Ajinkya Ashok Pawar
Indian raider with seven PKL seasons and 614 career points, best known for his productive spell at Tamil Thalaivas.
Known for Raiding for Tamil Thalaivas
- Team (Season 12)
- Dabang Delhi K.C.
- Position
- Raider
- Nationality
- India
- Born
- 19 February 1997
- Jersey
- #19
PKL career
Season by season
| Season | Team | Matches | Points | Raid | Tackle | Super 10s | High 5s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 19 | 68 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Bengaluru Bulls | 17 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tamil Thalaivas | 21 | 133 | 124 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 141 | 130 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Tamil Thalaivas | 18 | 114 | 108 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 17 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar is an Indian raider who has played seven seasons of the Pro Kabaddi League. Fans know him best for his three seasons with Tamil Thalaivas, where he produced the biggest points tallies of his career. In Season 12 he wore the colours of Dabang Delhi K.C. Official PKL data lists his date of birth as 19 February 1997.
PKL career
Pawar began his PKL journey with Jaipur Pink Panthers in Season 6, scoring 75 points (71 raid, 4 tackle) in 17 matches. Season 7, also with Jaipur, brought fewer returns, with 19 raid points from 14 matches.
His time at Tamil Thalaivas was his most productive spell. In Season 8 he scored 114 points (108 raid, 6 tackle) in 18 matches and recorded 5 Super 10s. Season 9 brought 141 points (130 raid, 11 tackle) across 22 matches, with 4 Super 10s. In Season 10 he added 133 points (124 raid, 9 tackle) in 21 matches, including 3 Super 10s.
In Season 11 he turned out for Bengaluru Bulls, collecting 64 points (62 raid, 2 tackle) in 17 matches.
Across his PKL career he has played 128 matches and scored 614 points, made up of 579 raid points and 35 tackle points, along with 13 Super 10s. The official data shows no High 5s to his name.
Season 12
Playing for Dabang Delhi K.C. in Season 12 (2025), Pawar appeared in 19 matches and scored 68 points, 65 from raids and 3 from tackles. He registered one Super 10 during the campaign. Official figures put his raid strike rate for the season at 42% and his tackle strike rate at 25%.
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