PO Surjeet Singh

PO Surjeet Singh (born 10 August 1990) is an Indian professional kabaddi player currently playing for the Tamil Thalaivas as a captain in the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League. He plays in the Right Cover position. He specializes in blocking and dashing his opponents out of the mat.[2]

Surjeet Singh
Personal information
Full nameSurjeet Singh
NationalityIndian
Born (1990-08-10) 10 August 1990[1]
OccupationKabbadi Player
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)[1]
Sport
SportKabaddi
PositionDefender, Right cover
KabbadiPro Kabaddi League
ClubTamil Thalaivas
Coached byAnup Kumar

Career

Season 3

Surjeet Singh played for the Puneri Paltan in his first edition of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League. He had a tackle strike rate of 64% in his debut season and helped Puneri Paltan reach the semifinals of PKL for the first time.[2]

Season 4

Surjeet played for the U Mumba in the fourth edition of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League. He had a tackle strike rate of 50.68% in the season. In 14 matches he scored 37 points.[2]

Season 5

Surjeet played for the Bengal Warriors in Season 5 of VIVO Pro Kabaddi. He had a tackle strike rate of 52.05% in the season. Surjeet had 9 High Five’s which were the joint most High Five’s in the season. He was also the captain of the Bengal Warriors side for the season.[2]

Season 6

Surjeet was the part of Bengal Warriors in sixth season of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League. He scored 57 point's in 23 matches with a tackle strike rate of 41.86%.[2]

Records and achievements
  • VIVO Pro Kabaddi Champion (2016)[1]
  • 2016 Kabaddi World Cup winner [1]
  • Gold at 2017 Southeast Asian Games[1]
  • Gold at 2017 Asian Beach Games[1]

References
  1. "player/surjeet-singh". Sportskeeda. sportskeeda. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. "surjeet-singh-playerprofile". prokabaddi. prokabaddi. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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