young Player. He has scored three Super 10s in three matches so far, making it 24 Super 10s in a row in the League. In a 31-27 victory over U Mumba, Naveen Kumar picked 16 points and he became the fastest and also the youngest player to reach 500 raid points in the history of Pro Kabaddi League. He achieved this feet in just 47 PKL games. He has currently scored 81 points in 5 games he has played so far in the Pro Kabaddi League. He has scored 6 Super 10s so far in this season.
Pawan Seharawat – Bengaluru Bulls [73 POINTS]
The Bengaluru Bulls skipper Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is second on the table when it comes to top raiders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has scored 73 points till now in the 6 games he has played so far in the first week of PKL season 8. He has the ability to surprise defenders with his particular long reach and his signature running hand touches make him a worthy opponent to face. He has scored 4 Super 10s so far in this season.
Maninder Singh – Bengal Warriors [72 POINTS]
Maninder Singh is on the third position in the Top 5 raiders list. He has scored 731 points from his career of 79 PKL games. He is currently playing for Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League. He completed his 500 raid points in 56 PKL matches and is on second in the list to fastest 500 raid points just behind Dabang Delhi’s Naveen Kumar. He has scored 72 points till now in the 6 games he has played so far in the PKL 2021. He has scored 3 Super 10s so far in this season.
PKL 2021: Top 5 Raiders, Defenders and All-rounders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 Season 8 – From Naveen Kumar to Sumit to Rakesh
Arjun Deshwal – Jaipur Pink Panthers [68 POINTS]
Arjun Deshwal is one of the youngest raider in the Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has impressed Kabaddi fans a lot with his performance in the first week of PKL season 8. He earlier used to play for U Mumba till season 7 but in season 8 he was bought by Jaipur Pink Panthers. He has scored 68 points in the five games he has played so far. He has scored 4 Super 10s so far in this season.
V Ajith Kumar – U Mumba [51 POINTS]
V Ajith Kumar of U Mumba comes fifth in the list of top 5 raiders of Pro Kabaddi League season 8. He has scored 51 points till now in the 6 games he has played so far. He has scored 2 Super 10s so far in this season. He is one of the main raiders of U Mumba along with Abhishek Singh.
Top 5 defenders of PKL 2021 Season 8
- Surender Nada
- Sumit
- Jaideep
- Mohammadreza Chiyaneh
- Surjeet Singh
Surender Nada – Haryana Steelers [19 POINTS]
Surender Nada is considered one of the best defenders of Pro Kabaddi League. He has scored 218 points from 70 matches he has played so far in the PKL so far. He is also tied as the player with the highest 5s (19) in the league along with Manjeet Chillar. He has played for Bengaluru Bulls as well. Ankle hold is the signature move of Surender Nada. He has scored 19 points in six games he has played so far in PKL 2021 season 8. He has scored 2 Super 5s so far in this season. He has scored only 1 Super 5s so far in this season.
Sumit – U.P.Yodha [18 POINTS]
Sumit was the most impressive player in the previous Pro Kabaddi season. The UP Yoddha defender finished second on the defenders’ leaderboard, scoring 77 tackle points. He was the most successful Indian defender in PKL 2019. The left corner defender was retained by UP Yoddha ahead of the Pro Kabaddi 2021 auction. Sumit will look to continue in the same vein and destroy the opposition team’s raiders along with his captain Nitesh Kumar, who plays in the right corner position for UP Yoddha. He has scored 18 points in 6 games he has played so far in this season. He has scored 2 Super 5s so far in this season.
Jaideep – Haryana Steelers [17 POINTS]
Jaideep who plays at left cover defender got snapped up by Haryana Steelers for Pro Kabaddi Season 8. Jaideep has an excellent record in his overall young career as he has scored 95 tackle points out of 166 tackles attempted. He has an avg strike rate of almost 60%. He is not only a brilliant individual tackler but, also has a 24% Avg. He has scored 17 points in 6 games he has played so far in this season. He has scored 2 Super 5s so far in this season.
Mohammad Chiyaneh – Patna Pirates [16 POINTS]
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh of Patna Pirates is on second spot when it comes to top defenders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has scored 16 points till now in the five games he has played so far in PKL 2021. He has one high 5 against his name so far in this season.
PKL 2021: Top 5 Raiders, Defenders and All-rounders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 Season 8 – From Naveen Kumar to Sumit to Rakesh
Mohammad Chiyaneh – Patna Pirates [16 POINTS]
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh of Patna Pirates is on second spot when it comes to top defenders of Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has scored 16 points till now in the five games he has played so far in PKL 2021. He has one high 5 against his name so far in this season.
Surjeet Singh – Tamil Thaliavas [15 POINTS]
Surjeet Singh is an Indian Kabaddi player and skipper of Tamil Thaliavas in PKL 2021 season 8. He is recognised as one of the best defenders in India. Surjeet has earlier played for U Mumba and for Puneri Paltan and Bengal Warriors as well. He plays in the right cover position. He specialises in blocking and dashing opponents. Surjeet has the fifth most number of High 5s-16 , from just 50 games. He has achieved this feat in the fifth season. He has scored 15 points till now in the 5 games he has played so far.
Top 5 All-rounders of PKL 2021 Season 8
- Rakesh
- Rohit Gulia
- Deepak Niwas Hooda
- Vijay
- Meetu
- Mohammad Nabibhaksh
Rakesh – Gujarat Fortunegiants [36 POINTS]
Rakesh of Gujarat Fortunegiants is currently on the top of the list for the top all-rounders of Pro Kabaddi League 2022 season 8. He has scored 36 points till now in the 5 matches he has played so far. He is one of the main all-rounders of the Gujarat Fortunegiants.
Meetu – Haryana Steelers [33 POINTS]
Meetu of Haryana Steelers is on the third spot in the list of top all-rounders in the Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has been making the rounds in Indian Kabaddi in the last year. He is one of the most promising young Raiders in India right now. He has scored 33 points in 5 games.
Rohit Gulia – Haryana Steelers [32 POINTS]
Rohit Gulia is a professional Kabaddi player and plays for Haryana Steelers in the Pro Kabaddi League. He made his debut in 5th season of Pro Kabaddi League with Gujarat Fortune Giants. Do or Die raid is his speciality. In the 5th season, his 35 raid points was the third highest of the season. He has scored 32 points till now in the 5 games he has played so far in the PKL 2021 season 8.
Deepak Niwas Hooda – Jaipur Pink Panthers [32 POINTS]
Deepak Niwas Hooda is an Indian international Kabaddi player and plays for Jaipur Pink Panthers in the Pro Kabaddi League. He primarily plays as a raider but he is a talented versatile player as he can play an all-rounder role too. He has earned the title “Dubki King” while playing Kabaddi. Hooda also has multiple Marathon Man of the Match awards. He shines in the most challenging situations and had the most do or die raid points in the PKL season 5. He has scored 32 points so far in the 5 games he has played so far in PKL 2021 season 8.
Mohammad Nabibhaksh – Bengal Warriors [26 POINTS]
Mohammad Nabibhaksh of Bengal Wariors is on the fifth slot in the list of top all rounders in Pro Kabaddi League 2021 season 8. He has scored 26 points till now in the eight editopn of the PKL 2021 in the five games games he has played so far. He plays for Iran international kabaddi team.
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