Patna Pirates vs the Rest of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi 7: Who will win?

Fazel Atrachali (R) became the first foreigner to win a season-ending award

Patna Pirates were crowned champions at the recently concluded season 4 of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi (PKL) for the second time, becoming the only team to achieve this. Despite being the only team to do the ‘double’ over the Pirates, Jaipur Pink Panthers came up short against the spirited Patna-based franchise in the final.

The men in green forged a lethal unit this season and dominated the league right from the outset. So wouldn't it be an interesting exercise to see how they would fare if they came up against a Rest of PKL seven.

We take a look at how the Pirates players would match up against the best of the rest, and how the two teams would fare against one another:

Fazel Atrachali vs Mohit Chhillar

Fazel was adjudged as the ‘Best defender of season 4’ for his outstanding performance with the Patna Pirates. The left corner went on complete 45 tackles at a 62.5% success rate, the most by any player in season 4 of the Star Sports PKL. On the other hand, Bengaluru Bulls’ Mohit Chhillar racked up a total of 44 successful tackles to finish in the top 3.

Verdict: Fazel Atrachali (Patna Pirates 1-0 Rest of PKL): Talent wise, the two are almost similar. But, Fazel Atrachali won the title with Patna Pirates and he edges out Mohit, who could only manage a 6th place finish with the Bulls.