PKL 2018 highlights, Day 29: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Mumba in a thriller

Patna Pirates proved too strong for Bengal Warriors and romped to a 50-30 win in first match on Day 29 of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018) season six

9:15 PM

Sachin starts with a bonus point (0-1)

9:14 PM

9:14 PM

U Mumba win toss and select choice of court

9:13 PM

U Mumba and Gujarat Fortunegiants arrive at the kabaddi turf in Mumbai

9:12 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD

(All figures overall PKL)

• Rohit Baliyan (MUM) 2 – 2 Hadi Oshtorak (GUJ)

• Sachin (GUJ) 7 – 1 Surender Singh (MUM)

• Ajay Kumar (GUJ) 4 – 3 Dharmaraj Cheralathan (MUM)

• K. Prapanjan (GUJ) 2 – 3 Fazel Atrachali (MUM)

• Sachin (GUJ) 3 – 0 Dharmaraj Cheralathan (MUM)

 

9:11 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

FAZEL ATRACHALI RETURNS TO FACE FORMER TEAM GUJARAT

 

• Fazel Atrachali is having a brilliant campaign as captain of U Mumba. He is currently 2nd in the most tackle points (38) this season having a fantastic tackle SR of 69. 

• Among the leading defenders of PKL 6 only Telugu Titans duo Vishal Bhardwaj and Abozar Mighani have a higher tackle SR than Fazel. 

Fazel Atrachali - PKL 6
Mts.	9
Tackle Pts.	38
HIGH 5s	3

• Fazel also has the 2nd-best tackle point average in PKL 6 (4.2 per game) marginally behind Vishal Bhardwaj (4.3). 

• Not only is Fazel one of the best defenders in the league, his U Mumba team are also one of the best this season. They allow opponents only 17.1 raid points per game (4th best in PKL 6) and average 11.8 tackle points per game (3rd best in PKL 6). 

• Only U Mumba (51) and Telugu Titans (57) have a tackle SR above 50 in PKL 6. 

U Mumba Defenders (excl. Fazel Atrachali) – PKL 6
Defender	Surender Singh	Dharmaraj Cheralathan	Rajaguru Subramanian	Rohit Rana
Matches	8	9	4	5
Tackle Points	18	15	7	6
Tackle SR	43	58	50	30

• Despite not scoring a HIGH 5, the other defenders have all performed very well. Dharamaraj Cheralathan, the only defender along with Fazel to have played all the games for U Mumba, has been very consistent and precise with a tackle success rate of 54%. 

• Rohit Rana is the only defender to have a tackle SR less than 40 for them this season.

• In their last two matches U Mumba have been brilliant defensively. 

o Against Pune they had more tackle points (14) in the match than the raid points scored by Pune (7). 

o Against Jaipur they had just one less tackle point (15) than Jaipur’s raid points (16).   

U Mumba Defence (last 2 matches)
Tackles	43
Successful	29
Failed Tackle %	33%
Tackle SR	67

 

• U Mumba’s other biggest strength has been their combination options – they have rotated between Rohit Rana and Rajaguru Subramanian in the cover positions depending on the opponent, keeping teams guessing on the playing lineup.    

9:09 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

 

U MUMBA RAIDERS LOOK TO PUT GUJARAT DEFENCE TO THE TEST

• Siddharth Desai has been the undoubted star for U Mumba in raiding with 97 raid points to his name which puts him second in the leading raid point scorers list for PKL 6 just behind Nitin Tomar (100). 

• Siddharth Desai will be the joint fastest to 100 raid points, if he scores 3 raid points tonight.

o He will equal the record of Rahul Chaudhari (9 matches). 

Siddharth Desai - PKL 6
Mts.	8
Raid Pts.	97
SUPER 10s	6
Avg. Raid Pts.	12.1
Raid SR	75

• But the rest of the raiders have shown that it’s not just about Siddharth Desai. The likes of Rohit Baliyan and Abhishek Singh have provided great raiding support to Siddharth Desai. 

U Mumba Support Raiders – PKL 6
Raiders	Rohit Baliyan	Abhishek Singh
Matches	8	9
Raid Points	34	38
Super 10s	0	2
Avg. Raid Pts.	4.8	4.2
Raid SR	59	45

 

9:07 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

U MUMBA RAIDERS LOOK TO PUT GUJARAT DEFENCE TO THE TEST

 

• Something has to give in Saturday’s second game when U Mumba’s top-notch raiding unit takes on Gujarat’s league leading defensive unit. 

• U Mumba rank 3rd in average raid points per match this season (22.4) just behind Bengaluru Bulls and Patna Pirates. They also have the 3rd best raid SR (52).

Highest Raid Pt. Avg. - PKL 6
Team Name	Avg. Raid Pts. Per Match	Raid SR
Bengaluru Bulls	23.9	57
Patna Pirates	22.5	53
U Mumba	22.4	52

 

• Crucially the U Mumba raiders have the lowest percentage of failed raids. Their raid failure rate is an incredible 17%. No other team in PKL 6 has a raid failure rate under 20%. 

Lowest Raid Failure Rate - PKL 6
Team Name	Failed Raid %
U Mumba	17%
Bengaluru Bulls	21%
Bengal Warriors	21%

 

• This shows that U Mumba’s raiders due to having a very low failure rate are present on the mat for more time ensuring that the team picks up regular points. 

9:04 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: Key stats ahead of U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants clash

• Siddharth Desai (MUM) is 3 points away from 100 raid points in PKL.

• Dharmaraj Cheralathan (MUM) is 9 points away from 200 tackle points in PKL.

• Fazel Atrachali (MUM) is 10 points away from 200 tackle points in PKL. 

 

9:04 PM

PKL 2018, Day 29, Match 2: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

HEAD-TO-HEAD (OVERALL)

Matches – 3 | U Mumba – 0 | Gujarat Fortunegiants – 3 | Tie – 0

• U Mumba are winless against Gujarat Fortunegiants in 3 meetings. This is the only team in PKL against whom U Mumba don’t have a single win. 

• All three games have been comfortably won by Gujarat – by 18 points, 11 points and 22 points.  

• U Mumba haven’t been able to touch the 30-point total in the three games versus Gujarat. 

• U Mumba captain Fazel Atrachali who was with Gujarat last season will face his former team for the first time. 

• Along with Bengaluru Bulls, U Mumba and Gujarat are the only 3 teams in PKL 6 to have lost only 1 match so far.  

• U Mumba PKL 6: 7 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie. Won their last match against Jaipur Pink Panthers by 24 points. U Mumba are on a 4-match winning streak. 

• Gujarat Fortunegiants PKL 6: 5 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie. Won last match against Dabang Delhi by 7 points. Gujarat are on a 5-match winning streak.  

 

9:02 PM

AT FULL TIME: Patna Pirates thrash Bengal Warriors 50-30 as they put up an all round performance. Pardeep Narwal and Deepak Narwal scored SUPER 10. Now Patna Pirates moved up to the second spot in Zone B of PKL 2018 points table

8:59 PM

Amit Nagar gets a point (50-30)

8:58 PM

Deepak Narwal gets a bonus point (50-29)

8:58 PM

Amit Nagar gets a touch point (49-29)

8:57 PM

Vijay gets two raid points (49-28)