PKL 9: Bengaluru Bulls to face Telugu Titans in second match of season

Season 6 champions will look to win the title for the second time.

Day 1 of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 9 promises to be an exciting one as Bengaluru Bulls will take on Telugu Titans in match 2 of the day. It's going to be a game of two defenses as the likes of Mahendra Singh, Mayur Kadam, Surjeet Singh and Ravinder Pahal will be in action. Titans didn't have the best of seasons last time around so they would be hoping for a big turnaround under the leadership of Ravinder Singh in the new season while the Bulls will be without Pawan Sehrawat who has moved to Tamil Thailavas. The season 6 champions will have high hopes for Vikas Kandola who is expected to perform the same role as Pawan had done in previous seasons.

Squad

Bengaluru Bulls

The Bulls will hope that Kandola and Bharat fire in the raiding department while the likes of Saurabh Nandal and Mahendra Singh will have the responsibility to stop the opposing raiders.

Predicted starting seven of Bengaluru Bulls

Raiders: Vikas Kandola, Bharat

All-rounders: GB More

Defenders: Mahendra Singh, Saurabh Nandal, Mayur Kadam, Aman

Telugu Titans

The Titans have experience both in their raiding department as well as in their defense. While Ravinder Pahal, Surjeet Singh and Vishal Bharadwaj will guard the team's defense, the likes of Rajneesh, Monu Goyat and Ankit Beniwal will have the onus in the raiding department.

Predicted starting seven of Telugu Titans

Raiders: Abhishek Singh, Rajneesh, Ankit Beniwal

Defenders: Ravinder Pahal, Surjeet Singh, Vishal Bharadwaj, Parvesh Bhainswal

Head-to-head record

Both the sides have faced each other 19 times in PKL. The Bengaluru Bulls have won 13 games while the Titans have won just 3 games. 4 games have ended in a tie.

Players to watch out for

For the Bengaluru Bulls it will be Vikas Kandola who would be expected to lead the raiding department while for the Titans all eyes will be on Abhishek Singh who had a fantastic season with U Mumba earlier this year in season 8.

Key players to watch:

For Bulls to win the match, it's important for Kandola to fire all cylinders while if the Titans defense plays to its potential then it's certain that their raiders will win the game for the team as they have more variety in their raiding department than their opponents.

Telecast

Catch all the live action between the two teams on Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar from 8:30 PM on October 7.