Pro Kabaddi 2019: 5 players with most raid points at the end of Jaipur leg

While Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors have already qualified for the playoffs of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Tamil Thalaivas have been knocked out of the tournament. However, with teams like Bengaluru Bulls and Jaipur Pink Panthers set to be involved in a mid-table fight for a spot in the final six, the upcoming games of the Pro Kabaddi League will be interesting to watch.

Although Jaipur Pink Panthers started this season on a bright note, Deepak Niwas Hooda's men have displayed poor performances on the mat in recent weeks. They are now struggling to reach the playoffs and the team's show on the home turf did not help their cause either.

The Season 1 champions picked up just 9 points from their home leg after finishing with only a solitary victory. While they were held to a draw in the first game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium by Gujarat Fortune Giants, they were handed a narrow one-point loss by the Bengal Warriors in the subsequent game. Although the team did well to pick up a victory against Puneri Paltan in the next encounter, on the final day at Jaipur, the home team haplessly lost 31-51 to Telugu Titans.

Raiders will yet again be crucial in the upcoming games. On that note, here is the list of 5 players with most raid points at the end of Jaipur leg.

#5 Siddharth Desai

Siddharth Desai collected 37 points in Jaipur

Siddharth Desai was excellent in the Jaipur leg, picking up 37 points from two encounters and thereby holding on to the No. 5 position on this list.

He was impressive against Bengal Warriors despite his team falling short by just one point. In this game, Siddharth collected 9 touch points and 6 bonus points; thereby finishing with 15 points from this encounter.

On the final day at Jaipur, Telugu Titans decimated the home team with Desai being the best performer for his side. He amassed 22 points and provided the much-needed momentum to the Titans as they enter the final few weeks of the tournament.

Siddharth now has 174 raid points to his name and he will now look to add more to his tally in the coming days and help his side collect a few wins.

#4 Maninder Singh

Maninder was brilliant in the Jaipur leg

Bengal Warriors have already qualified for the playoffs of this edition and their primary target now would be to cement a spot in the top 2 by the end of the league stage. Maninder Singh's men secured 1-point wins in both the games they played at Jaipur.

The captain was brilliant in both these games, picking up 19 points against Jaipur Pink Panthers and contributing 17 points to his team's account against the Telugu Titans.

Although it might be a difficult task for him to climb up this list, the Warriors raider can set his sights on a better reward - the maiden PKL trophy for his team.

#3 Naveen Kumar

Naveen Kumar was involved in one of the best matches this season, where Dabang Delhi held Bengaluru Bulls to a draw in the first game that Delhi played at Jaipur. Kumar collected 14 points in this game and yet again proved to be instrumental in his team's impressive show. In the next game against Patna Pirates, Kumar picked up 11 points and almost ended Patna Pirates' dream of a playoff spot.

Thanks to the consistency at which Kumar is notching up Super 10s, it might be difficult for any other raider to break the youngster's record in this category. He has 222 raid points till now and is already well past his individual record of Season 6. The kind of form he is in, Dabang Delhi can dream of their first PKL trophy this season.

#2 Pawan Sehrawat

Pawan Sehrawat captained Bengaluru Bulls in the Jaipur leg of the ongoing edition of the Pro Kabaddi League. The in-form raider picked up 15 raid points in the first game against Dabang Delhi while he helped his team secure a victory over U Mumba with 10 crucial raid points against the Season 2 champions in the second encounter.

Sehrawat now has 242 raid points from 19 games and if Bengaluru Bulls have to confirm themselves of a spot in the playoffs, the Season 6 MVP must be at his best in the coming days.

#1 Pardeep Narwal

Pardeep Narwal moves to the No.1 position on this list

With the losses to Haryana Steelers and Dabang Delhi at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Patna Pirates' chances of qualifying for the playoffs have diminished tremendously. Although Pardeep Narwal amassed a total of 36 points in this leg, his effort did not help the three-time champions deliver a positive result in this phase of the tournament.

Pardeep Narwal has collected 243 raid points till now, just one short of Pawan Sehrawat's tally at the end of the Jaipur leg. With both these raiders in scintillating form, it will be interesting to see who finishes as the best raider of this season.

Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee