Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: 5 PKL stars who have played other sports as well

#3 Fazel Atrachali

Fazel Atrachali uses his wrestling skills in kabaddi to great effect

Another former wrestler in this list, the Iranian powerhouse is one of the biggest names in the Pro Kabaddi League. He has won the league two times – in Season 2 with U Mumba and in Season 4 with the Patna Pirates, which also saw him winning the Best Defender award in the latter.

Iran has a rich legacy in the sport of wrestling and Fazel also wrestled growing up. He admires Hamid Sourian, the six-time Greco-Roman World Champion, and also uses the skills he has picked up playing the sport on the kabaddi mat – sending opposition raiders flying with his powerful dashes and stopping them with his herculean body blocks.

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