PKL 9: UP Yoddhas look to bounce back against Haryana Steelers

Pardeep Narwal was abysmal against Jaipur Pink Panthers for his side.

Haryana Steelers will be up against UP Yoddhas in match 61 of the Pro Kabaddi League PKL season 9. The Steelers haven't been at their best this season. They have 2 of their last 3 games and tied 1 but are still 7th on the points table. The Yoddhas meanwhile lost their last game against Puneri Paltan on Friday by 40-31. They would look to bounce back on Saturday.

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

UP Yoddhas

Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Surender Gill, Nitin Tomar, Anil Kumar, Mahipal, Rohit Tomar, Aman, Durgesh Kumar, Rathan K, Gulveer Singh.

All-Rounders: Gurdeep, Nehal Desai, Nitin Panwar

Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Shubham Kumar, Abozar Mohajermighani, Babu M, Jaideep

Head to head

Haryana Steelers and U.P. Yoddha have faced each other in 6 matches in Pro Kabaddi. Out of these 6 games, Haryana Steelers have won 3 whereas U.P. Yoddhas have come out victorious on 2 occasions. 1 game ended in a tie.

Players to watch

For the Steelers Meetu Singh has stepped up when Manjeet has been off colour. He is amongst the top 10 raiders in the tournament currently. The Steelers would hope that he can continue to get raid points consistently. But he would need support. For Yoddhas Ashu has been terrific in defence. If Ashu does well in defence expect the UP based franchise to dominate the game.

Key to success

Steelers need their raiders and support raiders to have a good day while if their defence has a good day they can be assured that they can control the Yoddhas. Yoddhas lack a 3rd raider and despite Pardeep Narwal returning to form and Surinder's fine touch, UP struggles to revive them once they are out. Steelers therefore would hope to keep both these raiders out of the court for as long as possible.

Did you know

Pardeep Narwal was the first player to reach 1000 raid points in the history of PKL.

Broadcast – PKL 9

Time: 09:30 PM

Streaming: Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar