PKL playoffs top raiders: Pawan Sehrawat, Abhishek Singh and more

The PKL 2019 semi-finals saw Dabang Delhi KC and Bengal Warriors defeat Bengaluru Bulls and U Mumba respectively and advance to the Pro Kabaddi League final on Saturday, October 19. The final will be held at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad (19:30 IST). This will be Dabang Delhi KC's first appearance in a PKL final. Though Bengaluru Bulls and U Mumba lost the semi-finals, the top raiders for the playoffs are from both these teams. From the Eliminator 1 to the Semi-final 2, the raiding units of all teams were dominating the games. Here are the top raiders from the PKL 2019 playoffs.

1. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat 

'Hi-Flyer' Pawan Sehrawat tops the list with as many as 38 raid points in the PKL playoffs. Even though defending champions Bengaluru Bulls lost, Sehrawat scored 18 raid points in the semi-final against Dabang Delhi KC itself. In the Bengaluru Bulls vs UP Yoddha Eliminator match, which went into extra time, Sehrawat scored a total of 20 raid points, leading his team to the semi-finals. Currently, the Hi-Flyer is also the top raid point scorer in the PKL 2019 with 339 raid points to his name. In the Bulls' match against Haryana Steelers, Sehrawat scored 39 raid points, the highest ever by any raider in a PKL match. He also broke Pardeep Narwal's Season 5 record in the process. 

2. Abhishek Singh

U Mumba's Abhishek Singh has performed incredibly well for the entire PKL season 7. During the PKL playoffs, Singh has a total of 27 raid points. He scored 11 points in the semi-final 2 and 16 points during the Eliminator match against Haryana Steelers. Throughout the PKL 2019, he earned 162 raid points for U Mumba and also crossed the 200 raid points mark in his PKL career. 

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3. Naveen Kumar

Dabang Delhi's Naveen Kumar is third on the list after scoring 15 raid points in the semi-final 1. The youngster has 21 Super 10s this season, which is a new record. Kumar has scored 283 raid points this season, which is the third-highest in the PKL 2019 after Sehrawat and Pardeep. 

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4. Arjun Deshwal 

U Mumba's Arjun Deshwal also performed well with a total of19 raid points in the playoffs. He scored four raid points in the semi-final 2 and 15 in the Eliminator 2. He has a tally of 104 raid points in the PKL 2019. This entire season, Deshwal has played the perfect second fiddle to Abhishek, despite a mid-season injury.

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Sukesh Hegde, Chandran Ranjit, Prashant Kumar Rai, Rishank Devadiga and Shrikant Jadhav had also scored impressively during the playoffs. Ajinkya Kapre executed a crucial four-point raid for U Mumba during the semi-final, which nearly made their 11th-hour comeback a successful one. Mohammad Nabibakhsh also earned the Bengal Warriors crucial points in the semi-final, which proved to make a difference in the eventual result going in his team's favour. He has over 100 points this PKL season.

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