PKL 9, Match 7: Jaipur Pink Panthers Vs Patna Pirates Preview
Pro Kabaddi League season nine has been started at Bengaluru. Tonight in the first match, inaugural champions Jaipur Pink Panthers will take on three times champions Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Team Analysis:
Jaipur Pink Panthers
The team lost their opening match against UP Yoddhas. Arjun Deshwal did well as a prime raider. Rahul Chaudhari & V Ajith Kumar are expected to support him well. Abhishek KS & Ankush defended the team amazingly. Skipper Sunil Kumar, Ankush can do better.
Patna Pirates
They tied their first match with Puneri Paltan. Sachin was very good as a primary raider for Patna. Other young raiders such as Monu, & Rohit Gulia should step up & do better as secondary raiders. Sajin C, Sunil & skipper Neeraj Kumar should defend more aggressively.
Key Battle
Arjun Deshwal Vs Sunil
Arjun will be team’s prime raider. His aim will be to take points from Patna right corner Sunil. Sunil’s main target will be catching Arjun & keeping him out of the mat for the maximum time.
Key Players
Sunil Kumar, Jaipur Pink Panthers
His tackles & role in setting up the defense will be significant.
Sachin, Patna Pirates
His raids will be significant factor tonight.
Match Prediction
Patna Pirates has an upper hand over Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Match Timing
The match is expected to start at 7.30 pm (IST) at Shree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru.
Broadcasting
Star Sports network will broadcast the match. Disney+ hotstar will also broadcast the match online.
Squads
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Sunil Kumar (Captain), Arjun Deshwal, Deepak, Devank, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Ashish, Abhishek KS, V Ajith Kumar, Woosan KO, Reza Mirbagheri, Lucky Sharma, Nitin Panwar, Bhavani Rajput, Navneet, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Chandel, Rahul Dhanawade, Akshay Baghal, Abhimanyu, Marimuthu Kamraj.
Patna Pirates
Neeraj Kumar (Captain), Monu, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, Sajin Chandrasekhar, Manish, Rohit, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Anuj Kumar, Naveen Sharma, Rohit Gulia, Sachin, Sunil Narwal, Daniel Omondi Odhiambo, Abdul Insamam S, Shivam Chaudhari, Anil Surendra Tomar, Sushil Gulia, Vishwas S, Sagar Kumar, Sukesh Hegde, Akash Bodake.