Pro Kabaddi League Season 6: Predicting Jaipur Pink Panthers' starting seven for the initial matches

Center: Deepak Niwas Hooda

Deepak Niwas Hooda has the third highest points in total points tally. — Deepak Niwas Hooda has the third highest points in the total points tally.

Perhaps the fittest campaigner of the game, Deepak Hooda is Jaipur's most expensive buy at ₹1.15 crores. A star all-rounder in the lineup, Deepak Niwas Hooda is an experienced veteran in Kabaddi.

Deepak has the third highest raid points in Pro Kabaddi with 577 raid points in 81 matches averaging 7.123 raid points. He has 63 tackle points as well.

The team management will look to use his raiding abilities more than his role in the left cover. Deepak has lengthy stretches and has good backtracking ability as a raider.

Back in Season 5, Deepak had the highest do or die raid points with 47 out of the 186 raid points last season. Deepak's versatility is an immense plus point to the team which could bring them their 2nd trophy.

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Vijay Sain is a freelance writer from Jaipur, Rajasthan, currently residing in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Ever since writing his very first article in June 2018, Vijay has mostly worked on covering Kabaddi passionately to throw light on the upcoming talents and acquainting the Kabaddi admirers with a plethora of information through his articles.

In addition to covering Kabaddi, Vijay has also begun covering Cricket and Volleyball as two of the other sports which he admires. An admirer of Rahul Dravid as a cricketer and Rajasthan Royals as a team, Vijay is also a WWE enthusiast who loves AJ Styles and CM Punk.

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