PKL 9: In form Jaipur Pink Panthers and Bengal Warriors to face each other

Both teams are showing great form this season.

Bengal Warriors and Jaipur Pink Panthers both are coming off a victory against Patna Pirates and Gujarat Giants respectively. It will be the top of a table clash with the winners moving closer to the number one position.

Bengal Warriors after a loss in the opening game won three matches on the trot with the brilliance of Maninder Singh ably supported by secondary raiders. Bengal won the last match against Patna Pirates by a 26-score margin (52-26).

Jaipur Pink Panthers in a similar way got off to a poor start but came back stronger winning the next three matches and occupying the third spot. Jaipur won the low-scoring encounter (25-18) against Gujarat Giants.

Team News

Bengal Warriors

Raiders:

Maninder Singh, 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

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Raiders:

Ajith Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Devank, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Panwar, Navneet, Bhavani Rajput

All-Rounder:

Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade 

Defenders:

Sunil Kumar, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Deepak, Woosan KO, Lucky Sharma, Reza Mirbagheri, Nitin Chandel

Head to Head

Bengal Warriors and Jaipur Pink Panthers have faced each other in 14 matches in Pro Kabaddi League out of which Bengal Warriors have won 10 whereas Jaipur Pink Panthers have come out victorious on 4 occasions. Bengal Warriors have won both matches against Jaipur in PKL 8.

Player to watch

Girish Maruthi Ernak has scored 17 tackle points in the opening four matches. In all the games Ernak scored heavily in the first half but is not able to replicate the same performance in the second half. In the opening game, Ernak scored a high 5 in the first half itself but lost the plot going into the second half with many unsuccessful tackles.

Rahul Chaudhari in the last game scored the highest raid points (5) against Gujarat Giants with the presence of Arjun Deshwal and Ajith Kumar. In the opening matches, Rahul did not come good but his experience in the last match made him a successful raider. 

Key to Success

Shubham Shinde, Vaibhav Garje, and Girish Ernak have formed a good defence set-up in the Bengal Warriors setup. Girish Ernak is the most experienced defender who has more than 300 tackle points but needs to show consistency throughout the match rather than performing in patches.

Sunil Kumar one of the most experienced defenders in the history of PKL has handled the defensive setup of Jaipur pretty well but has given their best. The raiding trio of Rahul, Arjun Deshwal, and Ajith can be lethal if they start performing well simultaneously.

Did you know

Girish Maruthi Ernak has scored 325 tackle points along with scoring ten points in raiding. Overall the experienced defender has 335 overall points in the history of PKL.

Broadcast

Time - 07:30 PM

Streaming - Star Sports / Disney + Hotstar