South Asian Games 2019: 5 things you may not know about Pawan Sehrawat 

#4 He played for Gujarat Fortune Giants in Pro Kabaddi 2017

Pawan Sehrawat has played for 2 franchises in Pro Kabaddi League

Before his meteoric rise on the kabaddi mat, Bengaluru Bulls had released Pawan Sehrawat from their squad. Gujarat Fortune Giants snapped him up next and he played for the Ahmedabad-based franchise in season 5. Pawan featured in only 9 games for Gujarat, scoring 9 raid points at an average of 1 raid point/match.

Manpreet Singh, who is known to be a talent scout, used him as a substitute before dropping him from the team. Pawan returned to Bengaluru Bulls in 2018 and he single-handedly dismantled the Fortune Giants in PKL 2018 final.

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#3 His idol is Manjeet Chillar

Manjeet Chhillar is one of the greatest all-rounders of the game

There's a famous saying which goes as follows, 'Work until your idols become your rivals' and stars like Pawan Sehrawat have realized these words. In an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda, the running hand touch specialist had revealed that the Indian all-rounder Manjeet Chhillar is his idol besides mentioning that his attitude has inspired him a lot.

When asked about his idol Pawan said, "Manjeet Chhillar has been my idol for so long now. I have learned from his attitude of taking down opponents single-handedly as my inspiration that has helped me a lot today."