mumbai he was not even among the players available for grabs at the inaugural season vivo pro kabaddi league auctions in 2014 yet a quirk of fate brought him to the u mumba team when rohit kumar failed to turn up for duty now in the fifth season of the league surender nada has been appointed skipper of the new outfit haryana steelers and with 33 tackle points from nine games is easily the best defender in the game today this is the result of all the hard work i have put in and of course the blessings of my coaches nada told toi on thursday ahead of the home leg of the league starting at motilal nehru school of sports in sonepat haryana from fridayi have honed my skills here its my home i have friends and wellwishers hereim sure we will get rousing support from our people which will definitely boost my team said the 30yearold head constable with cisf who learnt the tricks of the trade at the sai centre in sonepat in his early yearssteelers are placed third in zone a with 33 points from nine matches 5 wins 2 losses and as many draws the six home games in the next seven days will be crucial for the franchise but too much dependency on nada left corner and mohit chhillar right corner may prove costly for steelerssince both are in good touch there is no harm if the team expects a lot from us however it is a team game and how the entire team performs on match day decides the outcome of the match said nada while admitting that the two losses against u mumba still haunt his teamparth jindal director of jsw sports owners of the team is confident of a good showing in nada and chhillar we have two of the best covers in the sport and wazir singh and prashanth rai among others bring in a perfect mix of experience on the other hand you can see the likes of vikash khandola who have burst onto the scene and have done wellmany of our players are from the state of haryana which goes on to show how much the sport means to the region said jindal who added that he is proud to own steelerswe are what we are because of our roots in haryana and still go back to spend every diwali in hisar where our family is fromthe moment we knew we had a team in the vivo pro kabaddi league our thoughts were on haryana because we wanted to create a team for the best sporting state in the land he said