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Match Details
Date: December 27, 2021
Time: 7:30 PM IST (Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba); 8:30 PM IST (UP Yoddha vs Jaipur Pink Panthers)
Venue: Bengaluru
Match 1: Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba
Head to Head
Squads
Tamil Thalaivas: PO Surjeet Singh (c), Sahil Surender, Himanshu, M. Abishek, Sagar, Aashish, Mohit, Sahil Singh, K. Prapanjan, Athul MS, Manjeet, Bhavani Rajput, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Asiri Alawathge, Sagar B. Krishna, Santhapanaselvam, Sourabh Tanaji Patil, Anwar Saheed Baba, Himanshu Singh
U Mumba: Fazel Atrachali (c), Harendra Kumar, Rinku, Ajeet, Sunil Siddhgavali, Abhishek Singh, Navneet, Ajith V Kumar, Rahul Rana, Jashandeep Singh, Prathap, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari, Pankaj, Ashish Kumar Sangwan
Analysis
Although U Mumba lost their previous match, they have looked in good form in all departments. After defeating Bulls by a huge margin of 16 points, they just fell short against Delhi but still put up a solid defensive display. Meanwhile, Tamil Thalaivas have been decent in raiding department but their defense has been a cause of worry as they have conceded a total of 78 points in first two games.
Conclusion
U Mumba plays an attacking style of Kabaddi and they will certainly fancy themselves against a struggling Thalaivas' defense. Hence, Fazel Atrachali's side will start as favourites on Monday.
Prediction
U Mumba win
Match 2: UP Yoddha vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
Head to Head
Squads
Jaipur Pink Panthers: Arjun Deshwal, Deepak Niwas Hooda (c), Sandeep Kumar Dhull, Naveen, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Amit Hooda, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Mohammad Amin Nosrati, Amit Shaul Kumar, Amit Nagar, Ashok Vishal, Nitin Rawal, Sachin Narwal, Pavan TR, Sushil Gulia, Elavarasan A
UP Yoddha: Nitesh Kumar (c), Pardeep Narwal, Shrikant Jadhav, Surender Gill, Gulveer Singh, James Kamweti, Aman Hooda, Ankit, Mohammad Taghi, Rohit Tomar, Sahil, Sumit Sangwan, Ashu Singh, Aashish Nagar, Bintu Narwal, Shubham Baliyan, Gaurav Kumar, Gurdeep, Nitin Panwar
Analysis
These are the two sides who have been involved in some exciting clashes this season so far, with both having 1 win and 1 loss in 2 matches. While UP have their star raider Pardeep Narwal back in form, Jaipur would be delighted with the performances of Deepak Hooda and Arjun Deshwal in previous match. There is not much which separate UP and Jaipur going into this clash.
Conclusion
However, the only point of difference could be the depth in squad. With the likes of Ashu Singh, Shrikant Jadhav and Surender Gill stepping up when required, UP might have a slight edge over Jaipur.
Prediction
UP Yoddha win