Pawan Sehrawat is an Indian

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player. He plays for

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in the

Pro Kabaddi League The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is an Indian professional Kabaddi league for men. It premiered in 2014 and airs on Star Sports. It is the most popular kabaddi league in the world and the third most watched sports league in India after the India ...

and represents the

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. He was the most expensive player in the history of the league when

Tamil Thalaivas Tamil Thalaivas is an Indian professional kabaddi franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The team competes in the Pro Kabaddi League and was added as one of the four additional franchises when the league was expanded in 2017. The team plays i ...

picked him for 2.26 crores for the

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season. He was bought by the

for Rs 2.60 crore for the tenth season, again becoming the most expensive player of the league.

Early life

Pawan Sehrawat was born in

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on 9 July 1996. He is 28 years old. His father's name is Rajbeer Singh Sehrawat. He completed his secondary education at the government school in Bawana. He was employed at RBI.

Career

Pro-Kabaddi league

;Initial seasons Pawan made his debut for

Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru Bulls (BGB) is a professional kabaddi team based in Bengaluru that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team were champions in Season 6 and are led by Pardeep Narwal and coached by BC Ramesh. The team is owned by Ashwin Mallaya Ulla ...

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season of

. He played in 13 games and finished as his team's leading raid-point scorer with 45 points. Pawan played ten games in

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and scored only 11 points from 33 raids. Pawan was picked up by Gujarat Giants for

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and was mainly used as an impact raider off the bench. He played nine matches including the final and scored ten points. ;Break through and key player Pawan returned to Bengaluru Bulls for

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. He scored 20 raid points in the first match against

. He scored four ''Super 10''s in his first five appearances. He eventually finished with 282 points with 13 ''Super 10''s . 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. He was crowned the league's ''Most Valuable Player''. 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 Haryana Steelers is a professional kabaddi team based in Haryana that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Jaideep Dahiya and coached by Manpreet Singh. It is owned by JSW Sports, of the JSW Group. The home matches are played at ...

, the most by any raider in a single game in the history of

. Pawan was the most successful raider scoring 320 points in

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. ;Injury and comeback Pawan became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro kabbadi league when

picked him for 2.26 crores for the

season. However, he suffered a knee injury in the first match of the season against Gujarat Giants, ending his season. Before the tenth season, Pawan was released by Tamil Thalaivas and went into the auction pool. Pawan was bagged by

for a record-breaking deal of ₹2.6 crores in the auction. Pawan Sehrawat has played 5 matches so far in

Season 10, in which he has scored a total of 53 points and is the third most successful raider in the league.

International career

Pawan played for the

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at the

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winning the gold medal. He won gold medal at the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 representing the Indian team.

Achievements

* Most Valuable Player, 2018 Pro Kabbadi league * Most raid points,

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and

2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League The 2021–22 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the eighth season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 22 December 2021. The usual travelling caravan format was changed to a single venue hosting all the matches of the season due to spread of CO ...

* Most raid points in a Pro Kabaddi match (39) * Gold,

* Gold, Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023

Awards

He was conferred the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...

for 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sehrawat, Pawan 1996 births Living people Indian male kabaddi players Sportspeople from Delhi Pro Kabaddi League players Kabaddi players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in kabaddi Recipients of the Arjuna Award