Haryana Steelers Players List & Full Squads, Pro Kabaddi League 2017: All Eyes on Debutants Haryana Steelers

Haryana Steelers Players List PKL 5: Rai School in Sonepat will host Haryana team's home games

Published: July 25, 2017 4:24 PM IST

By Sylvester Tamang

Haryana Steelers Players List & Full Squads, Pro Kabaddi League 2017: All Eyes on Debutants Haryana Steelers
Haryana Steelers at a training session. (Courtesy: Haryana Steelers)

Haryana Steelers are making their debut in the 5th season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are the other three team who will play the league for the first time.

The tournament will be staged over 13 weeks and host over 130 matches.

Surender Nada will lead the side heading into the fifth season of the PKL. Wazir Singh will be the vice-captain for the Haryana Steelers.

JSW Sports-owned Steelers also added Ranbir Singh Khokkar as their coach. He is a former Indian Kabaddi coach.

Also read: Pro Kabaddi League 2017: Full squads and players list of all PKL 5 teams

The JSW Group also own former I-League champions and recent Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC.

Rai School in Sonepat will host Haryana team’s home games. They take on reigning champions Patna Pirates on September 8.

The 12 teams have been divided into two zones A and B, with six teams each, where each will be playing 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches, prior to the play offs. The 13-week long season will have top three teams from each zone qualifying for the play offs.

Steelers are placed in Zone ‘A’ that will have some of the top teams like Season 2 champions U Mumba, last year’s finalists Jaipur Pink Panthers, a strong Puneri Paltan.

12 franchises from 11 states will battle in 138 matches across three months for the title.

Complete squad

RAIDERS

Ashish Chhokar
Deepak Kumar Dahiya
Khomsam Thongkham
Mohd. Bilal
Prashanth Kumar Rai
Surjeet Singh
Vikash Khandola
Wazir Singh

DEFENDER RIGHT CORNER
Mahendra Singh Dhaka
Neeraj Kumar
Mohit Chhilar
Raju Lal Choudhary
Vikas

DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
Babu M
Jeeva Gopal
Rakesh Singh Kumar
Surender Nada

ALL ROUNDER
David Mosambayi
Deepak Kumar
Kuldeep Singh
Mayur Shivtarkar
Parmod Narwal

The PKL reaches Haryana on September 8 where the Steeler will play their home games at the Rai School in Sonepat.

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