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The seventh installment of India's beloved Pro Kabaddi League came to an end on the 19th of October as coach B.C Ramesh's Bengal Warriors lifted their maiden trophy after defeating Dabang Delhi 39-34 in the summit clash played at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
While the season was full of defense-dominated clashes, the raiders, sure enough, overwhelmed the crowd with their laudable performances. The finale itself saw the young sensation, Naveen Kumar add 18 raid points to his name despite Delhi losing the match.
Read further to find out which quality raiders displayed a strong game in Pro Kabaddi League 2019:
#5 Maninder Singh
Maninder Singh, who made a debut back in the first season of the league with Jaipur Pink Panthers, has been a headline grabber since the very inception. The Panthers became the inaugural champions of the league, in which Singh played a big role.
Suffering an injury, Singh had to sit out for three long seasons before he made a smashing comeback in PKL Season 5. Yet again, he won all the hearts with a top-class game and also took his team, Bengal Warriors to the semi-finals.
Fast forward to PKL 2019, Singh had his killer mode on throughout. From reaching the ten-point mark in the first half itself to quite a few multiple-point raids, Singh showcased a champion-like performance.
Right before the semi-finals, an unfortunate shoulder injury put a pause on his play but Singh, being the fighter that he is, didn't allow the wound to dampen his spirits.
Maninder Singh played a considerable role in helping the team reach the playoffs as eventually, the Bengal Warriors lifted the coveted trophy for the first time.
Raid points: 205 in 20 matches
#4 Siddharth Sirish Desai
Siddharth Desai made a debut last season with U Mumba and left everyone in awe with his praiseworthy game. However, U Mumba did not choose to retain him in the Season 7 auctions, which left everyone perplexed.
The Telugu Titans then decided to shell out a whopping ₹1.45 crores for him and undoubtedly expected an exceptional game out of him.
Even though Desai wasn't as good as his debut season and failed to perform in his first six matches, he left the crowd breathless on various occasions. This lanky player, also known as the "Baahubali" of PKL, undeniably gave the defense of other teams a hard time.
Raid points: 217 in 22 matches
#3 Naveen Kumar
Ever since his arrival in the league, Naveen Kumar has been in fabulous form for his team, Dabang Delhi. In his debut season itself, i.e., Season 6, this young sensation helped his underdog team reach the playoffs for the first time in the history of the league.
Well, PKL 2019 saw this prodigy at a different level altogether. Kumar, the only player of PKL to be born in the 21st century, overwhelmed fans even more with an incredible performance.
This invincible 19-year-old broke not just one but two records of record-breaker Pardeep Narwal after completing the most number of Super 10s in a season, that too consecutively.
Naveen Kumar took Delhi to PKL 2019 final and even picked up 18 raid points against the Warriors, but his team's inability to harmonize with him drowned the ship of Delhi. He also bagged the 'Most Valuable Player' award of Season 7, which was much deserved by this passionate young gun.
Raid points: 301 points in 23 matches
#2 Pardeep Narwal
Pardeep Narwal, the star raider from Patna Pirates, has every right to be called the Greatest of All Time of kabaddi, and here's why. Narwal made it to the top soon after his arrival in the Pirates army as he started breaking records in his second season itself.
Narwal was the biggest reason why the Patna-based franchise bagged the trophy in Seasons 3, 4 and 5. With quite a few records to his name, Narwal left each kabaddi fan astonished.
He ended his PKL 2019 campaign with a bang as he became the first player to achieve the 1000-raid-point mark. He even became the first to complete 300 raid points in PKL 2019.
Not only that, in a match against the eventual champions, Narwal scored a large sum of 36 points to take his team to a big win. Well, despite Pardeep Narwal doing an impeccable job every time, the rest of the Pirates didn't support him, which led to his team not being able to enter the playoffs.
Raid Points: 302 in 22 matches
#1 Pawan Sehrawat
Pawan Sehrawat grabbed all eyeballs after helping Bengaluru Bulls win the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League, courtesy a splendid game. Almost unknown before PKL 2018, Sehrawat made the seventh season full of sweet memories for his fans.
This ace raider took a match or two to find his momentum, but once he did, every defender struggled to put him at rest. The Bulls were incredibly lucky to have him in their squad.
Unlike many other players, he proved all his critics wrong after putting up yet another magnificent show for the Bulls.
Sehrawat also broke the record of Pardeep Narwal after picking up 39 raid points in a single battle, which was once considered almost an impossible feat to achieve.
He did better than he ever imagined but the Bulls squandered opportunities big time in the semi-final against Dabang Delhi and ended up losing. Well, Sehrawat still managed to bag the award for being the best raider of Season 7 after garnering 346 raid points.
Raid points: 346 in 24 matches
