PKL 8, Match 23: Tamil Thalaivas Vs Puneri Paltan Preview

Tonight in the first match of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season eight, Tamil Thalaivas and Puneri Paltan will fight with each other.

Team Analysis:

Tamil Thalaivas

They tied their game against U Mumba. Manjeet Dahiya and Athul MS are doing well. Bhavani Rajput will have to step up as a third raider. In defense Sahil Singh and Skipper Surjeet Singh are playing well. Other defenders need to defend the team will.

Puneri Paltan

The team lost to Patna Pirates in their last match. Rahul Chaudhari is in poor form. Nitin Tomar did not play in last two matches. So teams’ raiding department responsibility is on the shoulders of Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goiyat. The defense is messed up and needs to be in form.

Key Battle

PO Surjeet Singh Vs Aslam Inamdar

Tamil Skipper has been successful in defense till now. He will get challenged by Puneri Paltan young raider Aslam Inamdar. Aslam is been amazing since last three matches. He will be looking forward to steal points from Thalaivas defense led by Surjeet.

Key Players

Manjeet Dahiya, Tamil Thalaivas

He is team’s prime raider. He has played that role very well with his raiding.

Mohit Goyat, Puneri Paltan

Apart from Alsam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat is one of the major raiders of Puneri Paltan. His raids will be crucial.

Match Prediction

Tamil Thalaivas might win this match.

Match Timing

The match will be held at 7.30 pm (IST) at Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Centre Bengaluru.

Broadcasting

Star Sports network will broadcast the match. Disney+ hotstar will also broadcast the match online.

Squads

Tamil Thalaivas

PO Surjeet Singh (Captain), Manjeet Dahiya, K Prapanjan, Athul MS, Bhavani Rajput, Ajinkya Pawar, Himanshu, Asiri Alawathghe, PO Surjeet Singh, Sagar Krishna, santhapanaselvam, Himanshu, Sahil, M. Abhishek, Sagar, Ashish, Mohit, Sahil, Sagar Krishna, Santhapanaselvam, Saurabh Patil.

Puneri Paltan

Nitin Tomar (Captain), Vishal Bhardwaj (Vice-Captain), Rahul Chaudhari, Pankaj Mohite, Pawan Kumar, Mohit Goyat, Vishwas S, Akash Shinde, Aslam Inamdar, Shubham Shelke, Baldev Singh, Jadhav Shahaji, Sanket Sawant, Hadi Tajik, Sombir, Sourav Kumar, Karamvir, Subhash E, Abinseh Nadarjan, Subhash E.