Pro Kabaddi League 2018: Top 5 youngsters who excelled in their debut season

#4 Manjeet - Patna Pirates

Manjeet attempts a reaching hand touch

For a youngster to play under the tutelage of Pardeep Narwal is a great honor but to exceed expectations and skip out of the shadows of the league's top raider is no mean task.

Given the role of the tertiary raider in the side behind Pardeep Narwal and Deepak Narwal, Manjeet looked solid all through the season as he used his height as his primary calling card and caused quite a furor with his running hand touches.

As the season progressed, Manjeet grew in confidence and slowly took up the mantle of the second raider behind Pardeep Narwal, which gave the youngster more chances to excel as he picked up his first 'Super-10' against the Bengaluru Bulls.

However, in addition to his raiding talent, Manjeet also proved his worth as a very capable defender with his vicious ankle holds bringing down the best of raiders.

The young all-rounder was in fine form throughout as he finished with 87 raid points and 15 tackle points from 22 matches at an average of 4.63 points per game.