U Mumba will aim to top the Zone A as they lock horns with Dabang Delhi K.C.
On day 2 of Bengaluru Leg, two matches will be scheduled. Home team Bengaluru Bulls will play against Tamil Thalaivas in Southern Derby. Before this match, U Mumba will face Dabang Delhi K.C.
Team Analysis:
U Mumba
U Mumba is at the second position in Zone A table standings. If they win today’s match they will top the points table. In their last match, U Mumba lost to Gujarat Fortunegiants even after taking the lead in first half. Siddharth Desai and Rohit Baliyan were excellent in the offense. But the defense consists of skipper Fazel Atrachali, Surinder Singh, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Rohit Rana and Vinod Kumar did not work for them.
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Delhi team stands fourth in Zone A points table. Like U Mumba, Delhi also got defeated by Gujarat in their previous match. Naveen Kumar, Meraj Sheykh and Chandran Ranjit were good in offense. Ravinder Pahal and Rajesh Narwal scored for them but were not enough. Joginder Narwal and Vishal’ failure proved costly for them.
Head-to-head
U Mumba 9 – 2 Dabang Delhi K.C.
Key Battle
Siddharth Desai VS Ravinder Pahal
U Mumba’s top raider Siddharth Desai is one of the emerging players of PKL 6. He has grabbed 144 raid points from 13 matches. He will face Delhi’s right corner Ravinder Pahal. Pahal is not in so excellent form and has managed to score 31 tackle points from 11 matches. But he will have a big responsibility to stop Siddharth Desai.
Key Players
Fazel Atrachali, U Mumba
Iranian defender and U Mumba skipper Fazel Atrachali is in great form with having scored 58 tackle points from 15 matches. He tops the defender’s chart courtesy of his blocks and dashes.
Naveen Kumar, Dabang Delhi K.C.
Naveen Kumar has been in excellent form. Also, he has 89 raid points from 11 matches. His game will be crucial for his team today while playing against U Mumba.
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
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
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Joginder Narwal, Chandran Ranjit, Vishal Mane, Viraj Landge, Pawan Kumar, Ravinder Pahal, Rajesh Narwal, Shabeer Bapu, Siddharth, Khomsan Thongkham, Anil Kumar, Kamal Kishor Jat, Yogesh Hooda, Satpal Narwal, Meraj Sheykh, Tushar Bhoir, Tapas Pal, Vishal, Naveen Kumar