Telugu Titans will face a tough challenge of Gujarat Fortunegiants at their home turf
After a halt at India’s capital Delhi, Pro Kabaddi League season 6 has moved to Vizag where Telugu Titans will host the matches. The Inter-zone challenges week is ongoing in PKL. Patna Pirates and Puneri Paltan will be up against each other. Before this home team Telugu Titans will start their home matches with taking on Gujarat Fortunegiants. This will be the 100th match of PKL season 6.
Team Analysis
Telugu Titans
Telugu Titans are at the bottom of Zone B points table. Also had a losing streak of 4 consecutive matches. In their last game, they were beaten by Dabang Delhi K.C. Rahul Chaudhari, Kamal Singh, and Rakshith scored 8, 6 and 4 raid points respectively. Vishal Bhardwaj, Abozar Mohajermighani, C Manoj Kumar, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafar and Anuj Kumar were out of the form and this caused a defeat to Telugu Titans.
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Gujarat Fortunegiants has already qualified for the playoffs after a huge win over Patna Pirates in their last match. They are at the second position of Zone A points table. Raiders Sachin and K Prapanjan were outstanding for them as they both took 10 and 9 points respectively. Parvesh Bhainswal came out with a shocking performance as he clinched 8 tackle points. Skipper Sunil Kumar, Sachin Vitthala and Ruturaj Koravi were also good in defense.
Head To Head
Telugu Titans 0 – 1 Gujarat Fortunegiants
Key Battle
Vishal Bhardwaj VS Sachin
After coming back from injury Telugu Titans skipper Vishal gave a splendid performance in 2 out of 3 matches he played. 38 tackle points from 9 matches. He holds the best average of 4.22 in PKL 6. He will get challenged by Gujarat Fortunegiant’s top raider Sachin. Sachin has clinched 127 raid points from 16 matches. This rivalry will be one of the major factors of tonight’s match result.
Key Players
Rahul Chaudhari, Telugu Titans
98 raid points of 13 matches do not seem to be great stats for a player like Rahul Chaudhari. But Gujarat will not underestimate him as he has the ability to bounce back.
Parvesh Bhainswal, Gujarat Fortunegiants
Gujarat fortunegiants left cover Parvesh Bhainswal is been incredible with 64 tackle points from 17 matches. His combination with Sunil Kumar is one of the best cover combinations of this season.
Match Timing
The match will be held at 8 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
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
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Sunil Kumar, K Prapanjan, Parvesh Bhainswal, Ruturaj Koravi, Ajay Kumar, Dong Geon Lee, Hadi Oshtorak, Shubham Palkar, Amit Sharma, Dharmender, Sachin, Mahendra Rajput, Lalit Chaudhary, Vikram Chandola, Anil, Yashwant Bishnoi, Amit, C Kalai Arasan, Sachin Vittala, Rohit Gulia