Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Top 10 defenders of Pro Kabaddi League, From Sumit to Girish Maruti Ernak – The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League is underway and the fans are enjoying this season’s thrilling action what they were missing so badly last year. Surender Nada of Haryana Steelers, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh of Patna Pirates and Surjeet Singh of Tamil Thaliavas are among the top defenders who have impressed the fans in the Pro Kabaddi League season 8 so far. – Follow Pro Kabaddi PKL 8 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Top 10 defenders of PKL 2021 Season 8
- Surender Nada
- Sumit
- Jaideep
- Mohammadreza Chiyaneh
- Surjeet Singh
- Saurabh Nandal
- Sagar
- Aman
- Sajin C
- Sunil
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Top 10 defenders of Pro Kabaddi League, From Sumit to Girish Maruti Ernak
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 [17 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 17 points in 5 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 5 games he has played so far in this season. He has scored 2 Super 5s so far in this season.
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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 5 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.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Top 10 defenders of Pro Kabaddi League, From Sumit to Girish Maruti Ernak
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.
Saurabh Nandal – Bengaluru Bulls [15 POINTS]
Bengaluru Bulls have retained their left corner defender Saurabh Nandal in this season. Nandal made his debut in the last season and earned 56 tackle points in the Pro Kabaddi League. Nandal’s performances played a massive role in Bengaluru’s journey to the knockout stage. The Bulls fans will hope for similar performances from their rising star in PKL 8. He has scored 15 points till now in the six games he has played so far.
Sagar – Tamil Thaliavas [15 POINTS]
Sagar of Tamil Thaliavas comes sixth in the top defenders list of Pro Kabaddi League Season 8. He has also scored 15 points till now in the five matches he has played so far along with his skipper Surjeet Singh and Saurabh Nandal of Bengaluru Bulls.
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Aman – Bengaluru Bulls [13 POINTS]
Aman of Bengaluru Bulls is on eight in the top 10 list of the defenders. He has scored 13 points till now in the six games they have played so far. He is one of the younget defender in this season who have impressed the fans a lot. He plays at left corner for the Bengaluru side.
Vishal Bhardwaj – Puneri Paltan [12 POINTS]
Vishal Bhardwaj of Puneri Paltan is ninth in the top defenders list. He has scored 12 points so far in this season in the five games he has played till now. He is scoring points regularly but his team is not able to get over the line. His team is last on the points table with only one victory out of five games they have played so far in this season of Pro Kabaddi League.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Top 10 defenders of Pro Kabaddi League, From Sumit to Girish Maruti Ernak
Girish Maruti Ernak – Gujarat Fortunegiants [12 POINTS]
Girish Maruti Ernak of Gujarat Fortunegiants is next in the list of top defenders list. He has also scored 12 points along with Vishal Bhardwaj of Puneri Paltan. He is one of the main defenders for the Gujarat side. He has scored only one high five in this season.
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