Bengal Warriorz Squad 2026: Every Player Profile & Career Stats
Kolkata’s kabaddi team lives and dies by one raider’s shoulders more than almost any other squad in the league. Take away Devank Dalal, and Bengal Warriorz Squad entire attacking identity has to be rebuilt from scratch, a reality that shapes almost every decision this franchise makes heading into a new season.
Bengal Warriorz’s current squad is built around captain Devank Dalal leading the raiding unit, with defender Nitesh Kumar anchoring the backline, alongside a mix of retained defenders, returning overseas talent, and young raiders added through the auction. This guide profiles every single member of the squad individually, breaks down career numbers where public records exist, and explains how this exact roster came together, position by position and player by player.
How This Squad Was Built: Bengal Warriorz Squad
Bengal Warriorz’s roster construction ahead of the current season followed a clear pattern. The franchise used both of its Final Bid Match cards on defenders, Nitesh Kumar and Mayur Jagannath Kadam, signaling that defensive continuity mattered more to the coaching staff than chasing fresh names at either corner or cover position.
On the raiding side, the headline move was spending 2.205 crore rupees on Devank Dalal, a price that made him one of the most expensive purchases of that entire auction cycle. Understanding exactly how the auction system, retention limits, and the Final Bid Match rule work is covered in our PKL Season 13 auction guide, which explains the same rules Bengal Warriorz used to build this roster.
Raiders
Devank Dalal (Captain)
Devank Dalal is not just Bengal Warriorz’s best player. He is arguably the fastest-rising raider in the entire league right now. Through the end of Season 11, he had already built a career total of 578 points across 47 matches, almost entirely from raiding.
Career Stats
His signature achievement came on October 9, 2025, when he became the fastest player in PKL history to reach 500 career raid points, doing it in just 43 matches and beating the previous record, held by Naveen Kumar, by four matches. He also set the record for the fastest 200 raid points in a single season.
Auction Story
Bengal Warriorz paid 2.205 crore rupees to keep him, a price that reflected his Season 11 form and made him one of the most expensive raiders in that entire auction cycle. Understanding exactly how raid points, Super Raids, and season-long point totals get tracked is covered in our raid points and tackle points guide, which explains the scoring system behind numbers like his.
Jang Kun Lee
South Korean raider Jang Kun Lee returned to Bengal Warriorz ahead of the current season, bringing a nickname, the Scorpion Kick King, earned from his signature raiding technique that has made him a recognizable name among longtime PKL fans. His exact career totals are not consolidated in a single public record, but his reputation as a technically distinctive raider has followed him across multiple seasons in the league.
Sushil Kambrekar
Sushil Kambrekar operates primarily as a right raider for Bengal Warriorz, brought in to give the coaching staff rotation options behind Devank Dalal. He does not currently have a widely published career statistics record, which is typical for raiders still establishing themselves in the league rather than a sign that they have not contributed on the mat.
Manprit
Manprit shares right raider duties within the squad, adding depth to a raiding unit that leans heavily on its captain. Like several of his teammates, his individual career numbers are not yet consolidated in any single public source.
Punit Kumar
Punit Kumar plays on the left side of the raiding rotation, giving Bengal Warriorz a different angle of attack compared to their right-side raiders. Detailed career stats for him are not currently tracked in a consolidated public record.
Rachit Kumar
Rachit Kumar adds further right-side raiding depth to the squad. As with most depth raiders across the league, his career totals have not been compiled into a single accessible record.
Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah
Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah gives Bengal Warriorz an additional overseas raiding option. His playing history in the league does not currently have a consolidated public statistics profile.
Himanshu
Himanshu was specifically added to strengthen the raiding rotation during the recent auction cycle. His career numbers, like those of several teammates in similar squad roles, are not widely published.
Defenders
Nitesh Kumar
While Devank Dalal gets most of the headlines, Nitesh Kumar has quietly built one of the more durable defensive careers in recent PKL history.
Career Stats
His career total sits at roughly 428 points, built almost entirely from tackling, across close to 150 matches spanning around eight seasons with the franchise.
Retention Story
Bengal Warriorz used their Final Bid Match option to retain him rather than risk losing him to another team through the open auction, a decision that reflects how central his experience has become to the team’s right corner defensive role.
Mayur Jagannath Kadam
Alongside Nitesh Kumar, Mayur Jagannath Kadam was the second defender Bengal Warriorz retained through the Final Bid Match option, operating primarily as a right cover defender. Retaining two defenders through FBM in the same auction cycle signals how much the franchise prioritized defensive continuity over chasing fresh names on the open market that year. His individual career point totals are not consolidated in a public source yet.
Yash Malik
Yash Malik anchors the left corner position for Bengal Warriorz’s defense. He does not currently have a published career statistics profile, though his role within the starting defensive lineup gives him regular playing time.
Manjeet
Manjeet plays the left cover position within the defensive unit. Career totals for him have not been consolidated into a single tracked record.
Deep Kumar
Deep Kumar rounds out the right cover rotation for Bengal Warriorz. As with several defensive teammates, his statistical history is not yet compiled anywhere publicly.
Amandeep
Amandeep provides depth at the right corner position, giving the coaching staff options to rotate personnel across a long league stage that spans multiple host cities. His career stats have not been consolidated publicly.
Ankit
Ankit is another defensive squad member giving Bengal Warriorz rotation options during the season. No consolidated public career record currently exists for him.
Sandeep
Sandeep adds further defensive depth to the roster. His individual statistics are not tracked in a single public source at this time.
Harander
Harander rounds out the wider defensive group. As with most squad depth defenders across the league, a consolidated career record for him is not currently available.
Parteek
Parteek is part of the broader defensive rotation for Bengal Warriorz. Career totals for him have not been compiled publicly.
Ashish
Ashish completes the defensive squad depth. His statistical history has not been consolidated into any single accessible profile.
All-Rounders
Moolchandra Singh
Moolchandra Singh gives Bengal Warriorz a player capable of contributing in both raiding and defensive situations depending on how a match is unfolding. A capable all-rounder gives a coaching staff genuine flexibility to make in-match adjustments without burning a formal substitution, something that matters most during a long league stage played across several different venues. His individual career numbers are not currently published in a consolidated form.
Shivansh Thakur
Shivansh Thakur rounds out the all-rounder group, adding further tactical flexibility to the squad. As with his fellow all-rounder, a public career statistics profile has not yet been consolidated for him.
Bengal Warriorz’s Playing Style Heading Into the New Season
Every PKL franchise develops a rough identity over time, and Bengal Warriorz’s is fairly clear right now: win through one dominant raider, hold on defensively with a settled corner-and-cover combination, and hope the supporting cast is enough to close out close matches. It is a workable formula, and it produced a genuine upset over Dabang Delhi K.C. in Season 12, but it is also a formula with an obvious single point of failure.
Coaches building a game plan around a squad like this typically load a heavy share of raiding responsibility onto their captain early in a match, using the opening raids to test an opponent’s defensive setup before rotating in support raiders once patterns become clear. On defense, the presence of two Final Bid Match retentions in Nitesh Kumar and Mayur Jagannath Kadam suggests a coaching staff that values continuity and shared understanding between defenders over constantly rotating fresh faces into the corner and cover positions.
Whether that identity is enough to climb back into playoff contention will depend heavily on whether the less-documented names further down this roster, Punit Kumar, Rachit Kumar, Amandeep, Ankit, and the rest, can turn occasional appearances into consistent contributions across a full eighteen-match league stage played across several different host cities.
Full Squad Career Stats Table
Here is every player’s career total where public records exist. Players without a consolidated public career record are marked accordingly rather than assigned a guessed figure.
| Player | Role | Career Matches | Career Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devank Dalal (Captain) | Raider | 47 (through Season 11, rising in Season 12) | 578 (through Season 11) |
| Nitesh Kumar | Defender (right cover) | ~150 | ~428 |
| Jang Kun Lee (overseas) | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Mayur Jagannath Kadam | Defender (right cover) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Yash Malik | Defender (left corner) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Manjeet | Defender (left cover) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Deep Kumar | Defender (right cover) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sushil Kambrekar | Raider (right raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Manprit | Raider (right raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Punit Kumar | Raider (left raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Rachit Kumar | Raider (right raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah (overseas) | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Himanshu | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Amandeep | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ankit | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sandeep | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Harander | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Parteek | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ashish | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Moolchandra Singh | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Shivansh Thakur | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
Notice how much of the squad falls into the “not publicly consolidated” category. That is not a gap in our research so much as a reflection of how PKL statistics tracking works across the wider league: established stars and long-serving veterans get detailed profiles, while squad depth players, especially younger or recently auctioned raiders and defenders, often do not have a single consolidated career record anywhere online, even though they may have played meaningful minutes across multiple seasons. Readers should treat those gaps as a data limitation, not as evidence that a given player has never featured for the team.
Why Squad Depth Matters More Than It Looks
It is easy to look at a roster full of “not publicly consolidated” stat lines and assume those players do not matter much to the team’s chances. That assumption misses how PKL squads actually function across an eighteen-match league stage. Injuries happen, suspensions happen, and even star raiders need genuine rest during a long caravan season that moves between multiple host cities.
A raider like Sushil Kambrekar or Manprit might only get a handful of raids in any given match, but if Devank Dalal picks up an injury or simply has a quiet night, the coaching staff needs someone ready to step into a bigger role without the whole game plan collapsing. The same logic applies on defense, where depth pieces like Amandeep or Ankit give the coaching staff options to freshen up a tiring backline late in a tight match.
This is exactly why franchises spend real auction money on players who may never crack the headlines. A team that only has one functioning raider and one functioning defensive unit is one bad night away from a genuinely lost season, and Bengal Warriorz’s own Season 12 campaign, where a single upset win over Dabang Delhi sat alongside a string of heavier defeats, showed how quickly things can swing when the squad cannot consistently produce beyond its top two or three names. That lesson applies just as much to Season 13 planning as it did to the season just finished, and it is likely to shape how aggressively the franchise shops for depth at the next auction.
What This Roster Means for the Season Ahead
A squad this dependent on one raider’s form carries an obvious question mark heading into any new season: what happens if Devank Dalal has an off night, or worse, picks up an injury during a long league stage spread across multiple host cities. Bengal Warriorz’s Season 12 campaign, which finished bottom of the table despite a genuine upset win over Dabang Delhi K.C., showed exactly how much the team’s fortunes can swing depending on whether its top performers click on a given night.
That upset win over Delhi, in particular, is worth remembering, since it proved this roster is capable of beating a genuinely elite opponent when everything comes together. The fuller history behind that specific rivalry, including their earlier Season 7 final meeting when Bengal Warriorz won their only PKL title, is covered in our Bengal Warriorz vs Dabang Delhi K.C. head-to-head guide.
For fans trying to gauge whether this roster can climb back into playoff contention, the defensive retentions are actually the more reassuring signal. Keeping Nitesh Kumar and Mayur Jagannath Kadam together, rather than rebuilding the backline from scratch, gives the team a settled foundation to build consistency around, even if the raiding unit beyond Dalal remains largely unproven at the statistical level, at least according to what has been publicly compiled so far. For a full breakdown of how this squad’s Season 12 campaign actually played out, our Bengal Warriorz team page covers the complete season recap and schedule outlook. Tracking how this roster performs against the rest of the league is easiest through our PKL points table, updated throughout the season.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the captain of Bengal Warriorz?
Devank Dalal captains Bengal Warriorz, leading the raiding unit after becoming the fastest player in PKL history to reach 500 career raid points, achieving the mark in just 43 matches.
How much did Bengal Warriorz pay for Devank Dalal at the auction?
Bengal Warriorz signed Devank Dalal for 2.205 crore rupees, one of the biggest individual purchases of that entire auction cycle, reflecting his standout Season 11 form.
Which players did Bengal Warriorz retain through the FBM rule?
Bengal Warriorz used their Final Bid Match option to retain two defenders, Nitesh Kumar and Mayur Jagannath Kadam, rather than risk losing them to another franchise through the open auction.
Does Bengal Warriorz have any overseas players on its roster?
Yes. South Korean raider Jang Kun Lee, known as the Scorpion Kick King, and Iranian raider Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah both feature as overseas signings on the current roster.
Why do some Bengal Warriorz players not have published career stats?
Detailed career statistics tend to be consolidated online only for established stars and long-serving veterans. Many squad depth players, particularly younger raiders and defenders, do not yet have a single public career record, even if they have played meaningful minutes for the team.
How does Bengal Warriorz’s roster compare to other struggling franchises?
Like several teams that finish near the bottom of the table, Bengal Warriorz’s roster carries a mix of proven veterans and unproven depth players. The gap between their best performers and the rest of the squad is a common pattern among franchises still searching for consistent form across a full league stage.
