PKL 2018 highlights, Day 25: UP hold Bengal Warriors to a thrilling tie

In today's first match, Gujarat Fortunegiants keep their unbeaten run as they beat Dabang Delhi 45-38.

9:08 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

 

UP STRIKE FORCE vs MANINDER SINGH

• Maninder Singh and Prashanth Kumar Rai have this season shown themselves to be excellent finishers as their raid strike rate in the final 10 minutes of games is above 60. 
• In order to reduce the influence of Bengal Warriors’ right cover Surjeet Singh, UP chose to use Shrikant Jadhav and Prashanth Kumar Rai, both left-side raiders, more in the match. The battle to watch will be if they choose to continue with the same strategy and how Bengal Warriors will counter it. 

Performance in Last 10 Mins – PKL 6
Prashanth Kumar Rai	IN PKL 6	Maninder Singh
37	Raids	28
21	Successful	16
2	Failed	5
24	Raid Pts.	18
13	Bonus Pts.	6
65	Raid SR	64

 

9:08 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

 

UP STRIKE FORCE vs MANINDER SINGH

• For Bengal Warriors meanwhile much of the raiding burden has fallen on Maninder Singh. 
• This was evident in Bengal Warriors’ previous match against Patna Pirates, where they were without their star raider. In Maninder’s absence the other raiders failed to score enough raid points with Ran Singh, their left corner defender being the best raider with 7 raid points.

• While Jang Kun Lee and Mahesh Goud both average around 5 raid points a game, they cannot be expected to take the lead raider role. 

• In the first meeting between these two teams it was Maninder Singh and Prashanth Kumar Rai who went toe to toe in the last 5 minutes of the match carrying their teams almost single-handedly.  

Top Raiders from 1st meeting	Maninder Singh (KOL)		Prashanth Kumar Rai (UP)
	1st half	2nd half	1st half	2nd half
Raids	8	16	7	12
Successful	2	12	1	10
Failed	3	1	1	2
Raid Points	3	13	1	12
Raid SR	38	81	14	100

 

9:06 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

 

UP STRIKE FORCE vs MANINDER SINGH
 

• For Bengal Warriors meanwhile much of the raiding burden has fallen on Maninder Singh

Maninder Singh - PKL 6
Mts	5
Raid Pts.	49
Super 10s	2
Avg. Raid Pts.	9.8
Raid SR	58

 

9:05 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

UP STRIKE FORCE vs MANINDER SINGH
After doing very well early on, the raiding unit has struggled though in their two home games thus far – they scored only 14 raid points versus Tamil Thalaivas and only 12 raid points against Bengaluru Bulls. These were their two lowest raid point totals of the season. 

• Only Prashanth Kumar Rai has shown decent form and has contributed 7 raid points in each of the two games.  UP will need their raiders to pick up their game in the rest of the home leg.

UP Yoddha Raiders Last 2 Games – PKL 6
Raider Name	Rishank Devadiga	Shrikant Jadhav	Prashanth Kumar Rai
Matches	2	2	2
Raids	8	28	29
Raid Pts.	0	8	14
Avg. Raid Pts.	0.0	4.0	7.0
Raid SR	0	29	48

 

9:04 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

UP STRIKE FORCE vs MANINDER SINGH

• The UP Yoddha raiding trio of Rishank Devadiga, Prashanth Kumar Rai and Shrikant Jadhav has been the centerpiece around which the UP team is constructed. 

• While most expected Rishank to dominate in this trio, it has actually been quite the opposite with Prashanth and Shrikant outshining their captain. Prashanth with 69 raid points currently leads among the three with Shrikant Jadhav just 4 points behind.

• Rishank has in fact recently struggled. 

o He did not play the game against Delhi

o In UP’s first home game on Friday against Tamil Thalaivas, he had 0 raid points from 5 raids and was substituted before the game could get over. 

o On Saturday versus Bengaluru Bulls, UP chose to start with an extra defender in place of Rishank who came on as a substitute and took only 3 raids (2 empty; 1 failed).

UP Yoddha Raiders in PKL 6
Raider Name	Rishank Devadiga	Shrikant Jadhav	Prashanth Kumar Rai
Matches	8	9	9
Raid Pts.	42	65	69
Super 10s	0	3	2
Avg. Raid Pts	5.2	7.2	7.6
Raid SR	44	51	54

 

9:03 PM

PKL 2018, Day 25, Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

HEAD-TO-HEAD (OVERALL)

Matches – 4 | UP Yoddha - 0 | Bengal Warriors – 2 | Tie - 2

• UP Yoddha and Bengal Warriors have played 4 times in PKL with Yoddha yet to win a game against the Warriors. 

• 2 out of 4 matches have ended in a tie including their first meeting of PKL 6 which finished 40-40.  

o Prashanth Kumar Rai (13 raid points) and Maninder Singh (16 raid points) both had Super 10s in this match.

o Rishank Devadiga fell 1 raid point short of a Super 10 while Jang Kun Lee had 7 raid points for Bengal.

o Surjeet Singh scored a High 5 (6 tackle points) and was the best defender in the game.

• This will be the second meeting between these two teams in PKL 6. 

• UP Yoddha PKL 6: 3 wins, 5 losses, 1 tie. Lost last match against Bengaluru Bulls by 6 points. 

o UP have lost both their home games so far.

• Bengal Warriors PKL 6: 3 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie. Lost last match to Patna Pirates by 2 points.

 

8:58 PM

AT FULL TIME: Gujarat Fortunegiants kept their unbeaten record against Dabang Delhi and also their unbeaten 4 match streak as they beat Dabang Delhi (45-38)

8:56 PM

An empty raid from Yogesh Hooda (38-45)

8:56 PM

An empty raid from Rohit Gulia (38-45)

8:55 PM

Vishal makes an empty raid (38-45)

8:55 PM

An empty raid from Rohit Gulia (38-45)

8:54 PM

Pawan Kadian is tackled (38-45)

8:54 PM

Sachin OUT (38-44)

8:53 PM

An empty raid from Vishal (37-44)

8:53 PM

Another empty raid from Rohit Gulia (37-44) with 2 mins to go