PKL Season 6: Patna Pirates desperate for a win post three back to back losses
After losing three consecutive matches on their home ground, Patna Pirates will be looking to get back on winning ways today as they take on Bengaluru Bulls tonight. The defending champions Patna Pirates stans at the fourth position while Bengaluru Bulls is at the fifth position in the points table of Zone B. But Bulls have played only four matches and the Pirates have played eight matches.
Team Analysis:
Patna Pirates
Patna Pirates have lost three consecutive matches. Yesterday they got defeat at the hands of Telugu Titans by a huge margin of 20 points. Though Pardeep did not have a good match yesterday, he is been consistent with his performances. Vikas Jaglan and Manjeet have also given much-needed support to Pardeep Narwal. But their defense looked completely out of the form yesterday. Today, they will have to prove themselves as they will play against Bengaluru’s raiders like Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Kashiling Adake, and Rohit Kumar.
Bengaluru Bulls
Bengaluru Bulls have won three matches and have lost just one match till now. Their raiding department is very good with consistent performance from Pawan Kumar Sehrawat. He has become the prime raider of their team. Kashiling Adake and skipper Rohit Kumar are also an integral part of the team. Their defense has not shown impressive performance till now, but today they have a chance to improve and prove themselves as they will face Dubki King Pardeep Narwal.
Head To Head
12 matches have been played between these two teams. Patna Pirates has won 9 matches and Bengaluru Bulls has won 2 matches, whereas one match ended up in a tie.
Key Battle
Pardeep Narwal VS Mahender Rajput
PKL superstar and the player with most raid points in PKL history (Record jointly held by Telugu Titan’s Rahul Chaudhari) Pardeep Narwal will face a challenge coming from Bengaluru Bulls right cover defender Mahender Rajput. Pardeep has scored 92 raid points from 8 matches till now. Whereas Mahender has 9 tackle points to his name from 4 matches. But this clash will be one of the deciding factors of the match result.
Key Players
Vikas Jaglan, Patna Pirates
Yesterday against the strong defense of Telugu Titans, Patna’s ace Pardeep scored only 4 raid points. Vikas Jaglan managed to score 9 raid points. He fought alone but could not manage to turn the results in favor of his team. It will be interesting to see how Bulls defense will play against him.
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Bengaluru Bulls
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is the leading raider for the Bengaluru Bulls in this season. He has 60 raid points from 4 matches. He has been unstoppable this season. Today as well his game will be crucial for the Bulls. Patna’s defense will have to make a strong strategy against him.
Match Timing
The match will be held at 9 pm (IST) at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
TV Broadcasting
Star Sports network will broadcast the match. hoststar.com will also broadcast the match online.
Squads
Patna Pirates
Pardeep Narwal, Deepak Narwal, Vikas Kale, Kuldeep Singh, Manjeet, Tushar Patil, Surender Singh, Tae Deok Eom, Hyunil Park, Jae Min Lee, Vikas Jaglan, Vijay Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Jaideep, Jawahar Dagar, Manish Kumar, Parveen Birwal, Arvind Kumar, Vijay
Bengaluru Bulls
Rohit Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Mahender Singh, Kashiling Adake, Jasmer Gulia, Raju Lal Choudhary, Ashish Kumar, Dong Ju Hong, Gyung Tae Kim, Sandeep, Jawahar Vivek K, Mahesh Magdum, Mahendra Singh Dhaka, Nitesh BR, Anil, Anand V, Rohit, Harish Naik, Amit Sheoran, Sumit Singh