Tournament: PKL Season 8
Venue: Sheraton Grand Whitefield
Date: Sunday, 30th January 2022
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Patna Pirates look to go top of the table as they take on Jaipur Pink Panthers. PAT are 3rd in the table after winning 8 of their 12 games and they beat TAM last time out. JAI, meanwhile, are 9th after winning just 5 of their 13 games and they are currently winless in their last 4. In the reverse fixture, however, they defeated the Pirates by a 38-28 margin.
Patna Pirates:
Prashanth Rai, Neeraj Kumar, Sachin Tanwar, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, C Sajin, Guman Singh, Shubham Shinde.
Jaipur Pink Panthers:
Sandeep Dhull, Amit, Arjun Deshwal, Sahul Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Nitin, Vishal.
Patna Pirates:
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh has scored a total of 39 tackle points this season which ranks 5th in the competition. Averaging 3.25 tackle points per match, he has put up three High 5s.
Neeraj Kumar has won 36 tackle points from 12 matches which ranks 7th in the league. He has two High 5s to his name and won 2 tackle points in the reverse fixture.
Prashanth Kumar Rai has scored a total of 71 raid points from 12 matches with a 63% raid strike this season and is a fine pick among the raiders.
Jaipur Pink Panthers:
Sahul Kumar has been Jaipurs best defender winning 32 tackle points from 12 matches. He has a High 5 to his name and in the reverse fixture, he claimed 4 tackle points.
Arjun Deshwal is among the top 5 raiders this season, with his 152 raid points from 13 matches ranking 3rd in the league. He has a 62% raid strike rate and is an excellent pick.
Sandeep Dhull has won 22 tackle points from 10 matches this season with a 39% strike rate. He has scored one High 5 as well.
Must-haves:
Worth a shot:
Arjun Deshwal: He scored 10 raid points in the previous match to make it 10 Super 10s on the season for the youngster. He just missed out on a Super 10 in the reverse fixture, as he put up 9 raid points.
Prashanth Rai: He scored 8 raid points in the previous match and is a good vice-captaincy pick. He also earned 6 raid points in the reverse fixture and has a Super Raid as well this season.
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