Pro Kabaddi 2019: Raider Pawan Sehrawat to feature in today's match

With 308 points in 22 matches, Pawan Sehrawat is sitting at the top of PKL 2019 raiders' leaderboard; Pardeep Narwal, top raider in PKL history, has scored 302 raid points in 22 matches

The Pro Kabaddi 2019 playoffs will start from today, with UP Yoddha taking on Bengaluru Bulls in Eliminator 1 at Eka Arena TranStadia, Ahmedabad. Later, Eliminator 2 will be played between Haryana Steelers and U Mumba at the same venue.

Pawan Sehrawat, continuing his good form from last season, has been the top raider this season. Having already scored 308 points in 22 matches and sitting at the top of PKL 2019 raiders’ leaderboard, Pawan Sehrawat will feature in today’s match. He is sure to end the season at the top, as Pardeep Narwal, top raider in PKL history across seasons and second only to Sehrawat in this season with 302 points in 22 matches, is not going to participate in the playoffs. Naveen Kumar, who represented Dabang Delhi this season, is placed third on the raiders’ standing, with 268 points in 21 matches.

 
Here are top five raiders of PKL 2019:

Rank	Name	Team	Matches played	Raid points
1	Pawan Sehrawat	Bengaluru Bulls	22	308
2	Pardeep Narwal	Patna Pirates	22	302
3	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	21	268
4	Siddharth Desai	Telugu Titans	22	217
5	maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	20	205

 
Eliminator 1: UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls

Match timings: 7:30 pm IST

Ability to make comebacks, courtesy of Pawan Sehrawat’s brilliance

Among teams that are contesting in the playoffs, Bengaluru Bulls have trailed the most number of times during the half-time (7) but managed to stage comebacks and win thrice this season.
 

Teams trailing by 3+ pts at half-time and winning the match - PKL 7
Team	Lag Matches	Won	Comeback Win%
Bengaluru Bulls	7	3	43%
Dabang Delhi	5	2	40%
Bengal Warriors	3	1	33%

Pawan Sehrawat has been one of the best finishers in the game. He, with Pardeep Narwal, has the joint-best raid strike rate in the final 10 minutes of the match. Pawan and Pardeep are the only two raiders to score a century of raid points in the final 10 minutes.

Best Raid SR in 31-40 Min. – PKL 7			Most Raid Pts. in 31-40 Min. – PKL 7
Raider	Raid SR		Raider	Raid Pts.
Pardeep Narwal	78		Pawan Sehrawat	103
Pawan Sehrawat	77		Pardeep Narwal	102
Siddharth Desai	68		Naveen Kumar	74

 

Eliminator 2: Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba

Match timings: 8:30 pm IST

Key raiders: Abhishek Singh, Arjun Deshwal (U Mumba)

Key defenders: Fazel Atrachali and Sandeep Narwal (U Mumba)

Dynamic duo of Fazel Atrachali and Sandeep Narwal

Fazel Atrachali is having one of the best PKL seasons of his career. Fazel has scored 78 tackle points till now this season and it is the best by any defender. Along with Fazel, Sandeep Narwal also has been a standout defender. He has given U Mumba a potent corner combination. 

Top Corner Combinations – PKL 7
Most Tackle Points – PKL 7			Highest Tackle Pt. Avg. – PKL 7
Corner Combo	Tackle Pts.		Corner Combo	Avg. Tackle Pts.
Sumit - Nitesh Kumar	142		Sumit - Nitesh Kumar	6.5
Fazel Atrachali - Sandeep Narwal	129		Fazel Atrachali - Sandeep Narwal	5.9
Baldev Singh - Rinku Narwal	120		Baldev Singh - Rinku Narwal	5.5

 

Fazel has the most tackle points from block this season with Sandeep having the 3rd best tackle points in this skill.
 

Most Tackle Points From Blocks - PKL 7
Defender	Tackle Points
Fazel Atrachali	26
Surjeet Singh	25
Neeraj Kumar	25
Sandeep Narwal	24