PKL 9 Ratings: Pankaj Mohite's brilliance against Tamil Thalaivas helped Puneri Paltan reach finals

Iranian Nabibaksh provided a great support to the raider.

Puneri Paltan beat Tamil Thalaivas in a close finish and qualify for the first time into the finals. Both Puneri Paltan and Tamil Thalaivas put in a good effort but the experience, in the end, helped Pune get through. The finals will be between the top 2 teams in the league standings.

Puneri Paltan

Pankaj Mohite - 9

Pankaj Mohite stood out as the teams' primary raider in the absence of Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat scoring a super 10. His raid points in the super tackle situation at the last was the turning point of the match.

Akash Shinde - 4

Akash had an off game today as he could score only four points in 16 raids along with one unsuccessful tackle.

Nabibaksh - 7

The Iranian scored the most points for Puneri Paltan after Pankaj Mohite for Puneri Paltan and scored crucial points proving his experience

Gaurav Khatri- 7

The right corner defender of Puneri Paltan was put in the playing 7 ahead of Sombir and performed to his best scoring four tackle points along with a super tackle.

Fazel Atrachali - 5

The Puneri Paltan captain did not have much work to do scoring two tackle points along with three unsuccessful tackles. He initiated the last raid and made sure no points were conceded towards the end.

Sanket Sawant - 4

Sanket was involved in four unsuccessful tackles and scored two tackle points.

Abhinesh Nadarajan- 2

The cover defender had a silent game scoring a solitary point.

Tamil Thalaivas 

Narender Kandola - 8

The season’s debutant notched up his 15th super 10 of the season but wasn't enough in the end to win the match. Narender got tackled in crucial situations which cost Tamil Thalaivas the match.

Ajinkya Pawar - 5

The captain had an average game against Puneri Paltan scoring seven raid points in 17 raids along with an unsuccessful tackle.

Himanshu - 3

The all-rounder could score only one point in the entire match. Also, he put in four unsuccessful tackles hurting the team further in defence.

Sahil Gulia - 6

Sahil Gulia the left-corner defender scored three tackle points along with four unsuccessful tackles.

Arpit Saroha - 6

The right corner played his part scoring two tackle points in a super tackle situation. Apart from that, he wasn't involved much in other tackles.

Abhishek - 4

Abhishek scored a solitary tackle point and was involved in two unsuccessful tackles. 

Mohit - 4

The star of the previous match had an off game scoring two tackle points along with three unsuccessful tackles.