Pawan Sehrawat

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is an Indian kabaddi player who plays for Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League and represents Indian Railways.[1] Pawan became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro kabbadi league when Tamil Thalaivas picked him for ₹ 2.26 crores for the ninth season.[2] He was bought by the Telugu Titans for Rs 2.60 crore for the tenth season and with this, he became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League again.[3]

Pawan Sehrawat
Personal information
Full namePawan Kumar Sehrawat
Nickname(s)Hi-Flyer
NationalityIndian
Born (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997, New Delhi
Alma materDelhi University
Years active2016-
EmployerIndian Railways
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportKabaddi
LeaguePro Kabaddi League
TeamBengaluru Bulls (2016, 2018–21)
Gujarat Giants (2017)
Tamil Thalaivas (2022)
Telugu Titans (2023)
Medal record
Men's Kabaddi
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Kabaddi Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 BusanTeam
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 KathmanduTeam

Career

Pro-Kabaddi league
Initial seasons

Pawan made his debut for Bengaluru Bulls in third season of Pro Kabaddi League. He played in 13 games and finished as his team's leading raid-point scorer with 45 points.[4] Pawan played ten games in season 4 and scored only 11 points from 33 raids.[4] Pawan was picked up by Gujarat Giants for season 5 and was mainly used as an impact raider off the bench. He played nine matches including the final and scored ten points.[4]

Break through and key player

Pawan returned to Bengaluru Bulls for season 6. He scored 20 raid points in the first match against Tamil Thalaivas. He scored four Super 10s in his first five appearances. He eventually finished with 282 points with 13 Super 10s .[4] Pawan scored 13 raid points in Qualifier 1 and 22 raid points in the final against Gujarat Giants with Bengaluru Bulls winning their maiden title.[5] He was crowned the league's Most Valuable Player.[6][7]

Sehrawat led the Bulls to their second playoff appearance in season 7 and finished the season as the league's top scorer with 353 points. He scored 39 raid points against Haryana Steelers, the most by any raider in a single game in the history of Pro Kabaddi League.[8] Pawan was the most successful raider scoring 320 points in season 8.[4]

Injury and comeback

Pawan became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro kabbadi league when Tamil Thalaivas picked him for ₹ 2.26 crores for the ninth season.[2] However, he suffered a knee injury in the first match of the season against Gujarat Giants, ending his season.[9]

Before the tenth season, Pawan was released by Tamil Thalaivas and went into the auction pool.[10] Pawan was bagged by Telugu Titans for a record-breaking deal of ₹2.6 crores in the auction.[11]

International career

Pawan played for the India national kabaddi team at the 2019 South Asian Games winning the gold medal.[12] He won gold medal at the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 representing the Indian team.[13]

Awards and achievements

References
  1. "Pro Kabaddi: Five moments when 'Hi-Flyer' Pawan Sehrawat scaled new heights". Sportstar. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. "PKL S9 Player Auctions Highlights: Pawan Sehrawat becomes most expensive player in PKL at 2.26 crore". ESPN. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. "Pawan Sehrawat - Kabaddi Player - Telugu Titans". 11 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. "Pawan Sehrawat Profile". vivo Pro Kabaddi League. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. "Scorecard, Bulls vs Giants". Pro Kabaddi. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. "Pawan Kumar Sehrawat emerges as Season 6's Most Valuable Player". Pro Kabaddi. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "Kumar and Sehrawat deliver for Bengaluru Bulls as they book their place in the final". Pro Kabaddi. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. "Pro Kabaddi 2019: Pawan Sehrawat's Record-breaking Raiding Helps Bengaluru Bulls Crush Haryana Steelers". IBN. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. "PKL 9: Pawan Sehrawat ruled out for the season". ESPN. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. "Pawan enters auction pool, Pardeep surprisingly retained: Takeaways from PKL Season 10 retention list". ESPN. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. "Telugu Titans secure Pawan Sehrawat for staggering Rs 2.60 Cr". Times of India. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  12. Viswanath, G. (12 December 2019). "Pawan Sehrawat: India was matchless at South Asian Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. "Pawan Sehrawat helps India beat Iran to win gold in Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023". Sportstar. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  14. "Pawan Kumar Sehrawat emerges as most valuable player of season 6". Pro Kabbadi. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. "List of top 5 raiders in PKL Season 6". Business Standard. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  16. "Top 5 raiders in Pro Kabaddi 2019". Business Standard. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. "Sehrawat's 39 point performance powers Bengaluru Bulls into the playoffs". Pro Kabbadi. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  18. Lakhina, Tanuj (18 December 2019). "South Asian Games 2019: We didn't get much competition, says raider Pawan Sehrawat after India win seventh straight gold". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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