PKL 2018 Day 2 highlights: Confident UP Yoddha beat Tamil Thalaivas 37-32

In the first match of PKL 2018, Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers 34-22 as Steelers missed the services of Monu Goyat.

7:38 PM

Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers: Starting probable seven

 

Puneri Paltan: Sandeep Narwal (Right corner), Monu (Right in), Ravi Kumar (Right Cover), Nitin Tomar (Center), Sandeep (Left Cover), Rajesh Mondal (Left in), Girish Maruti Ernak (Left corner)

 

Haryana Steelers: Vikash (Right corner), Vikas Kandola (Right in), Amit Singh/Kuldeep Singh (Right cover), Monu Goyat (center), Sachin Shingade (Left cover), Wazir Singh (Left in), Surender Nada (left corner)

7:38 PM

Match 3: Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers match details and live streaming info

Date: 8th October 2018, Monday

Time: 8:00 pm (IST)

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

 

Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers match will be broadcasted on Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD in English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi and Star Sports 1 HD Hindi in Hindi Commentary.

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7:31 PM

WILL MONU GOYAT OVERCOME HIS STRUGGLES VS PUNERI PALTAN?

 

• Haryana have gone all in for 5 Star Raider Monu Goyat, who impressed for Patna in Season 5. He scored 191 raid points from 26 matches at an average of 7.3 per match. 

• He was bought by the Steelers for 151 lakhs in the PKL 6 auction, which is nearly 40% of the team’s budget.

• With 191 raid points in PKL 5, He had the 4th highest raid points by any player and the highest by a secondary raider in Season 5 and finished the season with an impressive strike rate of 52.

• Playing under Pardeep Narwal’s shadow, Monu Goyat will have to establish himself as a lead raider of the side this time around. 

• However, he struggled in his games against Puneri Paltan in Season 5 scoring just 6 points from his 2 games at an average of 3 per game and a strike rate of only 35.

• Throughout PKL history, Monu Goyat has only scored 10 points in 4 games against Puneri Paltan, which is his lowest against any side. 

 

7:29 PM

SANDEEP NARWAL LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK FROM HIS INITIAL MATCH DISAPPOINTMENT?

 

• Sandeep Narwal has been one of the most successful defenders throughout PKL history and had a good season 5, forming a corner partnership with Girish Ernak.

• Overall, he is the 3rd leading tackle point scorer of PKL with 215 tackle points to his name.

• However, he had a disappointing outing in the first match against U Mumba, scoring just 2 tackle points from 8 tackles.

• Debutant Siddharth Desai especially got the better of him multiple times, as Sandeep Narwal got out thrice within the first 6 minutes.

 

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7:22 PM

WILL NITIN TOMAR GET ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM HIS SECONDARY RAIDERS?

 

• Nitin Tomar put in one of his best performances in the PKL in Pune’s first match of the season against U Mumba, scoring 15 raid points from 20 raids with an excellent raid strike rate of 75.

• However, despite his performance, Pune could only manage to tie the game.

• Nitin Tomar did not get the support that was needed from any of the other raiders.

• Nitin has contributed nearly 71.5% of Pune’s total raid points in the game. 

• All the other raiders together, had only 4 successful raids from a total of 24 in M#24 vs U Mumba.

• Rajesh Mondal, their main support raider was especially disappointing scoring just 1 raid point from his 9 raids at a raid strike rate of 11 having 3 unsuccessful raids.

• Their 2nd best raider of the night was Monu, who scored 4 raid points in 8 raids. (Raid SR – 50) 

 

7:19 PM

PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD

Overall PKL: Nitin Tomar (PUN) 6 – 1 Sachin Shingade (HAR)

PKL 5: Nitin Tomar (PUN) 5 – 0 Sachin Shingade (HAR)

Overall PKL: Monu Goyat (HAR) 2 – 1 Girish Maruti Ernak (PUN)

 

7:18 PM

7:18 PM

PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD
 

WAZIR SINGH (HAR) v GIRISH MARUTI ERNAK (PUN)

Overall PKL: Wazir Singh (HAR) 4 – 4 Girish Maruti Ernak (PUN)

PKL 5: Wazir Singh (HAR) 3 – 2 Girish Maruti Ernak (PUN)

MONU GOYAT (HAR) V SANDEEP NARWAL (PUN)

Overall PKL: Monu Goyat (HAR) 2 – 3 Sandeep Narwal (PUN)

NITIN TOMAR (PUN) V SURENDER NADA (HAR)

Overall PKL: Nitin Tomar (PUN) 3 – 2 Surender Nada (HAR)

RAJESH MONDAL (PUN) – SURENDER NADA (HAR)

Overall PKL: Rajesh Mondal (PUN) 9 – 8 Surender Nada (HAR)

PKL 5: Rajesh Mondal (PUN) 2 – 3 Surender Nada (HAR)

 

7:13 PM

Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers: BATTLE OF PKL’S BEST LEFT CORNERS

 

• The two left corners in this match, Surender Nada and Girish Ernak are among the most successful defenders in PKL.

• Surender Nada (Haryana Steelers) is the of most successful left corner defenders in the league with 218 points from 70 matches at an average of 3.1 per match. 

• Girish Ernak is the 2nd most successful left corner with 176 points from 70 matches at an average of 2.5 per match.

• Overall, Surender Nada is the 2nd best defender of the league with while Girish is ranked 7th with 176 tackle points to his name.

 

7:09 PM

Key stats ahead of Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers match
 

• Nitin Tomar (PUN) is just 8 points away from reaching 300 raid points, which will make him just the 11th player to do so in PKL history.

• Sachin Shingade (HAR) needs 6 tackle points to complete 100 tackle points in PKL. (19th player).

 

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