PKL 9: Tamil Thalaivas and Patna Pirates search for first win

The two teams have suffered losses in all but one of their games in PKL 9.

Tamil Thalaivas has once again started the season on a poor note losing two matches on the trot. In the last encounter against U Mumba, Tamil Thalaivas's only gain was adding a point to their points table. Himanshu was the star scoring 15 points of the 32 the southern team had scored overall. Currently, the team is placed 10th in the points table.

Patna Pirates like Tamil Thalaivas have started PKL season 9 on a poor note losing two matches and occupying the last spot in the points table. Sachin Kumar has been the lone warrior fighting till the end with others showing inconsistency. Patna lost by a 26-point margin against Bengal Warriors in the last encounter denting their confidence.

Team News

Tamil Thalaivas

Raiders: Pawan Sehrawat, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Himanshu, Jatin, Himanshu

All-Rounders: Thanushan Laxmamohan, Visvanath V, K Abhimanyu

Defenders: Sagar, Sahil, M Abishek, Mohit, Himanshu, Ashish, Md Arif Rabbani, Arpit Saroha, Ankit

Patna Pirates

Raiders: Sachin, Monu, Anand Tomar, Sushil Gulia, Vishwas S, Rohit, Ranjit Naik, Anuj Kumar

All-Rounders: Rohit Gulia, Sajin C, Sager Kumar, Abdul Insamam, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, Daniel Odhiambo

Defenders: Neeraj Kumar, Sunil, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Manish, Shivam Chaudhary, Naveen Sharma

Head to Head

Patna Pirates and Tamil Thalaivas have faced each other in 10 matches in the Pro Kabaddi League out of which Patna Pirates have won six matches with Tamil Thalaivas coming out victorious on two occasions. Two games have ended in a tie.

Player to watch

Rohit Gulia in the second encounter scored 11 points but has remained ineffective in the other two matches. He is a valuable asset in both the attack and defence and is also good at taking bonus points. Rohit Gulia has earlier shown composure during the super tackles as well. Sachin will have a good partner with him if Gulia shows consistency being the secondary raider.

Himanshu Kandola

In the absence of Pawan Sehrawat the youngster in his first season has shown a lot of promise scoring 28 points in the first three games. In the previous match against U Mumba, the youngster scored 15 points which helped Tamil Thalaivas gain a point but need ample support from the other raiders.

Key to Success

The raiders from the Tamil Thalaivas set-up need to attack in the second half rather than playing it safe. Ajinkya Pawar the senior most raider in the absence of Pawan Sehrawat needs to put up a good performance like the previous season. Sagar has stepped up to the captaincy role very well scoring nine tackle points in the last two games after taking up the captaincy.

The raiders have not provided enough support to Sachin Tawar hurting the raiding department. Rohit Gulia performed well in the second match but has remained inconsistent. If the left-right duo performs well then the team can look lethal. In the defence, Sajin couldn't score a single point against Bengal Warriors in the last match with Chiyaneah scoring four points in his comeback.

Did you know

Patna Pirates have remained unbeaten against Tamil Thalaivas since season 7 with three wins and a tie.

Broadcast - PKL 9

Time: 07:30 PM

Streaming: Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar