PKL 9: Struggling Telugu Titans to play Haryana Steelers

The southern team are searching for a victory after just one win this season.

Haryana Steelers lost a close battle against Gujarat Giants in the last match (38-42) with Meetu being the star raider scoring 16 raid points. This is Meetu’s second 15+ raid points score in the Pro Kabaddi season 9. Manjeet Dahiya could only muster five raid points hurting Haryana Steelers.

Telugu Titans look completely off-colour even after having the most experienced team in Pro Kabaddi this season. The southern side lost to Jaipur Pink Panthers (27-52). Adarsh was the only positive for Telugu Titans where the raider went on to score nine raid points. 

Team News

Haryana Steelers

Raiders: Prapanjan, Rakesh Narwal, Manjeet, Vinay, Mohammad Mahalli, Lovepreet Singh, Sushil, Meetu, Manish Gulia.

Defenders: Joginder Narwal, Jaideep, Mohit, Ankit, Monu, Naveen, Harsh, Sunny, Amirhossein Bastami.

All-Rounder: Nitin Rawal

Telugu Titans 

Raiders: Abhishek Singh, Monu Goyat, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Rajnish, Ankit Beniwal, Vinay, Aman Kadian.

Defenders: Surjeet Singh, Parvesh Bhainswal, Vishal Bhardwaj, Adarsh T, Ravinder Pahal, Vijay Kumar, Nitin, Mohit, Mohit Pahal. Muhammed Shihas S.

All-Rounders: Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari, K Hanumanthu, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Ravinder.

Head to Head

Haryana Steelers and Telugu Titans have faced each other in seven matches in the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, Haryana Steelers have won three whereas Telugu Titans have also come out victorious on three occasions with one game ending in a tie.

Player to watch

Adarsh T after a good match against Jaipur Pink Panthers shall be given more opportunities to raid ahead of experienced Monu Goyat and Siddharth Desai. Adarsh also had a good conversion rate scoring nine points in 12 raids. With Rajneesh not available Telugu Titans can bank on the youngsters to perform well.

Nitin Rawal had a good start to the season in terms of impact where he helped Haryana escape all-outs and scored a few important tackle points. He was appointed the captain in the last match against Gujarat Giants but the all-rounder could only score one point. Nitin Rawal needs to push himself to raid in crucial situations and defend consistently.

Key to Success

Both Meetu and Manjeet Dahiya have not been scoring points consistently. Whenever Meetu scores a super 10 Manjeet underperforms and vice versa. For Haryana to win crucial encounters both the raiders should score points simultaneously and help each other revive rather than scoring separately.

Telugu Titans have the best defensive unit with the likes of Vishal Bharadwaj, Surjeeth Singh, Parvesh Bainswal, and Ravinder Pahal. Vishal at the start of the season looked in good touch but as the season went by started losing pace and form. On a few occasions, the captain was removed from the starting 7 questioning his performances. Manjeet Chillar has a massive task in helping these defenders get back to form.

Did you know

Monu Goyat is 21 points short of reaching the 600 raid points mark. Overall he has scored 41 tackle points accounting for 611 points (raiding+defense).

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