PKL 9: Pardeep Narwal's UP Yoddhas to face Patna Pirates

All eyes will be on 'Record Breaker'.

The Patna Pirates have been extremely unpredictable. They only woke up after losing the first five games of the PKL season 9. The Pirates staged a spectacular comeback in the middle of the season to lift their fans' spirits. However, teams such as the Telegu Titans have recently made them work hard.

UP on the other hand find themselves in a comparatively good position in the table and they would hope to win the game and make their case stronger to seal the spot for the playoffs.

Team News

Patna Pirates

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

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

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

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

The Pirates and U.P. Yoddhas have met in 12 Pro Kabaddi matches. Patna Pirates have won 7 of the 12 games played, while U.P. Yoddhas have won four.

Players to watch

For UP Yoddhas’ Pardeep Narwal is back in form and has just surpassed 1500 raid points landmark so all eyes will be on him as to how he performs against his previous franchise. He couldn’t do help UP win match against the Pirates earlier this season, so he would be itching to get back to the mat against Patna.

As for the Pirates watch out for Monu as he has troubled Pradeep in the past in defence. With Mohammadreza Shadloui back to his best he and Monu can really keep Pradeep silent during the game.

Key to success

UP has had a slight defence issue in their most recent games, but Pardeep Narwal’s return to form has somewhat made up for it. So if Yoddhas defence has a good day on the mat it’d be their game to lose.

The Pirates will expect Sachin Tanwar to coordinate with Rohit Gulia to get raid points for their team as Patna has been the best team when it comes to do and die raids. Left corner Mohammedreza and right corner Sunil will make life difficult for UP raiders.

Did you know

Pardeep Narwal was part of the Bengaluru Bulls squad before joining the Pirates.

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Time – 09:30 PM

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