Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 05:32 PM ISTEN Hindi

Pro Kabaddi 2019, Day 46 highlights: U Mumba thrash Telugu Titans 41-27

The Telugu Titans vs U Mumba match will begin at 7:30 pm IST. Check PKL 2019 live-action, match and stats updates here

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Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls, PKL 2019

File photo: Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls

7:33 PM

Rohit Baliyan makes an empty raid

7:33 PM

Rakesh Gowda earns a bonus point; 1-3

7:32 PM

Abhishek Singh makes an empty raid

7:32 PM

Siddharth Desai tackled in his first raid; 0-3

7:31 PM

A two pointer raid from Arjun Deshwal; 0-2

7:31 PM

telugu Titans Win The Toss & Select The Choice Of Court

7:15 PM

Here is the starting seven of both the teams

Telugu Titans	Vs	U Mumba
Abozar Mighani ©	Right Corner	Sandeep Narwal
Suraj Desai	Right In	Abhishek Singh
Farhad Milaghardan	Right Cover	Surinder Singh
Siddharth Desai	Center	Rohit Baliyan
C Arun	Left Cover	Harendra Kumar
Rakesh Gowda	Left In	Arjun Deshwal
Vishal Bhardwaj	Left Corner	Fazel Atrachali ©

7:12 PM

U Mumba's defence doing well in dying minutes

• U Mumba have improved significantly in their defence especially in the dying stages of the match.

• In the first 9 matches, U Mumba had a tackle SR of just 27 in the final ten minutes. However, in the last 4 matches, they have managed to score more tackle points than they did in the first 9 matches combined.

U Mumba Defence in Last 10 Mins - PKL 2019
First 9 matches	Vs.	Last 4 Matches
55	Tackles	30
15	Tackle Points	16
27	Tackle SR	53

7:08 PM

U Mumba Defence Working Well Of Late

• In the first eight matches, U Mumba’s defenders haven’t clicked together as a unit averaging just 8.8 tackle points. In 3 of those matches, they had scored fewer than 10 tackle points.

• However, in the last five matches, U Mumba’s defence have managed to meet their expectations averaging 11.4 tackle points. In the last 5 matches, three different U Mumba defenders managed to score an HIGH 5.

U Mumba Defence - PKL 2019
First 8 Mts	Vs.	Last 5 Mts
8.8	Avg. Tackle Pts	11.4
12.4	Avg. Failed Tackles	11.0
43	Tackle SR	53
1	No: of HIGH 5s	3

7:04 PM

Telugu Titans' raid unit ineffective in Super Tackle situations

• Telugu Titans have been the worst raid unit in Super tackle situation. They have a raid SR of 27, the worst among raid units this season.

• While Siddharth Desai has not been that bad with a raid SR of 45 in this situation, other raiders combined have scored just 3 raid points in 24 raids at an abysmal raid SR of 13.

Worst Raid SR in Super Tackle situation - PKL 7		Telugu Titans Raiders in Super Tackle situation - PKL 7
Team	Raid SR	Raider	Raids	Raid Points	Raid SR
Telugu Titans	27	Siddharth Desai	20	9	45
Jaipur Pink Panthers	33	Suraj Desai	10	2	20
Tamil Thalaivas	37	Others	14	1	7

6:46 PM

Siddharth Desai scored his best raiding performance in last match

• Siddharth Desai scored his best raiding performance in his PKL career last match. He kept Telugu Titans in the hunt until the last minute of the match but ended up on the losing side unfortunately. In the last 5 mins alone, Siddharth Desai managed to score 12 raid points in that match.

Siddharth Desai best Raid Performance – PKL
Opponent	Raid Points
Vs. Bengaluru Bulls, PKL 7, M#77	22
Vs. Dabang Delhi, PKL 6, M#91	19
Vs. Haryana Steelers, PKL 7, M#47	18

6:45 PM

Siddharth Desai Peaking At The Right Time For Titans

• Siddharth Desai at the beginning of the season was not at his best. In the first 4 matches, he had a failed raid% of 42. Understandably, his team haven’t won even a single game in this span.

• In the next 4 matches, Siddharth Desai started to show signs of improvement as his failed raid % reduced to 27 and his team also had managed to win a game and tie 2 games in this span.

• In the last 5 matches, Siddharth Desai has been at his best averaging 11.8 raid points at an impressive raid SR of 76. His performance had a direct effect on Titans as they won 3 of their last 5 matches.

Siddharth Desai - PKL 2019				Team's Win%
	Avg. Raid Points	Raid SR	Raid Failure %	Team's Win%
Home Leg (First 4 Matches)	5.8	44	42%	0%
Next 4 Matches	6.8	44	27%	25%
Last 5 Matches	11.8	76	17%	60%

6:35 PM

U Mumba's corners Atrachali and Sandeep's performance in PKL 2019 so far

• U Mumba’s corners Fazel Atrachali and Sandeep Narwal have been pin-point with their tackles. They haven’t gone for too many aggressive tackles; but when they try to tackle, they have been spot on most of the times.

o Among defenders with 40+ tackles, Sandeep Narwal has the lowest failed tackle % and Fazel Atrachali has the 3rd lowest failed tackle %.

o Both the defenders are at the top of the list among defenders with the best tackle SR this season.

Least Failed Tackle % - PKL 7 (Min. 40 tackles)
Defender	Failed Tackle %
Sandeep Narwal	42%
Vishal Bhardwaj	44%
Fazel Atrachali	46%

Best Tackle SR - PKL 7 (Min. 40 tackles)
Defender	Tackle SR
Sandeep Narwal	69
Vishal Bhardwaj	67
Nitesh Kumar	61
Joginder Narwal	60
Fazel Atrachali	59