PKL 9: U Mumba host Haryana Steelers with a place in top-four at stake

The winner of the game will see itself climb in the league table to a play-offs spot.

U Mumba will play Haryana Steelers and is coming off a defeat at the hands of Puneri Paltans with only two points separating both sides in PKL 9. Guman Singh once again stood tall scoring seven raid points and getting good support from Jai Bhagwan. The substitutes rose to the occasion when the main players were struggling showing good bench strength.

Haryana Steelers like the U Mumba are coming off a defeat against Dababng Delhi KC (36-38). The Northern side fought very hard against the reigning champions and put in full effort but the opposition was much stronger. Manjeet Dahiya as always scored a super 10 getting back to his best.

Team News

U Mumba

Raiders: Guman Singh, Ashish, Heidarali Ekrami, Jai Bhagwan Ankush, Kamlesh, Shivam, Pranay Rane, Sachin, Rupesh

All-Rounder: Gholamabbas Korouki

Defenders: Rinku, Surinder Singh, Harendra Kumar, Shivansh Thakur, Prince, Kiran Magar, Rahul, Satywan, Mohit.

Haryana Steelers

Raiders: Chandran Ranjit, Mahendra Rajput, Dong Geon Lee, Purna Singh, Sonu, Pardeep Kumar, Rakesh, Gaurav Chhikara, Sohit, Sonu Singh, Sawin

All-Rounders: Arkam Shaikh, Parteek Dhaiya, Rohan Singh, Shankar Gadai.

Defenders: Vinod Kumar, Young Chang Ko, Rinku Narwal, Baldev Singh, Sourav Gulia, Sandeep Kandola, Manuj, Kapil, Ujjval Singh.

Head to Head

Haryana Steelers and U Mumba have faced each other in 11 matches at the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, Haryana Steelers have won 4 whereas U Mumba has come out victorious on 6 occasions with one match ending in a tie.

Player to watch

Amir Hossein Bastami is back after not being available for the first few matches. The defender can replace Monu from the starting 7 with the recent form he has shown in the Junior section. Amir came as a substitute in the last match and could muster only one point but overall looked aggressive showing good intent. He needs to get more game time and experience to perform better.

Jai Bhagwan

Jai Bhagwan has performed well in raiding in the last few matches providing able support to Guman Singh. He can turn out to be a good raider in the absence of Guman and needs to raid more to get a good experience.

Key to Success

The defence of U Mumba was extremely poor against Puneri Paltan in the last encounter. Apart from Rinku in the right corner none of the defenders from the starting 7 scored a single tackle point hurting U Mumba. Surendra Singh the captain has looked off-colour and needs to get back to form.

Meetu has been inconsistent in the PKL season 9. Both Manjeet Dahiya and Meetu have not performed well in a single match but have performed well on different occasions. The duo needs to complement each other well and score points regularly. Joginder Narwal and Amir Bastami will now pair with Joginder Narwal who has not performed well and the combination needs to start off well.

Did you know

Rinku after Surendra Singh is the most experienced defender with 126 tackle points to date and currently occupies the 10th spot with 12 points in the defender's standings.

Broadcast - PKL 9

Time - 07:30 PM

Streaming - Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar