PO Surjeet Singh

PO Surjeet Singh (born 10 August 1990) is an Indian professional kabaddi player currently playing for the Puneri Paltan 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
CitizenshipIndian
Born (1990-08-10) 10 August 1990[1]
OccupationKabbadi Player
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight83.0 kg (183 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryIndia
SportKabaddi
PositionDefender, Right cover
KabbadiPro Kabaddi League
ClubPuneri Paltan
Coached byAnup Kumar

Kabaddi career

Pro Kabaddi 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 points 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. Sportskeeda, Sportskeeda. "player/surjeet-singh". Sportskeeda. sportskeeda. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. kabaddi, pro. "surjeet-singh-playerprofile". prokabaddi. prokabaddi. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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