Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Top four raiders who breached the 20-point mark

The Pro Kabaddi League has witnessed an all new bigger and better fifth edition with the entry of four new teams taking to the mat, one of which, Gujarat Fortunegiants has even made the cut to the finals. Some matches have been spectacular raid fests of sorts where the players have ripped apart the rival defence with their attacking strides, thus adding to the excitement and frenzy of the sport.

The Super-10 is a benchmark for players when they amass ten raid points in a single match and we've seen that on numerous instances in this season. However, given the kind of performances that we have witnessed this year, one should not be surprised if the concept of Tremendous-20 and Thrilling-30 are also introduced in the next season.

Thus, Sportskeeda looks at the four players who breached the 20-point mark in the fifth season:

#4: Ajay Thakur (Tamil Thalaivas)

India's star from the World Cup carried forth his form into the fifth edition despite faltering initially, he made up for it in a big manner by notching up almost 5 consecutive Super-10's in the last slot of matches. In one particular match against the Telugu Titans, the tall, lanky raider went rampant on the mat and left the opposition hapless with his constant successful raids which led to 12 touch points and 8 bonus points, thus claiming a total of 20 points at the end of 40 minutes.

#3: Rishank Devadiga (UP Yoddha)

Well, it can rightly be said that he set the trend for bigger records with his tremendous feat of notching up 28 points against the Jaipur Pink Panthers and for a span of time becoming the holder of prestigious achieving the most amount of raid points in a single match. He had the charge of the team that night as the captain and led by example, picking up 23 touch points and 5 bonus points with just one unsuccessful raid that night. His escaping routes, swiftness and agility were all on point and the audience was also treated to a couple of stunning super raid efforts from his end.

#2: Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru Bulls)

Just a few days after Rishank's record was set as a new benchmark, Rohit Kumar, the ever so talismanic raider/captain of the Bengaluru Bulls came on and shattered it with a super 30 point outing against UP Yoddha. The other raider accounted for just 7 other raid points and the team won the match by a huge margin of 40 points due to the golden performance that night from Rohit. He did not give the defence any chance whatsoever which was evident with their measly total of just 4 tackle points. Thus, Rohit Kumar etched his name into the books of history but it was not to remain there for too long.

#1: Pardeep Narwal (Patna Pirates)

The 'dubki' master completely decimated the Haryana Steelers in the second eliminator of the Super-Playoffs with a humongous 34 point innings, wherein the likes of Surender Nada and Mohit Chhillar also were rendered hapless. He was absolutely ruthless on that night as he spearheaded the attack and this was evident with his monster 8-point raid which wiped off 6 defenders and led to an all-out for the rival team. Thus, Pardeep accounted for two records that night, maximum raid points in a single match as well as maximum points in a single raid. However, if you think that Pardeep has done it all, well that is not the case for he was quoted as saying to Sportskeeda that, "I can score more than my previous record, it's not a big deal. Records are made to be broken."