Dabang Delhi K.C. Squad 2026: Every Player Profile & Career Stats
Two-time champions do not usually have this much statistical depth sitting behind their captain. Dabang Delhi K.C.’s roster carries more documented career performers than almost any other franchise in the league right now, and that depth is exactly why they have won two titles rather than just one.
Dabang Delhi K.C.’s current squad is built around captain Ashu Malik leading the raiding unit, veteran overseas defender Fazel Atrachali anchoring the backline, and a genuinely deep supporting cast across both raiding and defense. This guide profiles every documented member of the squad individually, breaks down career numbers where public records exist, and explains how this exact roster came together heading into the new season.
How This Squad Was Built
Dabang Delhi K.C.’s roster reflects a franchise that has consistently prioritized proven performers over unproven potential, a strategy that has paid off with championships in Season 8 and again in Season 12. Ashu Malik’s return through the FBM auction rule rather than losing him to another franchise was one of the more significant roster decisions of recent seasons, while the retention of veteran defender Fazel Atrachali gave the team a settled, experienced backline to build around for years at a time, long before either title was actually secured.
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 Dabang Delhi used to keep this exact core together across multiple title-winning campaigns spanning several different seasons.
Raiders
Ashu Malik (Captain)
Ashu Malik is the clear centerpiece of Dabang Delhi K.C.’s attacking game plan and has been for several seasons running, ever since his emergence as one of the league’s most reliable young raiders.
Career Stats
Across 105 career matches spanning five seasons, Malik has built up 882 raid points and 34 tackle points, for a career total of 916 points. That combination of raiding volume with a genuine defensive contribution, unusual for a primary raider, reflects a genuinely complete player rather than a pure scoring specialist.
Captaincy and FBM Story
Delhi’s decision to bring him back through the FBM rule at a recent auction, rather than risk losing him to another franchise on the open market, turned out to be one of the more significant roster decisions of that entire cycle and directly shaped the team’s subsequent championship run, a decision that continues to pay off season after season.
Naveen Kumar
Naveen Kumar remains one of the most productive raiders in modern PKL history, with 1,102 raid points accumulated during his time at Dabang Delhi through Season 11, a total built across roughly seven seasons in the league. His raiding output during his Delhi tenure formed the backbone of the franchise’s attacking identity for years, and understanding exactly how a career total like his gets built raid by raid is covered in our raid points and tackle points guide.
Neeraj Narwal
Neeraj Narwal has built a career total of 385 points, made up of 336 raid points and 49 tackle points, across 96 matches spanning roughly four to five seasons. Like his captain, his mix of raiding output with a real defensive contribution makes him a genuinely useful rotation option rather than a one-dimensional scorer.
Mohit
Mohit is part of the raiding rotation supporting Ashu Malik. No consolidated public career statistics record currently exists for him.
Anil Gurjar
Anil Gurjar adds further raiding depth to the squad. His individual career numbers have not been compiled into any single public source at this stage.
Vijay
Vijay rounds out the raiding options behind Delhi’s more established performers. A public career statistics profile for him has not yet been consolidated.
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar gives the coaching staff another raiding option to rotate through the lineup. Career totals for him are not currently tracked in a single accessible record.
Akshit
Akshit completes the raiding depth chart for Dabang Delhi K.C. As with several teammates in similar squad roles, detailed public career numbers are not yet widely published.
Defenders
Fazel Atrachali
Fazel Atrachali is not just Dabang Delhi K.C.’s defensive anchor. He is arguably the most accomplished defender in PKL history, and his numbers back that up decisively.
Career Stats
Across 207 career matches spanning roughly eleven seasons, Atrachali has built a career total of 612 points, almost entirely from tackling. He became the first defender in PKL history to record 500 career tackle points, reaching that milestone on October 29, 2024, from 469 successful tackles at that point in his career. He later became the first player in league history to appear in 200 PKL matches, a milestone reached in October 2025.
Captaincy Legacy and MVP Honors
Atrachali’s leadership qualities have been recognized across multiple franchises during his career, and his Season 12 form with Dabang Delhi K.C. earned him the season’s Most Valuable Player award, a rare honor for a pure defender in a league that typically rewards raiders with individual accolades.
Surjeet Singh
Surjeet Singh has quietly built one of the more durable defensive careers in recent PKL history, with a career total of roughly 496 points, almost entirely from tackling, across 190 matches spanning around a decade in the league. A defender with this much accumulated experience gives the coaching staff a genuinely reliable option at the right corner position, someone who has seen nearly every raiding style the league can produce.
Saurabh Nandal
Saurabh Nandal has accumulated a career total of roughly 337 points across 131 matches spanning around six seasons, operating primarily at left corner. His consistent playing time over several seasons suggests a defender the coaching staff trusts in exactly the moments that decide close matches.
Vishal Bhardwaj
Vishal Bhardwaj carries a career total of 331 points, built from 7 raid points and 324 tackle points, across 118 matches spanning seven seasons. That overwhelming tackle-to-raid ratio confirms his role as a pure defensive specialist rather than a hybrid contributor.
Amirhossein Bastami
Amirhossein Bastami is Dabang Delhi K.C.’s overseas defensive addition, operating at right corner. A consolidated public career record for him has not yet been compiled.
Sandeep
Sandeep is part of the wider defensive rotation for Dabang Delhi K.C. No consolidated public career statistics record currently exists for him.
Anurag
Anurag provides further defensive depth to the squad. His individual career numbers have not been compiled into any single public source.
Raman Singh
Raman Singh rounds out the defensive rotation, giving the coaching staff options to manage fatigue across a long league stage. A public career statistics profile for him has not yet been consolidated.
Mohit (Left Cover)
A second player named Mohit features in the defensive unit, playing the left cover position specifically, distinct from the raider of the same name elsewhere on the roster. Career totals for him are not currently tracked in a single accessible record.
Gaurav Chhillar
Gaurav Chhillar completes the wider defensive rotation for Dabang Delhi K.C. His statistical history has not been consolidated into any single accessible profile at this time.
All-Rounders
Amit
Amit gives Dabang Delhi K.C. a player capable of contributing in both raiding and defensive situations depending on how a match unfolds. A public career statistics record for him has not yet been consolidated.
Ashish Kumar Sangwan
Ashish Kumar Sangwan adds further tactical flexibility to the squad as a second all-rounder option. Career totals for him have not been compiled into a single accessible profile.
Naveen (All-Rounder)
A second player named Naveen features among the squad’s all-rounders, distinct from star raider Naveen Kumar elsewhere on the roster. A consolidated public career record has not yet been established for him.
Arkam Shaikh
Arkam Shaikh rounds out the all-rounder rotation for Dabang Delhi K.C. No public career statistics profile currently exists for him in a consolidated form.
Dabang Delhi K.C.’s Playing Style Heading Into the New Season
Every championship-winning roster develops a clear identity, and Dabang Delhi K.C.’s is built on a genuine balance between raiding firepower and defensive discipline rather than leaning too heavily on one side of the mat. Ashu Malik’s raiding gets most of the attention, but the presence of Fazel Atrachali, Surjeet Singh, and Saurabh Nandal at the back gives this team a defensive foundation that few rivals can match on paper.
That balance showed clearly during Season 12, when three consecutive meetings with Puneri Paltan all went to tie-breaker shootouts, a level of defensive composure under pressure that is rare across an entire season, let alone across three matches against the same opponent. Coaches building a game plan around this kind of roster typically use their raiding rotation to probe an opponent’s defense early, then lean on their own defensive unit to close out close matches in the final minutes.
Naveen Kumar’s legacy at the franchise, even though his most recent seasons have taken him elsewhere, still shapes how fans and analysts think about Delhi’s raiding identity, since his 1,102 raid points built during his Delhi tenure established the template that Ashu Malik has since built on and expanded further. The current roster’s combination of proven raiding output and genuinely elite defensive depth is a big part of why Dabang Delhi K.C. has reached multiple finals rather than just one over the past several seasons.
Why Squad Depth Matters More Than It Looks
It is tempting to look at a roster this well-documented and assume every player matters equally, but even a squad as deep as Dabang Delhi K.C.’s still relies on unproven depth pieces once injuries or suspensions force the coaching staff’s hand. Mohit, Anil Gurjar, Vijay, and Ajinkya Ashok Pawar may not carry published career statistics yet, but any of them could be asked to play a significant role if the raiding rotation above them takes a hit during a long league stage spread across multiple host cities.
The same logic applies on defense, where depth pieces like Sandeep, Anurag, and Raman Singh give the coaching staff options to rotate personnel and manage fatigue across an eighteen-match campaign spread over multiple host cities. A team with genuine championship ambitions cannot afford to have its title hopes rest entirely on seven or eight documented names, and how well these less-established players perform when called upon is exactly the kind of detail that often separates a strong league campaign from an actual deep playoff run.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashu Malik (Captain) | Raider | 105 | 916 (882 raid, 34 tackle) |
| Naveen Kumar | Raider | ~95+ | 1,102 raid points (at Dabang, through Season 11) |
| Neeraj Narwal | Raider | 96 | 385 (336 raid, 49 tackle) |
| Fazel Atrachali (overseas) | Defender (left corner) | 207 | 612 (near-entirely tackle points) |
| Surjeet Singh | Defender (right cover) | 190 | ~496 (near-entirely tackle points) |
| Saurabh Nandal | Defender (left corner) | 131 | ~337 (near-entirely tackle points) |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | Defender | 118 | 331 (7 raid, 324 tackle) |
| Mohit | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Anil Gurjar | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Vijay | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ajinkya Ashok Pawar | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Akshit | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Amirhossein Bastami (overseas) | Defender (right corner) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sandeep | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Anurag | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Raman Singh | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Mohit (left cover) | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Gaurav Chhillar | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Amit | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ashish Kumar Sangwan | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Naveen | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Arkam Shaikh | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
Notice how many documented performers this squad actually carries compared to most other franchises in the league. Seven players here have precise, sourced career totals, a genuinely unusual level of statistical depth that reflects Dabang Delhi’s approach of retaining proven veterans rather than constantly cycling through unproven talent.
Why This Squad’s Depth Explains Two Championships
Most PKL rosters carry one or two clearly documented stars surrounded by a wide base of unproven depth players. Dabang Delhi K.C.’s roster looks different. Between Ashu Malik, Naveen Kumar’s legacy raiding output, Neeraj Narwal, Fazel Atrachali, Surjeet Singh, Saurabh Nandal, and Vishal Bhardwaj, this squad carries a level of proven, multi-season contribution across both raiding and defense that few other franchises can currently match.
That depth shows up directly in the results. Delhi’s Season 12 title, won 31-28 over Puneri Paltan after a tie-breaker win in Qualifier 1 against the very same opponent, was built on exactly this kind of defensive resilience under pressure, with Fazel Atrachali’s Season 12 MVP award reflecting how much the team’s championship run depended on defensive composure rather than pure raiding firepower alone. That same defensive resilience had already carried the team to a first title back in Season 8, a single-point win over Patna Pirates that showed similarly composed defending in the biggest possible moment. The fuller story of that title-winning rivalry with Puneri Paltan is covered in our Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Puneri Paltan head-to-head guide.
What This Roster Means for the Season Ahead
Dabang Delhi K.C. enters the new season as defending champions with more statistical certainty than almost any rival franchise, but that same depth creates its own pressure. Opponents now specifically prepare for Ashu Malik’s raiding patterns and Fazel Atrachali’s defensive positioning, having watched both succeed under the biggest pressure the league can produce.
The question for Delhi is not whether their proven core can perform, since the numbers already confirm they can, but whether the less-documented depth pieces, Mohit, Anil Gurjar, Vijay, and the rest, can step up if injuries or fatigue force the coaching staff to lean on them during a long league stage spread across multiple host cities and venue legs. Tracking how this roster performs against the rest of the league is easiest through our PKL points table, while our Dabang Delhi K.C. team page covers the complete Season 12 recap and schedule outlook heading into the title defense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the captain of Dabang Delhi K.C.?
Ashu Malik captains Dabang Delhi K.C., leading a raiding unit built around his 916 career points across 105 matches, accumulated over five seasons with the franchise.
Who is Dabang Delhi K.C.’s most decorated defender?
Fazel Atrachali is the standout defensive performer, with 612 career points built almost entirely from tackling across 207 matches. He became the first defender in PKL history to reach 500 career tackle points and later the first player to appear in 200 PKL matches.
Did Fazel Atrachali win any individual awards in Season 12?
Yes. Fazel Atrachali won the Season 12 Most Valuable Player award, a rare honor for a pure defender in a league that typically rewards raiders with individual accolades.
How did Dabang Delhi K.C. bring Ashu Malik back to the franchise?
Dabang Delhi K.C. used the FBM, or Final Bid Match, rule to retain Ashu Malik at a recent auction, matching the winning bid to keep him rather than losing him to another franchise on the open market.
Why do some Dabang Delhi K.C. players not have published career stats?
Detailed career statistics tend to be consolidated online only for established stars and long-serving veterans. Several 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.
