PKL 2018 highlights, Day 30: Haryana Steelers stun U Mumba in a thriller

In today's first match, Dabang Delhi beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 40-29. Check Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018) season six LIVE updates here

9:16 PM

U Mumba win toss and select choice of court

9:14 PM

Stay Tuned for Toss

9:13 PM

Haryana Steelers and U Mumba arrive at the kabaddi turf in Mumbai

9:13 PM

PKL 2018, Day 30, Match 2: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

HARYANA STEELERS: TOO MUCH RELIANCE ON BONUS POINTS

 

• Haryana’s three main raiders have a combined 199 raid points so far this season. Vikas Kandola leads the way with 81 followed by Monu Goyat with 69 and debutant Naveen with 49. 

• Once Naveen touches the 50-point mark Haryana will be one of only two teams this season to have 3 raiders with 50 or more raid points (UP Yoddha are the other).

• So, Haryana’s raiding unit has been consistently getting them points in every game.

• 35% of those raid points have come from Bonus Points however for Haryana. 

• Vikas Kandola has 40% of his raid points from Bonus Points while for Monu Goyat and Naveen it is 35% and 20% respectively. 

• Haryana score 7 Bonus Points per game on average. 

• Because of continuous bonus points they are not able to inflict all-outs on opposition teams and also couldn’t revive their own players as bonus points doesn’t give revival. 

• Haryana have faced 18 all-outs in PKL 6, which is the most by a team in PKL 6, while managed to inflict just 6 all-outs in 11 games. 

 

Haryana Lead Raiders – PKL 2018
Raider Name	Monu Goyat	Vikas Kandola	Naveen
Mts	9	11	10
Raid Points	69	81	49
Bonus Points	24	32	10
Super 10s	3	3	1
Avg. Raid Points	7.6	7.3	4.9
Raid SR	52	48	49

 

9:12 PM

PKL 2018, Day 30, Match 2: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

Team U Mumba Overall record

Overall PKL
Player	Mat	Raid Points	Avg Raid Pts	Raid SR	Super 10s	Tackle Points	Avg Tackle Pts	Tackle SR	High 5s	Total Points
Dharmaraj Cheralathan	87	40	0.6	28	0	191	2.2	54	10	231
Fazel Atrachali	66	2	0.1	10	0	193	2.9	66	14	195
Rohit Baliyan	42	170	4.2	46	3	16	0.4	25	0	186
Abolfazl Maghsodlou	34	120	3.6	41	0	7	0.2	41	0	127
Siddharth Desai	9	109	12.1	73	7	2	0.2	29	0	111
Rohit Rana	69	2	0.2	13	0	106	1.5	37	5	108
Surender Singh	31	0	0.0	0	0	77	2.5	39	3	77
Vinod Kumar	30	45	1.5	41	0	31	1.0	74	1	76
Darshan Kadian	24	50	2.3	43	1	9	0.4	28	0	59
Rajaguru Subramanian	37	1	0.2	20	0	49	1.3	37	0	50
Abhishek Singh	10	39	3.9	44	2	5	0.5	38	0	44
R. Sriram	13	35	2.6	43	0	1	0.1	14	0	36
Hadi Tajik	13	4	0.5	33	0	6	0.5	21	0	10
E Subash	3	0	0.0	0	0	3	1.0	33	0	3
Gaurav Kumar	1	2	2.0	40	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
Adinath Gavali	1	0	0.0	0	0	1	1.0	17	0	1
Shiv Om	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Anil	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

 

9:10 PM

PKL 2018, Day 30, Match 2: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

 

FAZEL ATRACHALI vs HARYANA’s TOP RAIDERS

• Monu Goyat comes into this match having picked up a Super 10 in the last match after coming off the bench.

• He had 11 raid points at a very good SR of 61 and was tackled just thrice throughout the match.

• Haryana’s other lead raider, Vikas Kandola, is 5-5 against Fazel Atrachali. But in the two meetings this season Fazel has dominated this rivalry 4-1. 

• Vikas Kandola is Haryana’s leading raid point scorer this season with 81 raid points in 11 games.

• Both of Haryana’s lead raiders will have to win their battle against Fazel if Haryana are to have a chance of victory. 

Monu Goyat vs Delhi (last match)
Raids	18
Successful	10
Raid Points	11
Raid SR	61

 

9:09 PM

PKL 2018, Day 30, Match 2: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

FAZEL ATRACHALI vs HARYANA’s TOP RAIDERS

 

• Another nice little battle to watch out for is the battle of the two captains – Fazel Atrachali vs Monu Goyat and Vikas Kandola.

• Monu Goyat leads their head-to-head 7-6 and has done well against Fazel this season too in their two encounters (4-3).

• Fazel had only 3 tackle points in the match against Gujarat with a couple of those coming right at the end. It was also his tackle that Mahendra Rajput escaped from to get a Super Raid in the final 5 minutes to swing the match in Gujarat’s favour. 

• Fazel Atrachali is the leading tackle point scorer now in PKL 6 with 41 tackle points to his name. He remains one of only 3 defenders to have an average of 4 or more tackle points per game. 

Fazel Atrachali - PKL 6
Mts.	10
Tackle Pts.	41
HIGH 5s	3
Avg. Tackle Pts.	4.1
Tackle SR	67

 

9:08 PM

PKL 2018, Day 30, Match 2: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

U MUMBA RAIDERS LOOK TO REBOUND AGAINST HARYANA’S LEAGUE WORST DEFENCE

 

• Siddharth Desai became the fastest to reach 100 raid points in PKL on Saturday when he reached that milestone against the Gujarat Fortunegiants. He now jointly holds this record with Rahul Chaudhari as both have managed to do it in their 9th match. 

Siddharth Desai - PKL 6
Mts.	9
Raid Pts.	109
SUPER 10s	7
Avg. Raid Pts.	12.1
Raid SR	73

• It was another Super 10 for Siddharth, his 7th of the season, and his 12 raid points saw him become the new leading raid point scorer of PKL 6.

Top Raid Point Scorers – PKL 6
Raider Name	Total Raid Points
Siddharth Desai	109
Pardeep Narwal	106
Nitin Tomar	100

 

• But his Super 10 wasn’t enough as U Mumba lost a close match to Gujarat by 2 points. The Gujarat defence could not do much about Siddharth Desai, but they did a fine job of keeping the other raiders quiet. 

o He injured his shoulder yet again in the last few minutes and was not using his left-hand during his last few raids.

o However, U Mumba have showed in past by winning 2 games without Desai that they are not dependent on a single player. 

• The other U Mumba raiders (excl. Siddharth) against Gujarat scored just 7 raid points from 23 raids. Rohit Baliyan scored 5 of these while Abhishek Singh and Darshan Kadian had just 1 each.  

• U Mumba are one of the best raiding teams in PKL 6 boasting the lowest raid failure rate (18%). 

• The U Mumba raiders will therefore be eager to make up for that and on Sunday they are up against the worst defensive team in the league in Haryana Steelers. 

Highest Tackle Failure Rates – PKL 6
Team Name	Failed Tackle %	Tackle SR
Haryana Steelers	70%	33
Patna Pirates	66%	36
Tamil Thalaivas	65%	39

 

• Haryana have the highest tackle failure rate (70%) this season and also have the lowest tackle SR (33). They have the lowest average tackle points as well (8.6). By any measure the Steelers have the worst defence in the league. 

• One of the major reasons for this has been their defensive line being mostly comprised of untested players who don’t have much experience prior to PKL 6. 

• Of the defenders used most by Haryana, only Sachin Shingade has played more than 30 career PKL games. None of the other defenders have played even 20. 

Haryana Main Defenders – PKL 6
Defender	Kuldeep Singh	Sunil	Parveen	Mayur Shivtarkar	Sachin Shingade
Mts.	10	11	7	9	9
Tackle Pts.	23	18	11	12	12
Failed Tackle %	58%	69%	70%	66%	71%
HIGH 5s	2	1	1	0	0
Tackle SR	46	31	41	34	32

 

• Sachin Shingade despite being the most experienced has the highest tackle failure rate in the team (71%). Three of Haryana’s five most used defenders have a tackle strike rate less than 35. 

• In the two meetings prior in PKL 6 U Mumba have scored 29 and 27 raid points. They will be relishing the opportunity to take on this Haryana defence again. 

• Siddharth Desai could well sit out tomorrow’s game as he seemed to have aggravated the shoulder injury during the match against Gujarat. 

• The other raiders in that case will be even keener to step up

 

9:01 PM

AT FULL TIME: Dabang Delhi beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 40-29

9:00 PM

An empty raid from Rakesh Narwal to end the match

9:00 PM

A sucessful raid from Deepak Hooda (29-40)

9:00 PM

Naveen Kumar scores a point in do or die raid (28-40)

8:59 PM

An empty raid from Deepak Hooda (28-39)

8:59 PM

Meraj Shekyh makes an empty raid (28-39)

8:58 PM

Deepak Hooda gets a touch point (28-39)