Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Top 5 raiders from the Jaipur leg

2. Ajay Thakur (Tamil Thalaivas)

While his team has endured a miserable season on their debut, the Tamil Thalaivas captain Ajay Thakur has been their lone warrior time and again. And he brought forth his skills again in the U Mumba vs Tamil Thalaivas humdinger where the two teams were tied at 35-35 until the last minute.

The fearless Thakur once again did what he does the best and gifted his team vital raid points that turned the match in the Thalaivas’ favour. Thanks to his heroics, the yellow brigade was able to claim a 38-35 win over the former champions.

The highly experienced Thakur finished with a staggering 16 points on the night out of which 15 were from the raids. His massive 199 raid points accumulated from 21 games have now helped him climb to the No. 2 position in the Season 5 Raiders Leaderboard where only Pardeep Narwal is ahead of him.

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