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The Chennai leg of VIVO Pro Kabaddi 2019 ended with Tamil Thalaivas suffering a loss against U Mumba to culminate their home leg. The action has shifted to Thyagaraj Sports Complex as a part of Dabang Delhi K.C.'s home leg in the sixth week of the league.
Tamil Thalaivas in the opener of their home leg lost 21-32 to the defending champions Bengaluru Bulls courtesy of Pawan Sehrawat's Super 10. A nail-biter tie 31-31 between Thalaivas and Puneri Paltan saw a thriller as both teams failed to score raid points in the final minute of the match courtesy of breath-taking defence.
Thalaivas squared off against Jaipur Pink Panthers in the most heated encounter of the season so far but failed to win 28-26 against them. The home leg curse continued for Thalaivas as they got silenced against U Mumba 24-29 to conclude their outing.
Naveen Goyat has the most Super 10s (six) with him at the top spot securing them in just seven matches. Pawan Sehrawat has the best average raid points of the season so far with 11.44 raid points per game. Rahul Chaudhari has secured the most do or die raid points with 18 points to his name.
As we get closer to the mid-stages of the tournament, let's take a look at the top five raiders with the most raid points till Chennai leg.
#5 Siddharth Desai - Telugu Titans
Siddharth Desai had a rough start to Season 7 as he was struggling with his form in comparison to his blockbuster outing in his debut season with U Mumba. He was failing to understand the opposition defence due to his injury issues he face ahead of the start of the tournament.
The offence led by Siddharth Desai squared off against Haryana Steelers in Telugu Titans' only match in Chennai leg. He fired all guns against the defence of Haryana as he went on to score 18 raid points at a cent per cent strike-rate. He announced his arrival in the form with a dominant victory over Haryana with 29-40.
Siddharth Desai has 68 raid points in nine matches at an average of 7.56 raid points. With two Super 10s to his name so far, Siddharth will look to continue his momentum in the offence to win matches for Telugu Titans.
#4 Maninder Singh - Bengal Warriors
Maninder Singh has been a stand-out leader leading from the front for Bengal Warriors' offense this season. He has remained calm and composed as a captain and shown confidence in his support raiders, K Prapanjan and Mohammad Nabibakhsh continuously.
Maninder has been better season after season and has worked precisely on his raiding skills to score raid points in every given raid.
Maninder scored just three raid points in 5 raids in the tied match versus Dabang Delhi K.C. as K Prapanjan stole the show with an emphatic Super-10. In the next outing versus Patna Pirates, Maninder led the offense with ten raid points to book a dominant victory for the team.
Maninder Singh has scored 68 raid points in nine matches at an average of 7.56 raid points. He has achieved three Super-10s this far in Season 7.
#3 Naveen Goyat - Dabang Delhi K.C.
This youngster has risen to one of the most lethal raiders of Pro Kabaddi today with the amount of excitement he brings to the mat with his brilliant running hand touches. Naveen Goyat at just the age of 20 has achieved remarkable heights in the league.
In the tied game 30-30 versus Bengal Warriors recently, Naveen Goyat was brilliant with his running hand touches that stopped Bengal from stealing the match despite having a formidable raiding trio. He scored 11 raid points to achieve his sixth super-10 of the season.
He has found decent support from Chandran Ranjit in the offense which has helped Naveen to be a standout for Delhi same like last year.
Naveen Goyat is the third-highest with 75 raid points to his name in seven matches at an average of 10.71 raid points. He has scored 58.14% of the team's total raid points this season.
#2 Pardeep Narwal - Patna Pirates
Pardeep Narwal has been a stalwart in Patna Pirates' offense. He has led the team's raiding single-handedly once again scoring almost 59.23% of the team's raid points in season 7 till the Chennai leg.
Pardeep Narwal has not found any support from the likes of Jang Kun Lee and Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlu which has been Patna Pirates' downfall this season. However, Pardeep Narwal has been taking risks based on solo efforts to cruise his team to victory this season.
He scored a brilliant Super 10 against Bengal and almost took his team to the finish line in the second half of the match. The very next day Pardeep Narwal took nine raid points against his arch-rivals Gujarat Fortune Giants. However, not finding any support from the other raids made the difference between Patna Pirates and victory as they lost both matches.
Pardeep Narwal has 86 raid points in ten matches at an average of 8.6 raid points. He has scored four super-10s this season.
#1 Pawan Sehrawat - Bengaluru Bulls
Pawan Sehrawat has been a sensation in the offense for Bengaluru Bulls corresponding to how his solo efforts took the team to their maiden title back in Season 6. He has stolen the spotlight on multiple occasions so far taking mammoth defensive units down with his precise raiding skills.
Bengaluru Bulls defeated Tamil Thalaivas in the opening match of Chennai leg (21-31) where Pawan led the attack right from the first ten minutes, extending the lead of 17-10 by half time. Pawan went through the experienced defense of Thalaivas and scored 11 raid points to secure a win.
Pawan Sehrawat completed a century of raid points in his match against Puneri Paltan. Despite losing the encounter 31-23, Pawan scored five raid points as the second top scorer from Bengaluru Bulls.
Pawan Sehrawat has the orange arm-band with 103 raid points in nine matches at an average of 11.44 raid points. He has scored five super 10s with three super raids this season.
