PKL Season 6: Telugu Titans will look to put brakes on Pardeep’s raiding antics
Pro Kabaddi League season 6 has seen much excitement than past seasons. The third leg started last night in Pune. On the day 2 of Pune leg, two matches will be played. Defending champions Patna Pirates will face Telugu Titans. After this, the home team Puneri Paltan will be challenged by Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Team Analysis:
Patna Pirates
The defending champions Patna Pirates have won 2 matches after suffering a loss in their first match. Their captain Pardeep Narwal is well supported by Deepak Narwal and others. In defense Vijay, Jaideep and Vikas kale are proving to be key players for the team. With both defense and offense clicking together for the three-time champions, Patna Pirates will look to make good of their form and continue their current sequence of wins when they take on Telugu Titans.
Telugu Titans
Telugu Titans have won two matches and have lost one match. Rahul Chaudhari and Nilesh Salunke both are brilliant in raiding. But in the last match, Bengal Warriors defense were successful in keeping Rahul Chaudhari off the mat for maximum time. Telugu defense is looking like one of the deadliest combinations of this season so far. Abozar Mohajermighani is the top defender for them.
Head to Head
Both the teams have clashed 6 times in which Patna Pirates has won 3 matches and Telugu Titans were successful in winning 3 matches.
Key Battle
Pardeep Narwal VS Abozar Mohajermighani
Patna Pirates captain Pardeep Narwal has grabbed 41 raid points from 3 matches. He is the top raider for Patna in this campaign. As he is a left raider, today he will face Iranian star defender Abozar Mohajermighani. Abozar is leading defender for Telugu with 13 tackle points from 3 matches. Their face-off will be the highlight of this match.
Key Players
Deepak Narwal, Patna Pirates
Deepak Narwal has got 17 raid points from 3 matches. He also scored a Super 10 against UP Yoddha. Deepak is scoring the points whenever his team needs.
Vishal Bhardwaj, Telugu Titans
Telugu skipper Vishal Bhardwaj has 10 tackle points to his name from 3 matches. He will be crucial at his left corner position against the Patna Pirates.
Match Timing
The match will be held at 8 pm (IST) at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune.
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, Manish, Arvind Kumar, Kuldeep Singh
Telugu Titans
Rahul Chaudhari, Abozar Mohajermighani, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Rakesh Singh Kumar, C Manoj Kumar, Sanket Chavan, Mahender Reddy, Nilesh Salunke, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakshith, Sombir, Kamal Singh, Ankit Beniwal, Anand, Rajnish, Anuj Kumar, Armaan