Young players get a chance to showcase their talent at the Pro Kabaddi League every year. Players like Shadlu, Arjun Deshwal, Aslam Inamdar, and Mohit Goyat rose to prominence in Season 8; while it is Ankush Rathee, Narender Kandola and Krishan Dhull who have hogged the limelight this year.

How often does it happen in kabaddi, that just two men on the mat tackle an incoming raider? If that is rare, just imagine an all-rounder and a defender, who is in his first season, pulling off such a point. Such an incident occurred during the match between Puneri Paltan and U Mumba.

Pardeep Narwal stole the limelight on Day 2 of the 2021 PKL mega-auction, with UP Yoddha roping him in for a mammoth 1.65 crores ahead of the new season. Siddharth Desai was the only other player who bagged a crore-rupee deal, with Manjeet going under the hammer as the third most expensive buy.