PKL 9: Dabang Delhi will hope to bounce back against bottom-placed Telugu Titans

The Bahubali Siddhart Desai has found form, scoring back-to-back Super 10s.

Telugu Titans have bounced back strongly in the last two encounters but luck has not been on their side. In the last match, a small error cost them the entire match against Tamil Thalaivas and had they not committed that error they could have taken five points rather went home empty-handed. Siddhart Dessai has scored two consecutive super 10s which shall be a huge sigh of relief for the franchise. Telugu Titans will next play a struggling Dabang Delhi in PKL 9.

Dabang Delhi KC’s campaign is going from bad to worse as season 9 has gone by. The raiders are doing a tremendous job in scoring raid points but it is the defence that has failed miserably. They were at the top of the table for the majority of the Bengaluru leg but now have jumped out of the playoffs contention. 

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

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

Bengal Warriors and Dabang Delhi K.C. have faced each other 15 times in the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, Telugu Titans have won eight whereas Dabang Delhi KC has come out victorious on six occasions with one match ending in a tie.

Player to watch

Ashu Malik has looked in great form for the past few matches scoring super 10s at ease. Ashu has scored 78 raid points out of which more than 80 per cent has come from the Pune leg. It was Manjeet who was playing the secondary role to Naveen but Ashu with his brilliant form took over the role from Manjeet. In the last match against Jaipur, Ashu scored more points than Naveen Kumar showing his dominance. The duo of Naveen and Ashu shall be a threat to many temas provided the defence performs well.

Siddharth Desai shall look to continue his consistent run against the Dabang Delhi’s defence. Both the corners from Dabang Delhi have been vulnerable to unsuccessful tackles and Siddharth should make use of this opportunity and score more points and gain his old confidence and form back.

Key to Success

Abhishek Singh and Ankit Beniwal along with star raider Siddharth Desai should look to capitalize on the inconsistent Dabang Delhi defence. Abhishek Singh after returning from injury hasn't looked good and this would be the right time for him also to get back his confidence. Beniwal who was retained from season 8 should be used wisely.

Dabang Delhi KC's plan would be similar to that of Telugu Titans as Vishal Bharadwaj in the right corner has been making unsuccessful tackles consistently and under pressure is not performing well. Both Naveen “Express” and Ashu Malik should target the corners and get as many points as possible and negate the threat of the cover duo.

Did you know

Ashu Malik is nine points away from reaching the 200 points (raiding+defence) mark in the Pro Kabaddi League. 

Broadcast - PKL 9

Time - 08:30 PM

Streaming - Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar