Tournament: Yuva Kabaddi Series
Venue: Sanskar School, Jaipur
Date: Saturday, 2nd July 2022
Time: 11.00 AM IST
Kaziranga Rhinos take on Periyar Panthers in Eliminator 3 here. KAR lost their qualifier 2 match against Hampi Heroes by the narrowest of margins, as they fell in extra time by one point. PEP, meanwhile, have won 2 eliminator matches against Aravalli Arrows and Tadoba Tigers to get here. The winner of this tie will advance to Eliminator 4 later in the day.
Kaziranga Rhinos
Parteek Dahiya, Sahil Kumar, Hitesh Kadiyan, Manu, Rajnesh Narwal, Rohit Kumar, Mohit Khaler.
Periyar Panthers
Ashish Narwal, Naveen Sharma, Naveen J, Monu Jakhar, Ravi Tehlan, Anish, Rinku.
Kaziranga Rhinos
Parteek Dahiya has been brilliant during this Yuva Kabaddi Series. He has scored 428 raid points in the tournament which is by far the most and has 21 Super 10s to his name.
Hitesh Kadiyan has registered 77 tackle points in the tournament, scoring High 5s in half of his games here, with 8 of them in 16 outings. He scored 6 tackle points when he last played against PEP.
Mohit Khaler had a good outing last time out as he scored 4 tackle points. He now has 29 tackle points and has scored 2 High 5s.
Periyar Panthers
Ashish Narwal stands second only to Dahiya, having scored 373 raid points in the tournament. He has scored 22 Super 10s and is a fine pick here.
Naveen Sharma ranks 2nd for tackle points in the tournament with 115 tackle points to his name. He has scored High 5s in each of his last 2 games and has 11 of them in total.
Naveen J has scored 17 tackle points in 7 matches and is a solid pick among the defenders. He had 4 tackle points against AAS last time out.
Must-Haves:
Parteek Dahiya
Ashish Narwal
Naveen Sharma
Hitesh Kadiyan
Worth a shot:
Sahil Kumar
Bittu
Naveen J
Rinku
Mohit Khaler
Parteek Dahiya: Parteek Dahiya had another fine outing last time out as he scored 7 raid points and 2 tackle points against HMH. He also scored 17 raid points to go with a tackle point in his last outing against PEP.
Ashish Narwal: Ashish Narwal led the way as he scored 15 raid points and 2 tackle points in the previous game against AAS. He scored 11 raid points and 4 tackle points when he last went up against KAR as well.
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