PKL 8, Match 84: Tamil Thalaivas Vs Bengaluru Bulls Preview
Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season 8 is underway in Bengaluru. Tonight on the fifth day of week six, Tamil Thalaivas will play against season 6 winners Bengaluru Bulls in the Southern Derby. The last time when these two teams played against each other in PKL 8, match was won by Bengaluru Bulls.
Team Analysis:
Tamil Thalaivas
Thalaivas lost their last match against Patna Pirates. Ajinkya Pawar, Manjeet Dahiya & Bhavani Rajput needs to take points aggressively. Except Sagar other defenders such as skipper PO Surjeet Singh, Sagar, Mohit & Sahil Singh needs to defend the team well.
Bengaluru Bulls
The team lost their last match against U mumba. Skipper Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is leading team’s offense from the front. He is getting support from Chandran Ranjit & Bharat. The defense of Vice-captain Mahender Singh, Aman, Saurabh Nandal & Mohit Sehrawat is playing well.
Key Battle
PO Surjeet Singh Vs Pawan Kumar Sehrawat
It will be a battle of captains. Right cover and Thalaivas skipper Surjeet’s main target will be to stop Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat. Pawan is Bengaluru’s prime raider & highest raid points scorer in PKL 8.
Key Players
Ajinkya Pawar, Tamil Thalaivas
His raids will be crucial as a secondary raider.
Bharat, Bengaluru Bulls
Young raider Bharat is playing well as a secondary raider.
Match Prediction
Tamil Thalaivas might win the match.
Match Timing
The match will be held at 8.30 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.
Bengaluru Bulls
Pawan Sehrawat (Captain), Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali, Chandran Ranjit, Deepak Narwal, Dong Geon Lee, More GB, Naseeb, Rohit Sangwan, Mayur Kadam, Mohit Sehrawat, Mahender Singh, Aman, Saurabh Nandal, Amit Sheoran, Ankit, Vikas.