Kabaddi: Pawan Sehrawat returns from injury with renewed energy and a spring in the step

During the player auction for the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season, Pawan Sehrawat, the talented raider from New Delhi, was picked up by the Tamil Thalaivas for a record figure of Rs 2.26 crore.

You could consider why the Thalaivas’ were willing to spend just over half their auction budget on a single player. Sehrawat was the most successful raider of Season 8, while playing for the Bengaluru Bulls – 244 successful raids with 304 points. He’s a powerful raider with an eye for a tackle as well. Much was expected from the youngster after the Thalaivas made the record purchase.

In October 2022, came the opening match for the Thalaivas against Gujarat Giants. But the 25-year old succumbed to a knee injury within minutes of his first raid and had to be taken off the mat.

News filtered through later that the Thalaivas’ star player would be ruled out of the rest of the 2022 season with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear in his knee and needed surgery.

It’s been over six months since the injury, and Sehrawat has now recovered. But while the recovery phase at the Inspire Institute of Sport was on, he discovered a few more weaknesses in his body and made amends.

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