#2 Deepak Hooda
Deepak Niwas Hooda also joined the Puneri Paltan revamp after playing a starry role in Telugu Titans 3rd place finish in PKL 2. The dashing all-rounder continued where he left off for impressing for Puneri Paltan with his raiding skills.
He scored 69 raid points and was the highest scoring raider for the Paltan. In PKL 4 he took the leap from a promising player to one of the best in the business scoring 126 raid points, only Pardeep Narwal and Rahul Chaudhari scored more in PKL 4.
The left raider’s brilliant performances meant he was retained ahead the giants of the game like Manjeet Chhillar and Ajay Thakur and Deepak repaid the Pune management’s decision by once again leading Puneri Paltan’s raiding single-handedly scoring 172 raid points 82 more than the next best Pune player.