PKL 2019, Day 53 highlights: Bengal Warriors crush Haryana Steelers 48-36
The Bengal Warriors vs Haryana Steelers match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.
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File photo: Haryana Steelers players tackle a raider.
7:01 PM
Impact of Vikas Kandola's SUPER 10
• He has scored 7 Super 10s this season and his team has made sure to convert his Super 10s into victory each time. He is the only raider with a 100% conversion rate when it comes to Super 10s translating into victories for the team this season.
| Impact of scoring a SUPER 10 - PKL 7 (*Raiders with more than 5 SUPER 10s) | |||||
| Raiders | Super 10s | Won | Lost | Tied | Win% |
| Vikas Kandola | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Naveen Kumar | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 80% |
| Pawan Sehrawat | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70% |
| Maninder Singh | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67% |
| Pardeep Narwal | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40% |
6:57 PM
Vikas Kandola Highly Impactful For Haryana
• Vikas Kandola is one of only 8 raiders this season to have touched the 100-raid-point mark.
• Despite him being 6th in the list of leading raid point scorers (116 raid points), he has managed to reach that milestone in fewer matches as he missed Haryana’s initial matches due to injury.
• He has the 4th best raid point average this season behind Pawan Sehrawat, Naveen Kumar and Pardeep Narwal.
| Highest Raid Point Average - PKL 7 | |
| Raider | Raid Point Avg. |
| Pawan Sehrawat | 12.9 |
| Naveen Kumar | 12.3 |
| Pardeep Narwal | 11.9 |
| Vikas Kandola | 9.7 |
6:55 PM
Sukesh Hegde Holding Prapanjan’s Place And Stepping Up As A Support Raider
• The notable difference in Bengal Warriors’ raiding unit has been Sukesh Hegde emerging as the 2nd best raider behind Maninder as Prapanjan has suffered a brief dip in form.
• Sukesh came in as a sub and made a difference in the first 2 matches (vs. Gujarat Fortunegiants and Puneri Paltan) and in the last 2 matches (vs. U Mumba and Bengaluru) he started the match and made an impact.
• This has showcased Bengal Warriors’ raiding depth as they still have Prapanjan who can come in and make an impact.
| Sukesh Hegde – Bengal’s Home Leg | ||||
| Matches | Raid Points | Avg. Raid Pts. | Raid SR | Super Raids |
| 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 53 | 2 |
6:19 PM
• In all the 3 matches that he has played against Haryana, he registered a SUPER 10.
Can Maninder Continue His Heroics Against Haryana Steelers?
• Among all the oppositions Maninder has played against, he has his highest average raid points against Haryana Steelers.
| Highest Avg. Raid Pts for Maninder Singh against an opposition - PKL | |
| Opposition | Avg Raid Pts |
| Haryana Steelers | 13.3 |
| Bengaluru Bulls | 11.6 |
| Patna Pirates | 10.6 |
| Maninder Singh vs. Haryana Steelers - PKL | |
| Match | Raid Pts |
| KOL v HAR Match 60 PKL 7 | 15 |
| HAR v KOL Match 96 PKL 6 | 11 |
| KOL v HAR M 62, PKL 5 | 14 |
6:00 PM
Best In Super Tackle Situation
• Both the teams raid unit have handled super tackle situations to great effect. Haryana Steelers have the 2nd best raid SR followed by Bengal Warriors (3rd best) in super tackle situation this season.
• Among raiders with minimum of 20 raids in super tackle situation, Vikas Kandola of Haryana has the 2nd best raid SR (78) and Nabibakhsh of Bengal Warriors has the 4th best raid SR (72) in PKL 2019.
| Best Raid SR in Super tackle situation - PKL 7 | |
| Team | Raid SR |
| Dabang Delhi | 71 |
| Haryana Steelers | 67 |
| Bengal Warriors | 60 |
| Best Raid SR in Super tackle situation - PKL 7 (Min. 20 raids) | |
| Raider | Raid SR |
| Naveen Kumar | 84 |
| Vikas Kandola | 78 |
| Pawan Sehrawat | 73 |
| Mohammad Nabibakhsh | 72 |
5:57 PM
Two Raid Units Capable Of Staging A Comeback At Any Point Of Time
• A super raid is a vital cog which helps a team in staging comebacks at any point of time in a match. Getting a super raid without the help of bonus is even better. Both Bengal and Haryana have potent raiders in achieving the same.
• Bengal Warriors have as many as 11 super raids via touch points (Best) and Haryana Steelers have as many as 9 super raids (2nd best) this season.
• 4 of this season’s 5 best raiders with the most super raids would be featuring in today’s clash.
| Most Super Raids via Touch - PKL 7 | |
| Team | Super Raids - Touch |
| Bengal Warriors | 11 |
| Haryana Steelers | 9 |
| Bengaluru Bulls | 6 |
| Patna Pirates | 6 |
| Most Super Raids via Touch - PKL 7 | |
| Raider | Super Raids - Touch |
| Pardeep Narwal | 5 |
| Maninder Singh | 4 |
| Vikas Kandola | 4 |
| Vinay | 4 |
| Mohammad Nabibakhsh | 3 |
5:40 PM
Two Teams Which Possess A Good Raiding Depth
Both Bengal and Haryana possess a very good raiding depth among their squads. They both are among the only 3 teams to have 3 raiders scoring 50+ raid points this season.
| Teams with most no: of raiders with 50+ raid points - PKL 7 | |
| Teams | Raiders with 50+ Raid Pts |
| Bengal Warriors | 3 |
| Haryana Steelers | 3 |
| Tamil Thalaivas | 3 |
• All of Haryana’s key raiders (Vikas Kandola, Vinay, Prashanth Kumar Rai and Naveen) have scored a SUPER 10 each at least once this season.
• Even from Bengal’s squad, all of Maninder, Prapanjan and Nabibakhsh have scored a SUPER 10. Sukesh Hegde came close in registering a SUPER 10 the other day against U Mumba.
| Teams with most raiders scoring a SUPER 10 - PKL 7 | |
| Team | No: of Raiders scoring SUPER 10 |
| Haryana Steelers | 4 |
| Puneri Paltan | 4 |
| Bengal Warriors | 3 |
| Dabang Delhi | 3 |
| Tamil Thalaivas | 3 |
5:38 PM
• The best performing raid units have found themselves at the top four positions in the league standings this season. Impact of having good raiders have had a direct consequence in team’s results this season.
Raid fest on the cards: who will come on top in a battle between two impeccable raid units?
• The two of the top performing raid units will clash against each other in what would be a potential raid fest.
| Performance of Raid Units - PKL 7 | ||
| Bengal Warriors | Vs. | Haryana Steelers |
| 19.9 (3rd) | Avg. Raid Pts | 18.9 (4th) |
| 48 (2nd) | Raid SR | 45 (4th) |
| 20% (2nd) | Raid Failure % | 21% (3rd) |
| Top Performing Raid Units and their league standings - PKL 7 | |||
| Team | Avg. Raid Pts | Raid SR | Current League Standing |
| Dabang Delhi | 20.6 | 50 | 1st |
| Bengaluru Bulls | 20.1 | 47 | 4th |
| Bengal Warriors | 19.9 | 48 | 2nd |
| Haryana Steelers | 18.9 | 45 | 3rd |
5:22 PM
Key stats ahead of Bengal vs Haryana match
• Ravi Kumar (HAR) needs 5 tackle points to reach 150 tackle points in PKL.
• Vikas Kale (HAR) needs 8 tackle points to reach 100 tackle points in PKL.
5:19 PM
Head to head details between Steelers and Warriors
| Match No. | Bengal Warriors | Haryana Steelers | Result |
| PKL 7, Match 60 | 33 | 36 | Haryana Steelers won by 3 points |
| PKL 6, Match 96 | 33 | 35 | Haryana Steelers won by 2 points |
| PKL 5, Match 62 | 29 | 36 | Haryana Steelers won by 7 points |
5:15 PM
Haryana Steelers chances for playoffs
A win by more than 7 points will take Haryana to 2nd position in Points table. A loss would not hamper their position in the points table.
5:14 PM
Haryana Steelers performance in PKL 2019
10 Wins, 4 Losses, 1 Tie
Last Match: Beat Tamil Thalaivas 43 – 35.
Recent Form: Unbeaten in the last 7 matches (6 Wins, 1 Tie)
5:14 PM
Bengal Warriors chances of playoffs qualification
A win would maintain their 2nd position in points table; a loss by a margin of more than 7 points would move them to 3rd position
5:12 PM
Bengal Warriors PKL 2019 performance
Bengal Warriors PKL 7 Record
9 Wins, 4 Losses, 3 Ties -> 2nd in Points table
Last Match: Beat Bengaluru Bulls 42 – 40.
Recent Form: Unbeaten in the last 4 matches (3 Wins, 1 Tie)
5:11 PM
Bengal vs Haryana: Head to head
HEAD-TO-HEAD (OVERALL)
Overall: Matches – 3 | Bengal Warriors – 0| Haryana Steelers – 3
• Both the teams have met only thrice in PKL and the H2H is in favour of Haryana Steelers as they have won on all three occasions.
• Bengal Warriors is yet to win a game only against Haryana Steelers in PKL.
• In their previous encounter this season, Haryana Steelers edged past Bengal Warriors 36-33 in a close contest.
o Both Vikas Kandola (11 raid points) and Vinay (9 raid points) contributed towards Haryana’s success in this match.
o Dharmaraj Cheralathan led from the front picking 4 tackle points with a tackle SR of 80 in this match.
o Maninder Singh’s SUPER 10 (15 raid points) went in vain as Bengal’s defence had an off-day scoring just 5 tackle points in total.
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First Published: Sep 19 2019 | 5:09 PM IST
