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

rishank devadiga — Rishank Devadiga outshone everybody else in the Jaipur leg

3. Wazir Singh (Haryana Steelers)

Wazir Singh, who returned to the PKL in Season 5 after a ligament injury, put in a performance of a lifetime in the Haryana Steelers’ narrow 32-30 victory over Telugu Titans. From just 21 raid attempts, he recorded 14 raid points, terrorizing the Titans’ defence through touch points with effortless ease.

What was more impressive was how he targeted the Titans’ best players and sent them to the bench, clearly exhibiting the excellent strategy that the Steelers had that night. Not only did he eliminate their dependable defender, Vishal Bhardwaj on two occasions, but he also sent the talismanic Rahul Chaudhari out of the game more than once.

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Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.

Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.

Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.

Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.

When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.

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