Match details:

Tournament: PKL Season 8
Venue: Sheraton Grand Whitefield
Date: Saturday, 15th January 2022
Time: 8:30 PM IST

Preview:

On Saturdays triple panga, the playoff-hopeful U.P. Yoddha takes on the winless Telugu Titans. U.P. Yoddha will be looking to cross the line and get the win that they missed out on in the 36-all draw against Haryana Steelers last time out, while Telugu Titans need a win here or they risk being completely cut off from the rest of the teams on the table. When it comes to head-to-head statistics, U.P. Yoddha has a 62.5% winning rate in this matchup.

Probable starting lineups:

U.P. Yoddha:

Nitesh Kumar, Pardeep Narwal, Sumit, Surender Gill, Shrikant Jadhav, Ashu Singh, Shubham Kumar.

Telugu Titans:

Surinder Singh, Rajnish, Rakesh Gowda, Ankit Beniwal, Adarsh T, Ruturaj Koravi, C Arun, Akash Choudhary.

Fantasy breakdown:

U.P. Yoddha:

Sumit is among the top 10 defenders this season with 22 tackle points from 9 matches. He has two high 5s, which is the second-most after Sagar’s four.

Surender Gill has made his way into the top 10 raiders list with 66 raid points from 9 matches after a good run of form off late.

Pardeep Narwal has registered 59 raid points from 9 matches which can be considered an average haul from someone of his caliber. But, one can’t rule out the ability of the Dubki King, who has scored two Super 10s.

Telugu Titans:

Akash Choudhary came off the bench at the 13th minute in the last game and he showed a lot of promise by claiming 3 tackle points. He has a 57% tackle strike rate this season.

Ankit Beniwal has earned 40 raid points this season with a 48% raid strike rate which includes him scoring two Super 10s.

Rajnish has stepped up for Telugu Titans of late, scoring a total of 39 points (36 raid points and 3 tackle points) with a 67% raid strike rate and a 75% tackle strike rate.

Top picks:

Must-haves:

• Pardeep Narwal
• Rajnish
• Surender Gill

Worth a shot:

• Ankit Beniwal
• Sumit
• Akash Choudhary
• Shrikant Jadhav

Captaincy options:

Surender Gill: He scored 13 raid points in the previous match in what was his 3rd Super 10 this season. He also has a tackle point in each of the last 6 games and has 8 tackle points in total.

Rajnish: Meanwhile, Rajnish too scored a Super 10 in the previous match with a total of 11 raid points and he also had a tackle point. He has two Super 10 to his name this season.

Fantasy team -

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are of the author and are not a reflection of the actual points you might earn.