U Mumba seek the top position in their zone as they take on Bengal Warriors
On day 2 of Vizag leg, two matches will be held. Telugu Titans will look for the first win on their home mat. They will play against Jaipur Pink Panthers. Before this match, U Mumba will be up against Bengal Warriors. If U Mumba wins tonight they will top the Zone A.
Team Analysis:
U Mumba
U Mumba has qualified for the playoffs. They are at the second position in Zone A table standings. In their previous match, they crushed Gujarat Fortunegiants. Siddharth Desai and Rohit Baliyan scored 6 raid points each. Rohit Rana, Dharmaraj Cheralathan got 6 tackle points each. Skipper Fazel Atrachali, Rajguru Subramanian and Surender Singh supported them in tackles.
Bengal Warriors
Bengal Warriors are at the third position in Zone B points table. They lost their last match against Haryana Steelers. Maninder Singh scored 11 raid points. Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat and Mahesh Goud gave support to him with 7 and 5 raid points respectively.
Head To Head
U Mumba 9 – 1 Bengal Warriors
Key Battle
Fazel Atrachali VS Maninder Singh
U Mumba skipper and left corner Fazel Atrachali is the top defender of PKL 6 with 67 tackle points from 18 matches. His ankle holds and dashes have made him so successful. He will face Bengal’s top raider Maninder Singh. Maninder is so consistent with his form that he has picked up 129 raid points in 13 matches. This will be the battle to watch out for.
Key Players
Siddharth Desai, U Mumba
Season 6 emerging star Siddharth Desai has 178 raid points to his name from 16 matches. He is the top raider of U Mumba.
Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat, Bengal Warriors
In past few matches, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat has come up with good raids as supportive raider Maninder Singh. He will be a key player for Bengal Warriors.
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
U Mumba
Fazel Atrachali, Dharmarajan Cheralathan, Abhishek Singh, Siddharth Desai, Vinod Kumar, Abofazl Maghsodloumahali, R Sriram, Rohit Baliyan, Hadi Tajik, Adinath Gavali, E Subash, Surinder Singh, Shiv Om, Gaurav Kumar, Mohit Balyan, Anil, Arjun Deshwal, Darshan Kadian, Rajaguru Subramanian
Bengal Warriors
Surjeet Singh, Ran Singh, Jang Kun Lee, Ziaur Rahman, Shrikant Tewthia, Mahesh Goud, Vijin Thangadurai, Bhupender Singh, Vittal Meti, Amit Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Amit Nagar, Ashish Chhokar, Manoj Dhull, Maninder Singh, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat, Amaresh Mondal, Mithin Kumar, Baldev Singh