New Delhi: The season 7 winners Bengal Warriorz have parted ways from their head coach K Baskaran before the season 11 auction. Baskaran coached the Bengal team in the last two seasons and now he is replaced by former assistant coach Prashant Surve. The big news also came from the Bengal camp is that their new assistant coach Praveen Yadav is a coach who was giving free training to kids at the Gurugram Tau Devilal Stadium.
Bengal team retained their core experienced players after the auction, they retained their skipper Maninder Singh in the auction for Rs. 1.15 crores using an FBM card. Some top-class raiders were also brought by Bengal. Arjun Rathi was picked for Rs. 41 lakhs in the auction. Bengal has a powerhouse of raiders who will complement Maninder in the PKL like Vishvas S, Pranay Rane, and Nitin Kumar.
Their best signing for Bengal in this year’s auction was Fazel Atrachali, the top defender in PKL history. Bengal bought him for Rs. 50 lakhs in the auction and will use Fazel’s experience in the defense. Bengal also gets support from Mayur Kadam and Vaibhav Garje in the defense.
The Bengal team’s only weakness in the previous season was they had missing a top all-rounder in their starting 7 and now also in the season 11 auction, they didn’t buy any experienced all-rounder to their side. Sagar Kumar is the only recognised all-rounder in the side but his form is also not good in the previous seasons.
Opportunities for players in the Bengal camp
Bengal have bought many young guns in the auction and everybody will be looking to showcase their talent in the world’s biggest kabaddi league. Nitin Kumar will be the lead of the young pack as he had 169 raid points in the previous editions. Nitin also finished at the seventh position in the top raider list in the last edition.
The winner of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 7 will be looking to win the PKL title again. Bengal finished in the seventh position in the last edition. Kabaddi Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
