Pro Kabaddi League Season 6: 5 Best Raiders from Tamil Thalaivas

The Thalaiavas will be looking to improve their win record in Season 6

#1 Ajay Thakur

Ajay Thakur

The architect of India's 2016 World Cup triumph has a never-say-die attitude and the escape artist has delivered in crucial moments for club and country. As a raider, he is one of the very best in the business having accumulated a mammoth 529 raid points in 80 matches.

Ajay has perfected the frog jump move and used it to devastating effect time and again. The six-footer started off with the Bengaluru Bulls for the first couple of seasons and spent the next couple with Puneri Paltan before being picked up by the Chennai-based side where he excelled last season.

Against the Bengal Warriors last September, Ajay scored 7 raid points in the last 5 minutes to guide the Thaliavas to a last-gasp win by a 33-32 margin. The match against the Bengal side was just one of many in which the master raider displayed his tenacity, and he will continue to be the key for the Chennai side who will be hoping that their prolific captain gets them closer to the top this time around.

About the author

Subhashish has been an Indian sports journalist at Sportskeeda since 2017. He primarily covers hockey along with other Indian Sports, and endeavors to bridge the coverage gap between the multitude of Indian sports and cricket via his articles. Subhashish’s interest in Indian sports peaked after watching a few hockey and football matches live during his childhood days, and has also played Hockey, Football, Table Tennis, Badminton at school and college level.

As a journalist, he covered every single Indian hockey match at the 2018 & 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2018 & 2023 Asian Games, 2018 Women's World Cup, 2018 & 2023 Men’s World Cup and the 2021 Olympics. An interview specialist, he has conducted over 100 interviews with the Indian Men's and Women's Hockey team, and has also been part of the UK-based DesiSportsCast Podcast.

Subhashish’s favorite Indian athlete is Vandana Katariya for her relentlessness and never-say-die attitude. For him, India men's hockey team's 7-1 win over Pakistan in 2017 Hockey World League semis on the same day as India men's cricket team's loss to the same opponent in the Champions Trophy final is an iconic moment in Indian Sports history.

When not writing, he likes to spend his free time blogging, singing, jogging, and trekking.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram