Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5 : Top 5 defenders from Kolkata leg

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Girish in action on the right corner.

The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor stadium in Kolkata played host to a number of intriguing matches last week as not even a single game produced a point difference of more than eight.

Halfway into Season 5, you'd have imagined quality teams would now be in a position to put some daylight between themselves and the chasing pack. But nothing on those lines have transpired.

Chief among the reasons for this is the emergence of top notch defending. Let's take a look at five of the most influential defenders from the Kolkata Leg.

#5 Girish Ernak

For a long time now, Girish Ernak has been content with just being part of the first seven. He's never taken the league by storm but neither has he ever come under the limelight for a bad performance. Against the Telugu Titans, the young corner showed exactly why he's managed to cement his place in a team that consists of multiple stellar athletes.

By the end of the night during which he attempted six tackles, Girish had seven points to his name. Having played only one game in Kolkata, it was crucial for Pune to leave the city with positive vibes and thanks to Ernak, they did exactly that.

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