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The Ahmedabad leg of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 ended with the home team Gujarat Fortunegiants winning five straight matches and drawing their last one. It included Gujarat making a superb comeback against the Bengaluru Bulls Bulls, overcoming an 8-point deficit to take the win. Their superb home form has helped them sit on top of Zone B.
While the Nagpur leg saw some established names turning in match-winning performances, the Ahmedabad week witnessed the emergence of new PKL stars. The best 7 from the Ahmedabad leg features an Iranian right corner making his debut, an in-form left corner and two youngsters from the Gujarat Fortunegiants, among others.
Abozar Mighani (Right corner)
The Iranian right corner making his PKL debut has made everyone sit up and take notice of his talents. He scored a brilliant High 5 against U Mumba, a side whose raiding department consists of big names like Anup Kumar, Kashiling Adake and Shabeer Bappu.
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He has scored a total of 26 tackle points and is now the leading defender of PKL 5. Also, he has even outshone countryman Fazel Atrachali so far. Abozar possesses superb anticipation and a vice-like iron grip that makes it difficult for raiders to escape his holds.
Sachin (right in)
The Ahmedabad leg witnessed the birth of a new star for Gujarat. Sachin, the tall and lanky youngster, has exceeded everyone’s expectations with some brilliant raiding performances.
The 18-year-old has led Gujarat’s attack at home, scoring 44 raid points, which is nearly half of Gujarat’s total raid points in their home leg. He also became the 1st Gujarat player to score a Super 10 in PKL 5. Overall, he has scored 54 raid points and has risen to third in the race for the top raider.
Sandeep Narwal (Right cover)
Puneri Paltan’s all-rounder once again emerged as the match winner against Bengal Warriors with a dominant display. He scored seven points and once again top scored for Pune in the game.
He scored four tackle points, silencing Bengal’s dangerous raiding duo of Maninder Singh and Jang Kun Lee. It was his two-point raid that inflicted the first all-out on Bengal. The powerful all-rounder is now only the second player to have scored more than 10 raid and tackle points, having played only four matches.
Nitin Tomar (Centre)
The PKL’s most expensive player once again proved his worth, leading his side to a win against the Telugu Titans, where he scored a Super 10. He also took his team to a tie against Patna Pirates, where he scored a crucial seven raid points.
He has amassed 33 raid points so far and is the top scorer for U.P Yoddha. Tomar’s ability to consistently take bonus points is unmatched. He proved his quality in the match against the Pirates, where with the scores at 26-25 and U.P facing a do-or-die raid, Tomar came back with a bonus point and saved his side from a loss.
Parvesh Bhainswal (left cover)
After watching Parvesh Bhainswal in PKL 4, nobody could have predicted his incredible rise. In Season 4, he was almost clueless, managing just three tackle points in seven matches from 17 attempted tackles.
In PKL 5 though, especially in his team's home leg, Bhainswal’s performances have been superb and he has justified the trust placed on him by coach Manpreet Singh. He now has 15 tackle points and among cover defenders, only Mahender Singh has more tackle points than the youngster.
Pardeep Narwal (left in)
The Dubki King proved his class against UP Yoddha, where after suffering a poor first half, he roared back in the final five minutes to salvage a tie for Patna and maintain their unbeaten start to the campaign.
With Patna trailing by two points, he stepped up in the match’s final raid and induced an error from Rajesh Narwal that helped tie the match. He scored nine raid points against UP and in the process, became the fastest player to score 50 raid points in PKL history.
Surender Nada (left corner)
The Haryana captain continued his brilliant form scoring his fourth High 5 in as many matches in the Ahmedabad leg. He also became the first player in PKL history to score four High 5s in a row.
Seven out of the 10 tackle points that Haryana scored against Gujarat were through Nada and his brilliant performance means that he has now taken 24 tackle points in just four matches. He is just two points behind the highest tackle point scorer, Abozar Mighani of the Gujarat Fortunegiants.
