Pro Kabaddi Season 6: Predicting Bengal Warriors' starting seven for the initial matches

The Kolkata based team, Bengal Warriors had dominated the charts in Pro Kabaddi Season 5 which was a marvellous run consisting of Maninder Singh's epic comeback from injury and the captain, Surjeet Singh, leading the defence from the front. Their wide gaps in the right corner and the left cover was their weakness in Season 5. However, Bengal Warriors soared right bak that brought shivers down the spine of many teams including the champions, Patna Pirates themselves.

In the Season 6 auctions, Bengal Warriors signed 19 players in their squad with Maninder Singh and Surjeet Singh as their retained players. PO Surjeet was the highest paid player with ₹80.3 lakhs. While coach Jagdish Kumble will continue to instruct the team as the head coach, here's how Bengal Warriors might line up their playing 7 for the initial games of Pro Kabaddi Season 6!

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Right Corner: Baldev Singh

Baldev will be debuting in the Pro Kabaddi League

A courageous right corner hailing from Dabhota of Himachal Pradesh, Baldev Singh is a beast when it comes to breath-taking back holds with his agility. He is a veteran of the game and has participated in the Senior National Championships from 2013 and now will be donning the sky blue jersey of Bengal Warriors.

His chain tackles are glorious to watch as he breaks the momentum of the raider targeting the upper body firmly. He has some skilful set up in the defensive arsenal; he can dive over the knees of the raider as well. An exciting defender, all in all, Baldev will look to impress his Warriors' army in the days to come.

Right In: Jang Kun Lee

Jang Kun Lee performing his trademark, the Scorpion kick!

The King of Korea, Jang Kun Lee has attained enormous amount of respect ever since arriving at the scene from Day 1. He is one out of two players who has never changed his team from the inaugural season, the other being Rahul Chaudhari.

This Korean import has 332 raid points over the course of 72 matches out of which 79 raid points have arrived in the do or die raids. He is the master of scorpion kicks and toe touches which are clean as a whistle. His height allows him to take quick bonuses as well. Lee will definitely be Bengal's do or die pick and will come handy as the season progresses.

Right Cover: PO Surjeet Singh

Surjeet was the 2nd best defender in Pro Kabaddi season 5.

Suhail Chandhok called Surjeet as "the best right cover in the world". Surjeet has established that reputation contributing silently in the Pro Kabaddi League with his blocks and brawny dashes on the mat. Having played 50 matches in the Pro Kabaddi League, Surjeet Singh has 161 tackle points averaging 3.22 tackle points per match; the 3rd best average numbers in PKL history.

Surjeet had 76 tackle points along with 9 high 5s in 24 matches last season. Certain to lead the side once again, Surjeet will look to prove his mettle once again!

Center: Mahesh Goud

Mahesh Goud debuted from the Bengal Warriors in the

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It is a homecoming for Mahesh Goud as he returns to where it all began for him in the Pro Kabaddi League. Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Mahesh Goud has 127 raid points in 55 matches he has played with 107 successive raids.

This right raider has been a pick over Deepak Narwal as the team management has shown immense faith in him so as to support Maninder Singh and revive him during crucial situations. He saved the team from all-out situations when he played from UP last season. Mahesh will definitely do the same this time around with his hand touches which he improvises against the cover defenders.

Left Cover: Ziaur Rehman

Ziaur Rehman, only Bangladeshi player who is known to Kabaddi lovers of Pro Kabaddi.

Ziaur Rehman is a notable Bangladeshi player who is known to unleash dashes with his endurance. A footballer turned into a Kabaddi star, Ziaur has represented some of the strongest defensive lineups in the PKL namely U Mumba and Puneri Paltan.

He had 12 tackle points including a high 5 out of 5 matches in the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 and had some crucial defensive showdowns from the team which consisted of Sandeep Narwal and Girish Ernak. He'll support the right corner immensely and the corner duo of Baldev-Ziaur will be a treat to watch for the Bengali lovers.

Left In: Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh is one of the fittest players in the Pro Kabaddi today.

Maninder Singh is known to have an epic comeback in the Pro Kabaddi scene who had won the Jaipur Pink Panthers their inaugural trophy and then faded away till season 5. He has gained a large amount of respect from his fans after representing the Bengal Warriors. He isn't an escape artist or a Dubki king on the mat which others do with perfection.

He tries hand touches on the covers and does it with success. He improvises smart raiding skills on the mat and takes away points from the defenders with a small mistake. Maninder Singh has the 3rd best average raid points in the league (8.65 raid points per match) having just played 37 matches. Maninder Singh who has 329 raid points in just 2 seasons, he'll continue to outshine everybody with his 5-star raiding skills on the mat!

Left Corner: Ran Singh Raniya

The brother duo of Ran Singh and Maninder Singh will be back in Pro Kabaddi season 6!

A defensive all-rounder, Ran Singh has the best body blocks in the business. He brings a surprise factor when he executes the ankle holds but also is a master of waist pull that takes away the guts of swift raiders. He was an FBM card pick for Bengal Warriors at ₹43 lakhs.

Known to have played circle Kabaddi as well, Ran has played over 77 matches from which he has scored 157 tackle points averaging 2.039 tackle points per match. Although Ran doesn't do a lot of raiding, he has 61 points in his record as well. He is a mighty addition to the Bengal squad and will mostly have the best partnership with Surjeet Singh being on the right cover. It will be much hectic for the right raiders once again to steal a point under their observation.