Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengaluru Bulls Key Battles: Bharat vs Ankush and more

All eyes will be on Arjun Deshwal and Bharat Hooda.

Bengaluru Bulls the season 6 champions will be up against league toppers Jaipur Pink Panthers for a place in the finals. Bengaluru Bulls won their first playoffs match quite comprehensively against Dabang Delhi KC and will be high on confidence. Jaipur Pink Panthers look like a settled unit with the raiding department being their weakest link. Ajith Kumar has shown good form in the last couple of matches and needs to replicate the same in the semifinals.

Arjun Deshwal vs Aman

Aman has scored 15 tackle points in the last five encounters (two high 5s in particular) and the number of unsuccessful tackles has also been low compared to his previous games. The left corner will be up against Arjun Deshwal who is close to getting to the 300 raid points mark. Aman at times becomes quite aggressive which Arjun can make use of. Also, Aman can drag the raider deep with Ponpartiban coming in for the dash from the cover region.

Bharat vs Ankush

Bharat will be up against Ankush who currently has the second most tackle points behind Chiyaneh from Patna Pirates. Also, this being his maiden season and only three points behind Chiyaneh, Ankush will be under pressure comparatively. If Bharat can make use of this and evade Ankush then it will become difficult for the defender to make a comeback which can affect the whole defensive setup.

Vikash Kandola vs Sunil Kumar

Vikash Kandola answered many critics with his performance in the last encounter against Dabang Delhi KC. His performance completely tilted the momentum in Bengaluru Bulls' favour in the first half. Vikash will be up against the captain of the Jaipur Pink Panthers side Sunil Kumar from the left-cover region. Sunil has been an excellent captain controlling his troops throughout the league. 

Sunil Kumar needs to make use of chain tackle which Dabng Delhi KC failed making it easy for the raider to escape.