PKL 12: What will be Jaipur Pink Panthers' starting 7 in Pro Kabaddi 2025?

Jaipur Pink Panthers made some shocking decisions in the PKL 12 auction.

Jaipur Pink Panthers had a decent outing in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 11. The two-time champions lost to the UP Yoddhas in a one-sided Eliminator, which eliminated them from contention.

In PKL 11, the Jaipur Pink Panthers were heavily guarded in their defence but missed a consistent second raider immensely. The history may repeat yet again. Before the PKL 12 auction, the franchise surprised everyone when they released their best raider, Arjun Deshwal, and their best defender, Ankush Rathee. Moreover, they didn’t pursue their FBM card to get them back.

After releasing their key players like Deshwal, Rathee, Surjeet Singh, and Neeraj Narwal, they have tried to form new combinations for the upcoming season. To begin with, the Pink Panthers have assigned a new head coach, Narender Redhu, for the upcoming season. Redhu was previously associated with the Patna Pirates and was able to give back-to-back good results with a young team.

Narender Redhu has once again formed a young team in PKL 12 and will be operating them to the best of his abilities to attain the best results, like he did for the Pirates.

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Group of young, dynamic raiders

The think tank of the 2-time champions has decided to go with a group of young raiders this time. This decision can wind up in two situations.

Nitin Kumar Dhankhar will possibly lead the raiding department, who was the second raider for the Bengal Warriorz in the previous season.

Other than him, Manjeet Dahiya is an experienced raider on the team who has more than 700 raid points to his name. However, he did not have an impressive record in the last couple of seasons.

Other than these two, the Pink Panthers have a bunch of young raiders like Sombir Mehra, Meetu Sharma, Vinay Redhu, and Ritik Sharma, who have minimal PKL experience. To add on, they also included Sahil Satpal, Ali Samadi Choubtarash and Uday Parte, who will be debuting in season 12.

A mix of youth and experience on the defence

Jaipur Pink Panthers had a stellar defence lineup in the Pro Kabaddi League season 11, featuring some of the best defenders. In PKL 12, they have created a new lineup almost from scratch.

The Jaipur Pink Panthers retained Reza Mirbagheri, who is one of their best retentions. In addition to that, the management also roped in Nitin Rawal, who was one of the best defenders in the previous season.

Other than these two, the Pink Panthers retained Abhishek KS, Ronak Singh and Nitin Kumar, who don’t have much experience but have been a part of the Pink Panthers for the last couple of seasons.

They also added Mohit and Aashish Kumar, who have featured in the PKL before, in the covers position. Whereas Deepanshu Khatri, Sahil Deswal and Aryan Kumar will be making their debut in PKL 12.

Jaipur Pink Panthers predicted starting seven for PKL 12

Raiders: Nitin Dhankhar, Manjeet Dahiya, Vinay Redhu

Defenders: Ronak Singh, Reza Mirbagheri, Mohit

All-rounder: Nitin Rawal

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