PKL 2019, Day 43 highlights: Haryana Steelers thrash Dabang Delhi 47-25

Maninder Singh's impressive two-point raid in the final minutes of the match helped home team Bengal Warriors play a draw 25-25 with the Gujarat Fortunegiants in the first match on Day 43

7:34 PM

A bonus point for GB More; 3-2

7:34 PM

Prapanjan earns a bonus point; 3-1

7:33 PM

Sachin scores a touch point. 2-1

7:33 PM

Maninder Singh starts with a touch and bonus point; 2-0

7:31 PM

Bengal Warriors to raid first

7:31 PM

Gujarat Fortunegiants Win The Toss & Select The Choice Of Court

7:30 PM

Mansi Joshi to sing national anthem to kick start Kolkata leg of PKL 2019

7:26 PM

Both the teams arrive at the mat, match to begin in five minutes

7:22 PM

Bengal vs Gujarat: Here are the starting seven of both the teams

Bengal Warriors	Vs.	Gujarat Fortunegiants
Baldev Singh	Right Corner	Ankit
K Prapanjan	Right In	More GB
Mayur Shivtarkar	Right Cover	Sunil Kumar ©
Maninder Singh ©	Center	Sonu
Jeeva Kumar	Left Cover	Parvesh Bhainswal
Mohammad Nabibakhsh	Left In	Sachin
Rinku Narwal	Left Corner	Sumit

 

7:04 PM

Sunil & Parvesh Firing Guarantees A Win For Gujarat

• When these defenders both contribute, Gujarat are yet to lose a game this season. This was seen in their last match as well, when they beat Bengaluru Bulls despite being in a poor run of form before that game. 

o In the 5 matches where both Sunil and Parvesh have scored at least 2 tackle points each, Gujarat have won 4 and lost just once. That lone loss was a narrow defeat to Bengal Warriors in the final raid of the match.

o But in the other two scenarios where either one defender has done well or both have failed, Gujarat have won just once in 7 matches.

Sunil Kumar & Parvesh Bhainswal - PKL 7
Performance	No. of Matches	Wins	Losses
One of them scoring 2 or more tackle points	5	1	4
Both scoring 2 or more tackle points	5	4	1
Both scoring less than 2 tackle points	2	0	2

 

6:56 PM

Sunil & Parvesh Firing Guarantees A Win For Gujarat

• Gujarat’s brilliant cover combination of Sunil Kumar and Parvesh Bhainswal continue to lead the way for Gujarat in defence.

• Both defenders continue to have almost identical stats in every category. 

Gujarat Fortunegiants Cover Combination – PKL 7
Defender	Mts.	Tackle Points	HIGH 5s	Avg. Tackle Pts.	Tackle SR
Sunil Kumar	12	32	3	2.7	59
Parvesh Bhainswal	12	30	2	2.5	57

 

6:34 PM

Bengal Warriors Raiding Trio's performance in PKL 2019

Bengal Warriors Raiding Trio – PKL 2019
Raider	Touch Points	Bonus Points	Touch Point %
Maninder Singh	79	16	83%
K. Prapanjan	62	16	79%
Mohammad Nabibakhsh	45	5	90%

 

6:17 PM

B’ FOR BENGAL, ‘B’ FOR BALANCE

 

• If there is one thing that has stood out about the Bengal Warriors raid unit, it is their balance. Throughout this season, at no point of time, has the team been overly reliant on any one raider.

o Both Maninder and Prapanjan have taken at least 150 raids while Mohammad Nabibakhsh has also gone in for 123 raids.

o Bengal Warriors are the only team to have 3 raiders with at least 50 raid points so far this season.

o All of them have a good raid SR as well with Maninder and Prapanjan above 50 while Nabibakhsh due to his targeted use in certain situations is slightly lower.

Bengal Warriors Raiding Trio – PKL 7
Raider	Mts.	Raids	Raid Points	Super 10s	Avg. Raid Pts.	Raid SR
Maninder Singh	12	176	95	4	7.9	54
K. Prapanjan	12	150	78	3	6.5	52
Mohammad Nabibakhsh	12	123	50	1	4.2	41

 

6:08 PM

Warriors’ MNP Raiding Trio Takes On Resurgent Gujarat Defence

• Averaging 19.4 raid points per game, Bengal Warriors are the 3rd best raiding team in PKL 7.
• They also have the 2nd best raid SR among all teams at 47.
• However, Gujarat have been good in their defence and have the best tackle SR among all teams in PKL 7. 

Highest Avg. Raid Points – PKL 7				Highest Tackle SR – PKL 7
Team	Avg. Raid Points	Raid SR		Team	Tackle SR
Dabang Delhi	19.9	49		Gujarat Fortunegiants	52
Bengaluru Bulls	19.6	46		Jaipur Pink Panthers	49
Bengal Warriors	19.4	47		Telugu Titans	48

 

5:58 PM

Gujarat Fortunegiants performance in pro kabaddi 2019 so far

5 Wins, 7 Losses, 0 Ties

Last Match: Beat Bengal Warriors 32 – 23

2 wins in their last 5 matches