PKL 2018: Girish Ernak to lead Puneri Paltan squad in the sixth season

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) franchise Puneri Paltan on Wednesday announced Girish Ernak as captain for the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018).

Girish has been associated with Puneri Paltan from season 5.

Kailash Kandpal, CEO of Puneri Paltan Ernak, and Head coach Ashan Kumar, unveiled the team's jersey for the upcoming season, a media release issued here said.

"Girish will take charge of the team this season. With his leadership skills, I am sure he will up the teams game in PKL Season 6," Kandpal was quoted as saying in the release.

The sixth season of the PKL begins October 7 and Puneri Paltan will be playing its first match against U Mumba on the same day in Chennai.

Puneri Paltan's home leg matches in Pune are scheduled from October 18 to 24.

As per the release, in addition to Force Motors Ltd and Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, Xiaomi India is a new brand onboard as the official smartphone partner with the team.

Here is the Puneri Paltan squad for PKL 2018:
 

Player Name	Defender/All rounder/Raider
Girish Maruti Ernak ©	Defender, left corner
Akshay Jadhav	Raider
Deepak Kumar Dahiya	Raider
More GB	Raider
Nitin Tomar	Raider
Parvesh	Raider
Rajesh Mondal	Raider
Bajrang	Defender, right cover
Ravi Kumar	Defender, right cover
Vikash Khatri	Defender, right cover
Vinod Kumar	Defender, left cover
Rinku Narwal	Defender, left corner
Amit Kumar	All rounder
Monu	All rounder
Sandeep Narwal	All rounder
Sanjay Shrestha	All rounder
Takamitsu Kono	All rounder