: Pro Kabaddi’s New Young Player program, a conveyor belt of rising stars #IndiaNEWS Within 10 minutes of the start of Season 9 of Pro Kabaddi, all the excitement that was built around Pawan Sehrawat

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Pro Kabaddi’s New Young Player program, a conveyor belt of rising stars #IndiaNEWS
Within 10 minutes of the start of Season 9 of Pro Kabaddi, all the excitement that was built around Pawan Sehrawat fizzled out. The 27-year-old, among the most entertaining and effective players in the sport, had been purchased for a record Rs 2.26 crore by the Tamil Thalaivas – more than half their budget in the pre-season auction. But a knee injury, which later required surgery, ended his season before he could well and truly start.In that first match for the Thalaivas though, with Sehrawat being taken off, 22-year-old Narender Hoshiyar picked up a Super 10 in his first-ever Pro Kabaddi game. He’d do it another 14 times in the season and finish as the fourth best raider.Then there was Ankush Rathee, eventual champions Jaipur Pink Panthers’ unforgiving left-corner defender who walked away with the ‘best defender’ award for his 89 tackle points in his debut season.Both players made instant impacts when they got on the glitzy mat of the sport’s marquee event, and joined the growing list of successful players to emerge from Pro Kabaddi’s ‘New Young Player’ program.Pro Kabaddi final: Ending a long wait, the Panthers of Jaipur paint the town pink again Since its inception in 2017, the NYP program been a...Read more

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