PKL 9: Jaipur Pink Panthers will clash with table-topper Puneri Paltan

Arjun Deshwal will look to go on top of the raiding chart.

Puneri Paltan won a close battle against Bengaluru Bulls in the last encounter(35-33). The western side was leading by more than ten points after the end of the first half but let Bengaluru Bulls take complete control of the match at the fag end of the match. At one point Bulls scored ten successive points and got back into the game.

Jaipur Pink Panthers are having an excellent PKL season 9 winning the last encounter against UP Yoddhas (40-29). The defensive trio of Sunil Kumar, Ankush, and Sahul have been the pillars of Jaipur’s success this season with all three scoring tackle points constantly.

Team News

Puneri Paltan

Raiders: Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Pankaj Mohite, Akash Shinde, Shubham Shelke, Aditya Shinde

All-Rounders: Mohammad Nabibakhsh, Balasaheb Jadhav, Govind Gurjar

Defenders: Sanket Sawant, Fazel Atrachali, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sombir, D Mahindra Prasad, Badal Singh, Alankar Patil, Rakesh Ram

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Raiders: Ajith V Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Devank, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Panwar, Navneet, Bhavani Rajput

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Deepak, Woosan KO, Lucky Sharma, Reza Mirbagheri, Nitin Chandel

All-Rounder: Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade

Head to Head

Puneri Paltan and Jaipur Pink Panthers have faced each other 19 times at the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, Jaipur has won ten matches whereas Puneri Paltan has come out victorious on seven occasions with two matches ending in a tie.

Player to watch

Ankush shall be the player to watch out for and will be up against high-quality raiders like Mohit Goyat and Akash Shinde. Ankush currently leads the tackle points chart with this being his debut PKL season and has sunk in all the pressure situations to date. If he performs well against the tournament favourites then Jaipur will have a great chance of winning the match.

Fazel “Sulthan” Athrachali will be up against the most consistent raider from season 9 Arjun Deshwal. Arjun has been the lone warrior for Jaipur Pink Panthers in the raiding department and keeping him out of the match constantly will help Puneri Paltan hold the upper hand.  

Key to Success

Puneri Paltan has a complete package with two raiders ( Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat) also performing the role of defenders at crucial junctures. Puneri Paltan for a win shall keep Arjun Deshwal quiet with Rahul Chaudhari and Ajit Kumar, not in good form.

Jaipur Pink Panthers unit has got three quality defenders from India and one from Iran who has been good at the cover position. Jaipur needs to put a break to either of the two raiders with Aslam being the more mature out of the three. 

Did you know

Akash Shinde the raider from Puneri Paltan is just eight points short of reaching the 100 points mark in the Pro Kabaddi League.

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