Who tops Khel Now’s Power Rankings after phase 4 of PKL 9?

These players are continuously performing in the league.

For every Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) game this season 9, our respective correspondents and editors rank their three best-performing players from the match in order. The player ranked at the top of the list is awarded five points. The player finishing second earns three points, whereas the one at the bottom (third place) is given one point.

Such points are carried forward for every player involved in the league, once he’s chosen by our team. Eventually, the total number of points that they accumulate will decide their final position on the leaderboard at the end of PKL season 9. The Khel Now Power Rankings will be published in a series of articles, as we have divided PKL 9 into equal phases of 22 games each for the same. This article includes the rankings for the fourth set of series (66-88) in PKL 9.

10. Surender Gill (25)

Surender Gill has dropped down three spots from the 7th spot to the 10th spot in phase four of Power Rankings. Gill and Pardeep formed a good combination but an injury in the middle of the phase forced Gill to sit out for a few matches which affected his ranking points.

9. Guman Singh (26)

Young raider makes an entry into the top 10 list after having missed out in phase 3 and occupies the 9th spot. Guman Singh has been the lead raider for U Mumba and is also their highest raid points scorer in PKL season 9. Guman had a small injury to his head forcing him to sit out for a few matches but has come back stronger and has started from where he left off.

8. Manjeet Dahiya (26)

Raider Manjeet Dahiya from Haryana Steelers makes an entry to the top 10 list after having missed out in the phase 3 rankings. Manjeet has been the go-to raider for Haryana Steelers and in the recent past has shown consistency in the absence of Meetu. Haryana will rely on Manjeet to qualify for the playoffs.

7. Aslam Inamdar (27)

Aslam Inamdar from Puneri Paltan has jumped three spots from phase 3 to occupy the 7th spot in the power rankings table. Apart from scoring raid points, Aslam has been reliable in the defence section too. In phase 4 Aslam contributed more tackle points which helped Puneri Paltan to play with an extra raider.

6. Narender Kandola (30)

Narender Kandola from Tamil Thalaivas has dropped one spot to the 6th spot in phase 4 of the power rankings. As always in the absence of Pawan Sehrawat the young raider has handled the pressure of the primary raider very well and is set to finish inside the top 5 of the raid points table. In season 9 Narender scored the most number of points using “dubki” which has been his primary weapon. 

5. Mohit Goyat (30)

Mohit Goyat from Puneri Paltan has jumped one spot above to occupy the 5th spot. He along with Aslam Inamdar has been the backbone of the raiding department along with putting in some useful tackles. Mohit Goyat is very quick while raiding making the opposition defenders make mistakes. He along with Aslam has formed a good right-left combo.

4. Naveen Kumar (35)

Naveen Kumar for the first time has dropped outside the top spot in the Power Rankings table. In the first three phases, Naveen Kumar occupied the top spot but couldn't score a single point in phase 4 and dropped three spots. He was the only raider to score nine successive super 10s but in the last few matches has failed to score any super 10 and looks out of form as well.

3. Maninder Singh (43)

Maninder Singh from Bengal Warriors has climbed up one spot to occupy the 3rd spot in the phase 4 power rankings. He has maintained good form scoring super 10s in all the encounters he has played in this phase. Bengal Warriors will rely on Maninder to perform in a similar fashion going into the fag end of the league stages. 

2. Bharat (46)

Bharat from Bengaluru Bulls retains his second spot in the power rankings table and has been the most reliable raider after taking over the raiding department from Pawan Sehrawat. Neeraj Narwal has been good in this phase helping Bharat score points and revives at crucial junctures.

1. Arjun Deshwal

Arjun Deshwal from Jaipur Pink Panthers occupies the top spot and has jumped two spots in the power rankings. He along with Bharat look set to become the first player to breach the 200 raid points mark. Although Arjun has not gotten enough support from his secondary raiders, he has performed to his full potential with the support of the defence.