Girl power at the Pro-Wrestling League: Know the top women wrestlers of the tournament

Geeta Phogat broke the mold when she took up wrestlingThere isn’t an obvious connection between women and freestyle wrestling, but scratch the surface, and you will be quite impressed. Case in point - the inaugural Pro-Wrestling League of India. The first of its kind in the country, the event will see six franchises competing for the top prize and bragging rights as the landmark edition's supremo. Contrary to mass perception, the auctions for the event were dominated by top female talent, including the big names on the internationally and national scale.Of the 50+ grapplers that were apportioned amongst the six teams, the most expensive were women. Who were they and what made them so valuable? We’ll tell you here:

#1 Oksana Herhel

The 21-year-old made a quantum leap from finishing seventh in last year’s World Championships to being crowned the 2015 World Champion (Freestyle) in the 60 Kg division. She defeated reigning champion, 20-year-old Mongolian Sukhee Tserenchimed in the final.

While the victory is momentous, the young Ukrainian was distinctive with her confidence and poise, not showing any intimidation in the face of a massive task. She is the league’s costliest athlete, trumping everyone else to be sold for an astounding Rs. 41.3 lakhs.

Herhel will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt and Amit Dahiya on the Haryana team.