Pro Kabaddi: Can PKL 2019's top defensive unit stop Pardeep Narwal today?

In pro Kabaddi 2019, Jaipur's defence has emerged as one of the best defensive units. The team averages 11.1 tackle points per match and is the 2nd best

In Match 87 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Patna Pirates, led by Pardeep Narwal, will lock horns with Jaipur Pink Panthers at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Thursday. Pardeep Narwal will be playing his 100^th match today, however, the prime concern for Patna Pirates' coach would be if support raiders can revive him quickly. No other raider, barring Pardeep, has been able to make any impression as the three-time champions are placed at the bottom of PKL 2019 points table.

 
Pardeep in prime form, but can his team revive him quickly enough?
 
In the last 6 matches, Pardeep Narwal averaged close to 15 raid points per game and in the previous match against Tamil Thalaivas he had his best performance of the season scoring 26 raid points.  He has 5 Super 10s in the last 6 games and even in the one game where he didn’t, he finished with 9 raid points.

Check Pro Kabaddi points table and schedule here
 

Pardeep Narwal – Last six Matches (Most recent first)
Opponent	Raid Points	Failed Raids	Time Off-Court
Vs Tamil Thalaivas	26	2	07:12
Vs UP Yoddha	14	5	16:15
Vs Bengaluru Bulls	14	7	20:49
Vs Dabang Delhi	18	4	09:43
Vs Gujarat Fortunegiants	9	5	14:39
Vs Bengal Warriors	12	4	16:10

 

Despite Pardeep’s brilliant performance Patna won just one of the previous 6 matches, their last match against a hapless Tamil Thalaivas team. Even in that match, when Pardeep was tackled twice, the team took more than 7 minutes to revive him.  The second best raider in the team is averaging a measly 2.0 raid points per game and none of the other raiders, who made at least 50 raids, has a raid strike rate above 30.

Patna Pirates Raiders - PKL 2019
Raider	Mts	Raids	Raid Points	Avg. Raid Pts.	Raid SR
Pardeep Narwal	14	274	158	11.3	58
Mohammad Esmaeil	14	103	28	2.0	27
Jang Kun Lee	8	56	17	2.1	30
Monu	14	54	9	0.9	17

 

Will Jaipur miss Amit Hooda’s services against Patna Pirates?
 
Jaipur without the presence of Amit Hooda haven’t had much problems in their defence. In fact, they average better in terms of tackle points without him. However, they concede three raid points extra on an average without Amit Hooda this season. They will be facing Patna, who have one of the best raiders in Pardeep Narwal.

Jaipur Pink Panthers Defence - PKL 2019
With Amit Hooda	Vs.	Without Amit Hooda
10.6	Avg. Tackle Pts	12.3
48	Tackle SR	52
15.6	Avg. Raid Pts Conc.	18.8

 

When these two teams met earlier this season, Jaipur’s defence was spot on with their tackles registering 17 tackle points, their highest in PKL 7. Both Sandeep Dhull (8 tackle pts) and Amit Hooda (5) scored HIGH 5s in the match.

Amit Hooda vs Patna - PKL 2019
Tackles	5
Tackle Pts	5
Tackle SR	100

 

Jaipur - Most Tackle Pts in a match - PKL 2019
Opposition	Tackle Pts
vs Patna, Match 23	17
vs Haryana, Match 18	14
vs Hyderabad, Match 57	14

 

Jaipur defence one of the Best in PKL 2019

Jaipur’s defensive unit is one of the best this season. The team averages 11.1 tackle points per match and it is the second best this season. The team also has a tackle strike rate of 49, which is joint second best in the league.
 

Highest Avg. Tackle Points - PKL 2019			Highest Tackle SR - PKL 2019
Team	Avg. Tackle Points		Team	Tackle SR
Puneri Paltan	11.2		Gujarat Fortunegiants	50
Jaipur Pink Panthers	11.1		Jaipur Pink Panthers	49
UP Yoddha	10.6		U Mumba	48

 

Jaipur’s defensive unit is a team to be reckoned with in Super Tackles. Jaipur has made 19 Super Tackles this season, the third highest by any team. Four players in the team have made three or more super tackles this season.

Most Super Tackles – PKL 7				Best Super tackle Success % - PKL 7
Team	Super Tackle			Team	Super tackle success %
Bengaluru Bulls	22			Bengaluru Bulls	42%
Patna Pirates	20			Telugu Titans	36%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	19			Jaipur Pink Panthers	35%