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Day 6 of Pro Kabaddi League 2021/22 will see Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba and U.P. Yoddha vs Jaipur Pink Panthers being played at 7:30 & 8:30 PM IST respectively. Tamil Thalaivas are searching for their first win in this PKL edition while U Mumba won their inaugural game against Bengaluru Bulls convincingly while lost their recent match to Dabang Delhi K.C. In the 2nd match between UP and Jaipur, UP are coming after a close win against Patna whereas Jaipur are also coming after a close win against Haryana in their recent match. Let us have a look at some of the facts, stats and numbers before start of PKL Day 6 matches.
Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba:
- Tamil Thalaivas and U Mumba have faced each other 5 times in PKL so far. U Mumba have won 4 out of those 5 times whereas Tamil Thalaivas have won only once in those 5 occasions. Only instance of Tamil Thaliavas defeating U Mumba came during PKL 2017 (Season-5)
- Abhishek Singh from U Mumba has made 19 successful raids in this PKL season from just 2 matches. Only Arjun Deshwal has more successful raids(22) than Abhishek Singh in this PKL season among players who played only 2 matches in this PKL season.
Most Successful Raids in previous PKL season:
Pawan Kumar - 262
Naveen Kumar - 251
Pardeep Narwal - 234
Siddharth Desai - 177
Maninder Singh - 171
Vikash Khandola - 146
Abhishek Singh - 140
- Surjeet Singh the key defender of Tamil Thalaivas has been very impressive in this PKL season, making 7 successful tackles so far in the ongoing edition.
Most successful tackles in PKL overall:
Manjeet Chhillar - 326
Ravinder Pahal - 312
Fazel Atrachali - 298
Sandeep Narwal - 288
Surjeet Singh - 267
U.P. Yoddha vs Jaipur Pink Panthers:
- U.P. Yoddha and Jaipur Pink Panthers have played against each other 5 times in PKL overall. U.P. Yoddha have ended up winning 3 of those games while Jaipur Pink Panthers have won only 2 out of those 5 matches. In the previous PKL season, U.P. Yoddha had won both matches against Jaipur Pink Panthers.
- Arjun Deshwal from Jaipur Pink Panthers has made two Super 10s in this PKL 2021/22 season so far and has played crucial role as raider for the side.
Most Super 10s in PKL 2021/22 season:
Naveen Kumar - 3
Arjun Deshwal - 2
Siddharth Desai - 2
Pawan Sehrawat - 2
- Sumit from U.P Yoddha has earned 7 tackle points as defender in this PKL 2021/22 season from the 2 games that he has played.
Most tackle points in 2021/22 PKL season (Among players who played 2 or fewer games):
Jaideep - 10 points
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh / Surender Nada - 9 points
Surjeet Singh / Sagar / Sumit - 7 points