Since the 10th Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) was established, the contact sport of kabaddi has seen an enormous surge in popularity.Given that kabaddi is the sport in India that is expanding the quickest and gaining popularity worldwide, we thought it would be interesting to look at the top 5 players.
| S.no. | Name | Team | Matches Played | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Pawan Sehrawat | Raider | 105 | 1037 |
| 4 | Rahul Chaudhari | Raider | 150 | 1100 |
| 3 | Deepak Hooda | All-Rounder | 157 | 1119 |
| 2 | Maninder Singh | Raider | 122 | 1244 |
| 1 | Pardeep Narwal | Raider | 153 | 1577 |
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India captain Pawan Sehrawat regained the title of most expensive player in Pro Kabaddi League history on Monday, just a few hours after losing it. When Telugu Titans selected Sehrawat for Rs 2.605 Crore on Day 1 of the PKL 10 auction, he became the highest-paid player.
Sehrawat recently led India to a gold medal victory in the Asian Games 2023.
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Rahul's nine-year career in 150 PKL matches has yielded 1100 total points. In addition, he is just one of four raiders in PKL history to surpass 1,000 raid points.
Before PKL 2023, Rahul Chaudhari was not successful in the auction. In this auction, Chaudhari was categorized as a domestic player in the C category raiders. The 30-year-old Chaudhari had before won the seniors national championship with Uttar Pradesh.
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The fourth player in Pro Kabaddi League history to reach 1000 raid points is Deepak Niwas Hooda, a former captain of India and an excellent all-round player. In the match, Deepak Hooda achieved this feat.
In the first Pro Kabaddi auction, Telugu Titans bid the second-highest amount for Deepak Niwas Hooda, a resident of the Rohtak area of Haryana.
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Maninder Singh is a professional Kabaddi player from India who competes for the national team. He is the Bengal Warriors' captain and top raider in the Pro Kabaddi League. Maninder is said to be among the league's top raiders. In 2019, he guided the Bengal Warriors to their first-ever PKL championship.
The Pro Kabaddi League's Bengal Warriors managed to hold onto their talisman raider, Maninder Singh, ahead of a historic tenth season.
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In the history of Pro Kabaddi, Pardeep Narwal became the first player to reach 1400 raid points. The 22-year-old defeated Tamil Thalaivas in the UP Yoddhas match to attain the milestone of 1,400 raid points.
Pardeep, widely known as the Dubki King, is the most accomplished raider in the League. He accomplished a hat-trick of championships with Patna Pirates and won the Pro Kabaddi League three times in three seasons between seasons three and five.Pardeep Narwal: 10th Pro Kabaddi League, UP Yoddha, Rs 1.65 crore
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