PKL 9: Naveen Kumar's Dabang Delhi to play Maninder Singh's Bengal Warriors

The team from the capital union territory is in second place on the points table.

Bengal Warriors lost their last encounter against Puneri Paltan by a two-point margin (25-27) in PKL 9. Maninder Singh could only contribute six raid points hurting Bengal Warriors the most in the low-scoring encounter. Girish Maruti Ernak scored four tackle points and also occupies the top spot in the defence section. Bengal Warriors will play Dabang Delhi in their next PKL 9 game.

Dabang Delhi like Bengal Warriors lost their last encounter with Patna Pirates by four points (33-37). This was Dabang Delhi’s first loss of the season after five successive wins. After spending the majority of the time at the top of the points table the northern side has slipped to the second spot and a win here shall help them regain the top spot.

Team News

Dabang Delhi KC

Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Manjeet, Ashu Malik, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar

All-rounders: Vijay, Tejas Patil, Reza Katoulinezhad

Defenders: Ravi Kumar, Sandeep Dhull, Amit Hooda, Vishal, Anil Kumar, Monu, Dipak, Krishan, Vinay Kumar, Vijay, Mohammad Liton Ali, Aakash

Bengal Warriors

Raiders: Maninder Singh, Shrikant Jadhav, Akash Pikalmunde, Suyog Gaikar, R Guhan, Parshant Kumar, Aslam Thambi.

All-Rounders: Deepak Hooda, Ashish Sangwan, Vinod Kumar, Ajinkya Kapre, Rohit, Manoj Gowda, Balaji D

Defenders: Girish Maruti Ernak,  Surender Nada, Amit Sheoran, Parveen Satpal, Shubham Shinde, Sakthivel R, Soleiman Pahlevani, Vaibhav Garje

Head to Head

Bengal Warriors and Dabang Delhi K.C. have faced each other 17times in the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, Bengal Warriors have won seven whereas Dabang Delhi KC has come out victorious on seven occasions with three matches ending in a tie.

Player to watch

Vaibhav Garje is the second-best defender for Bengal Warriors with 12 points after Girish Ernak who holds the top spot in the tackle points table. For the past few matches, Garje has started to score points regularly and if he continues the same the defence will look more strong and more lethal.

Manjeet who looked in excellent form in the initial matches failed to perform in the last encounter against Patna Pirates scoring only four points. Naveen Kumar once again scored a super 10 which was enough for the team to win. If Manjeet can add valuable raid points then Dabang Delhi will look like a completely different outfit.

Key to Success

Defence is the key for Dabang Delhi KC with Krishan Dhull ruling the tackle points table at the third spot. Along with Krishan, Vishal and Ravi combined to form a great combo but the cover combo needs to stop Maninder Singh who will be a threat. Vishal will be low on confidence since he could not score a single point in the last game but the season has been good so far.

The defence of Girish Ernak and Vaibhav Garje needs to stop either Manjeet or Naveen in order to put up a fight. The Delhi outfit has lost only one encounter in the first six games and defeating them will not be easy. Ernak in particular should make fewer unsuccessful tackles for Bengal to win.

Did you know

Out of the last three encounters between Bengal Warriors and Dabang Delhi KC, two matches have ended in a tie since season 7.

Broadcast - PKL 9

Time - 08:30 PM

Streaming - Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar