PKL 9: Bengaluru Bulls to lock horns with Puneri Paltan

Published at :October 8, 2022 at 11:43 PM

Modified at :October 9, 2022 at 12:16 PM

Season 6 champions will be eying their second win of the season.

Puneri Paltan will face Bengaluru Bulls in the final game on Sunday. This will be Puneri's second PKL 2022 match. Puneri Paltan tied their first game against Patna Pirates on Saturday. While Puneri's opponents, the Bengaluru Bulls, will be looking for their second win of the season. They defeated the Telugu Titans by a score of 34-29 at the Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. Neeraj Narwal was the standout performer for them as he scored 7 raid points.

Team News

Puneri Paltan Squad

Raiders: Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Pankaj Mohite, Akash Shinde, Shubham Shelke, Aditya Shinde

Defenders: Sanket Sawant, Fazel Atrachali (overseas player), Abinesh Nadarajan, Sombir, D Mahindra Prasad, Badal Singh, Alankar Patil, Rakesh Ram, Harsh Lad

All-Rounders: Mohammad Nabibakhsh (overseas player), Balasaheb Jadhav, Govind Gurjar

Bengaluru Bulls Squad

Raiders

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

Defenders

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

All-Rounders

Sachin Narwal, Rahul Khatik

Head to head

Bengaluru Bulls and Puneri Paltan have met in 14 Pro Kabaddi matches. Bengaluru Bulls have won six of these 14 games, while Puneri Paltan have won eight.

Player to watch out for

Vikas Khandola didn't have the best of starts for the Bulls but he would hope to get better results in game 2. On the other hand for Paltan, Mohit Goyat would be under the spotlight.

Key to success

For Bulls to win the game their defense will have to stop the likes of Mohit Goyat and Aslam Inamdar. Paltan's defense in the absence of Fazel played well in the first game so they'd hope to continue the same momentum in game 2.

Did you know

Fazel Atrachali is one of the few overseas players to feature in all 9 seasons of PKL.

Broadcast

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