Puneri Paltan chase victory against Patna Pirates to stay in the playoffs hunt

Pro Kabaddi League is now becoming more exciting as teams are fighting to book their spot in the playoffs. From today Telugu Titans home leg is to get commenced at Vizag. The inter-zone week will be carried forward here. Firstly home team Telugu Titans will host the Gujarat Fortunegiants. Later on, Patna Pirates and Puneri Paltan will fight with each other.

Team Analysis: 

Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates are at the second position in Zone B points table. They lost their last match Gujarat Fortunegiants. Skipper Pardeep Narwal was kept running away from the game. Manjeet and Deepak Narwal both took 4 raid points each. In defense, Jawahar Dagar was outstanding with 5 tackle points. Vikas Jaglan put up his all-round show. But Jaideep and Vikas Kale were off color.

Puneri Paltan

Puneri Paltan is hanging at the fourth position in Zone A points table. They suffered a loss in the hands of Dabang Delhi K.C. Deepak Dahiya had a Super 10 to his name. But More GB, Rajesh Mondal, and Parveen failed to support him. He was alone warrior for them. Sandeep Narwal picked up 3 tackle and 1 raid point. Rinku Narwal also got 3 tackle points. Girish Ernak, Akshay Jadhav were looked like they had an off form.

Head To Head

Patna Pirates 9 – 1 Puneri Paltan, 2 Ties

Key Battle

Pardeep Narwal VS Girish Ernak

Patna Pirates skipper Pardeep Narwal has grabbed 158 raid points from 15 matches. He holds the average of 10.53 raid points. He will face opposition captain and left corner Girish Ernak. Girish has 50 tackle points from 17 matches. This captain’s rivalry will be the interesting part about today’s contest.

Key Players

Jawahar, Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates Jawahar put up a great show in their previous match as he took 5 tackle points. One of the important part of Patna defense Jawhar will be a key player for the team.

Deepak Dahiya, Puneri Paltan

In the previous match, Deepak Dahiya was the only player who gave his all with 10 raid points. but could not save his team from the loss. His performance will be crucial today.

Match Timing

The match will be held at 9 pm (IST) at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag.

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