PKL 8, Match 104: Tamil Thalaivas Vs UP Yoddha Preview
We are in week eight of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season 8. Tonight Tamil Thalaivas will play against UP Yoddha. The last time these two teams played against each other in PKL 8 the result was in favour of Tamil Thalaivas.
Team Analysis:
Tamil Thalaivas
Thalaivas lost their last match against Haryana Steelers. Ajinkya Pawar, Manjeet Dahiya & Athul MS have raided well for the team. Skipper PO Surjeet Singh, Sagar, Mohit & Sahil Singh are defending the team well. But team is not able to convert their performance into a win.
UP Yoddha
The team won their last match against Telugu Titans. Shrikant Jadhav and Surender Gill played well. But Pardeep Narwal is still out of form. The defense of Skipper Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Shubham Kumar, & Ashu Singh needs to pick up more points.
Key Battle
PO Surjeet Singh Vs Surender Gill
Tamil skipper PO Surjeet Singh is team’s one of the top defenders. He is tough to beat with his dashes. On the other side UP raider Surender Gill is been amazing in raiding department. This battle will be exciting.
Key Players
Manjeet Dahiya, Tamil Thalaivas
He is team’s most raid points scorer. He will be hoping to keep going.
Shrikant Jadhav, UP Yoddha
As a secondary raider of UP Yoddha he has done well.
Match Prediction
Tamil Thalaivas might win the 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
UP Yodhha
Nitesh Kumar (Captain), Pardeep Narwal, Shrikant Jadhav, Gulveer Singh, Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali, Surender Gill, Sahil, Rohit Tomar, James Kamweti, Ankit, Aman, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Aashish Nagar, Ashu Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Gurdeep, Nitin Panwar