PKL 9, Match 82: Patna Pirates Vs Tamil Thalaivas Preview

Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season nine is undergoing in Pune city. Tonight in the first match, three times champion Patna Pirates will fight against Tamil Thalaivas.

Team Analysis:

Patna Pirates

The team lost their last match against U Mumba. Sachin & Rohit Gulia duo is playing well. The defense of Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, skipper Neeraj Kumar, Sunil & Manish performed well.

Tamil Thalaivas

They lost their last match against Bengaluru Bulls. Narender, Ajinkya Pawar & Himanshu Singh are needed to play well in the offense. M Abhishek, Sahil Gulia, Sagar & Mohit needs to perform well.

Key Battle

Rohit Gulia Vs Sagar

Patna star raider Rohit is in good form. He will try to snatch points from Tamil right corner Sagar. Sagar will try to dismiss Rohit.

Key Players

Sachin, Patna Pirates

His raiding performance will be significant.

Ajinkya Pawar, Tamil Thalaivas

His offensive performance will be significant.

Match Prediction

Patna Pirates has an upper hand over Tamil Thalaivas.

Match Timing

The match is expected to start at 7.30 pm (IST) at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.

Broadcasting

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

Squads

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.

Tamil Thalaivas

Sagar (Captain), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Abhishek M, Himanshu, Himanshu Singh, Mohit, Ashish, Sahil, Jatin, Himanshu, Narender, Thanushan Laxmamohan, Md. Arif Rabbani, Visvanath V, Arpit Saroha, K Abhimanyu, Ankit