Pro Kabaddi 2019 preview: Rahul, Ajay need to perform to lift Thalaivas

Head to head, Bengal Warriors have an advantage as they won 5 out of the 6 matches played between the two teams so far in Pro Kabaddi history

In Match 64 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Bengal Warriors will take on Tamil Thalaivas at the Thayagraj Sports Complex in New Delhi on Thursday. Both the teams will come into the match with losses in their previous PKL matches. However, Bengal Warriors suffered a rare defeat in their previous match after they won three and tied two matches in their last six PKL encounters against various teams.
 
Check Pro kabaddi 2019 team standings here

Tamil Thalaivas don't seem to know how to get the best out of Ajay Thakur and Rahul Chaudhari

In Pro Kabaddi 2019, Tamil Thalaivas’ team management has been erring in the use of their star raiders—Rahul Chaudhari and Ajay Thakur Going by recent form, in the last two seasons, Ajay Thakur has clearly been the superior raider to Rahul Chaudhari. In almost every statistical category, Ajay has been better than Rahul, scoring more than 70 raid points more than Rahul despite only playing one extra match than him. Ajay has 19 Super 10s as compared to Rahul’s 12 and he has a raid strike rate greater than 50 against Rahul’s 45.
 

Ajay vs Rahul – Since PKL 5 (Excluding this season)
Raider	Matches	Raid Points	Super 10s	Avg. Raid Pts.	Raid SR
Rahul Chaudhari	43	343	12	8.0	45
Ajay Thakur	44	416	19	9.5	52

 

Yet Tamil Thalaivas have used Rahul more than Ajay Thakur in PKL 2019. Both the raiders have played all the 10 matches, but Rahul has gone for 23 raids more than his captain. Not only is Ajay taking fewer raids, a majority of them are Empty Raids (47%) which means he is reducing his chances of scoring even further.

Tamil Thalaivas Raid Unit - PKL 2019
Raider	Raids	% of Raid Pts.	Empty Raid %	Failed Raid %
Rahul Chaudhari	151	42%	40%	25%
Ajay Thakur	128	28%	47%	27%

 

Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas head to head
 
Head to head, Bengal Warriors have an advantage as they won five out of six matches played between the two teams so far in Pro Kabaddi history.

Match No.	Bengal Warriors	Tamil Thalaivas	Result
PKL 6, Match 126	27	24	Bengal Warriors won by 3 points
PKL 6, Match 112	28	21	Bengal Warriors won by 7 points
PKL 6, Match 10	36	27	Bengal Warriors won by 9 points
PKL 5, Match 123	34	30	Bengal Warriors won by 4 points
PKL 5, Match 92	32	33	Tamil Thalaivas won by 1 point
PKL 5, Match 60	29	25	Bengal Warriors won by 4 points

 

Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thaliavas live streaming details
 
Date and Day: August 29, 2019, Thursday.
 
Venue: Thayagraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
 
Time: 7:30 pm IST
 
The Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas will broadcast live on Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 2 with English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi HD and Star Sports 1 Hindi with Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of Bengal vs Chennai match will be available on Hotstar in various languages.