PKL 9: Puneri Paltan, UP Yoddhas will lock horns in their last league match

Both the teams have qualifies for the playoffs.

UP Yoddhas lost the last encounter to Tamil Thalaivas resting a few crucial players to test their bench strength. The side will again look to give youngsters the chance to perform against the experienced Puneri Paltan side. Durgesh Kumar looked good in raiding scoring seven points.

Puneri Paltan has booked the top two spots and like UP Yoddhas will look to test their bench strength. Captain Fazel Athrachali will most probably not play the final league game with Mahindra Prasad likely to take over his place.

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

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, Sandeep Narwal.

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

Head to Head

UP Yoddhas and Puneri Paltan have faced each other nine times in the Pro Kabaddi League out of which, UP Yoddhas have won five matches and Puneri Paltan has come out victorious on four occasions.

Player to watch

Puneri Paltan is known for producing young talents and we might get to see coach BC Ramesh playing with his B team. There are many players on the bench who haven't played so far and this will be a good opportunity for them to showcase their talents ahead of the next Pro Kabaddi League season.

In the last match against Tamil Thalaivas, Durgesh Kumar and Anil Kumar took over the raiding department ahead of Nitin Tomar who after starting the playing 7 got substituted. Both the raiders looked good in attack and will get one more opportunity. They can even be used as substitutes in crucial situations in the playoffs. 

Key to Success

With both teams having nothing to lose the prime aim will be to give enough rest to the main players and test the bench. Both the teams have qualified with Puneri Paltan taking on Jaipur in qualifier 1 and UP Yoddhas likely to face Tamil Thalaivas in the eliminator. So the teams' primary focus will be on the playoff matches.

Did you know

Mohammad Nabibakhsh from Puneri Paltan is two points away from getting to the 200 raid points mark in the Pro Kabaddi League.

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