PKL 9: Bengaluru Bulls to play Bengal Warriors in Match 14

The team coached by Randhir Singh has two wins from two games.

Both Bengaluru Bulls and Bengal Warriors are entering into this contest winning their previous encounters of PKL 9 and will look to capitalize on the momentum. Bengaluru Bulls have got the perfect start winning their first two encounters while Bengal Warriors have won and lost a match each.

Team News

Bengaluru Bulls

Raiders: Vikash Kandola, More G B, Lala Mohar Yadav, Neeraj Narwal, Harmanjit Singh, Bharat, Nageshor Tharu

All-Rounders: Sachin Narwal, Rahul Khatik

Defenders: Mahender Singh(c), Saurabh Nandal, Mayur Kadam, Sudhakar Krishant, Rohit Kumar, Vinod Naik, Aman, Rajnesh, Yash Hooda

Bengal Warriors

Raiders: Maninder Singh (c), Shrikant Jadhav, Akash Pikalmunde, Suyog Gaikar, R Guhan, Parshant Kumar, Aslam Thambi

All-Rounders: Deepak Hooda, Ashish Sangwan, Vinod Kumar, Ajinkya Kapre, Rohit, Manoj Gowda, Balaji D

Defenders: Girish Maruti Ernak,  Surender Nada, Amit Sheoran, Parveen Satpal, Shubham Shinde, Sakthivel R, Soleiman Pahlevani, Vaibhav Garje

Head to Head

The H2H is even stevens with both the teams winning and losing 9 matches each in 18 encounters. In the last two seasons as well the teams have won and lost two matches each with most matches being close battles.

Player to watch

Deepak Niwas Hooda came back stronger after a poor performance in the first encounter of PKL 9 against Haryana Steelers. He scored 9 raid points and 2 tackle points against Telugu Titans and will be the most relied all-rounder for Bengal Warriors.

Bharat has taken the responsibilities in the raiding department in both their wins and has been very instrumental when Vikash Kandola is off the pitch taking crucial points when needed.

Key to Success

Bengal Warrior's defence needs to be consistent with the experienced Girish Ernak taking the responsibility of holding the defence line. Girish has scored 9 tackle points in 2 matches but the unsuccessful rate has been on the higher side allowing opponents to get through easily. With Deepak Hooda helping the defence the team should look to be more consistent.

Bengaluru Bulls have looked solid in both the raiding and defence. Neeraj Narwal has helped the side get crucial points in raiding and will play a crucial part as a tertiary raider. In the defence, Mayur Manoj looks colour and if he comes good then the team can take give a good fight.

In their last encounter against Puneri Paltans, they lost the plot in the 2nd half losing points continuously so going further should look to hold the game if they are in a commendable position rather than leaking points.

Did you know

Shrikanth Jadhav from Bengal Warriors requires 6 more points to cross the 500 raid points mark in Pro Kabaddi League. He will become the third player from Bengal Warriors after Maninder Singh and Deepak Niwas Hooda to achieve this feat.

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