PKL 12: Pawan Sehrawat reveals reason behind Tamil Thalaivas' loss against Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants defeated Tamil Thalaivas 37-28 to register their first win in PKL 12.

Gujarat Giants surprised the Tamil Thalaivas with a match-winning performance in match 18 of Pro Kabaddi League Season 12 (PKL 12). Pawan Sehrawat’s side were in the lead during the initial stages of the game, but then the tables turned in favour of the Giants, and there was no looking back from there on.

Gujarat Giants, led by their skipper Mohammadreza Shadloui, clinched their first win and moved up in the points table.

After the game, representatives from both teams addressed the media.

Tamil Thalaivas 

Thoughts ahead of the next game

Tamil Thalaivas skipper Pawan Sehrawat opened up about his thoughts ahead of the next game and said, “The team has really well. I accept it as my own mistake that Arjun and I both need to play smarter. The defence played well.”

“Overall, the team played well. It’s not like the matches are going badly. The matches are going well. It is just that someone is getting stuck in a typical situation, and we will work on that,” he added.

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On Sagar Rathee’s return

Pawan Sehrawat also shared his thoughts on how the team will benefit from the return of star defender Sagar Rathee, who was nursing a long-term injury.

He said, “The team will become strong with Sagar’s arrival if he performs at his best, because in the situation in which Sagar plays, he plays well, so his performance makes the team strong. If any good player helps the team become strong and that is a good thing for the team.”

Gujarat Giants 

Thoughts on his team’s performance

“This win rebuilds our focus, and today our young talents showed that they are good players and they can help us. I think next matches they will have more confidence in playing better than this match also.”

Gameplan against Tamil Thalaivas

Gujarat Giants head coach Jaivir Singh shared his game plan for the Tamil Thalaivas and said, “Today the team performed according to our planning. However, we have noted a few shortcomings, and we will fix them.”

“Today we had already planned that Pawan and Arjun are good raiders in that team, and both of them targeted Shadloui, unlike Puneri Paltan, who avoided him. But when they targeted him, the rest of our defenders played according to our strategy and made many catches on them,” he added.

Thoughts on Jaipur Pink Panthers

Jaivir Singh opened up about his views on the Jaipur Pink Panthers ahead of their next game and said, “Jaipur are also a good team and we have seen their strong points and weak points. Every team plans for the next match by looking at the strengths and weaknesses of their opponent. Accordingly, we will also plan, and Jaipur are also a young team just like us. So obviously you will get to see a good match.”

Captain Mohammadreza Shadloui also added, “Jaipur are a good team and I think we have a better chance in front of them because now our players are really confident after today’s win. He told me that if we win this match, we will win the next match as well. Congratulations to our fans, thank you for supporting us.” 

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