Mumbai will play against the Gujarat giants in a Zone A match of PKL 2018 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi tonight at 8 PM.
Mumbai secured their victory over the home side, Delhi in last night’s match. Siddharth Desai was in surprising structure as he scored 19 raid points with only 16 endeavored raids to rise as the match’s best raider. The defense of Mumbai scored 10 tackle points due to the sincere efforts of Surender Singh and Fazel Atrachali who scored 3 points each.
The Gujarat side won against the Pune side. Gujarat’s defense has been their key and reliable entertainer all through the season, and it demonstrated a similar frame against Pune to score 14 tackle points. Sunil Kumar, the captain of the Gujarat’s, and Ruturaj Koravi were the best defenders for their agree with 4 tackle points each. Sachin was Gujarat’s best raider with 6 raid points, while K Prapanjan contributed with 5 points.
The last time the two groups, Gujarat and Mumbai, confronted each other was in Match 75 of the current season where the Gujarat side proved to be the best with a 39-35 win. Gujarat is the main side to have defeated Mumbai twice this season.
Tentative 7 players aligned for each team
Mumbai Team: (Captain) Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Baliyan, Vinod Kumar, Rohit Rana, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Siddharth Desai, Surender Singh
Gujarat Team: (Captain) Sunil Kumar, Sachin Tanwar, Rohit Gulia, Parvesh Bhainswal, K Prapanjana, Sachin Vittala, Ruturaj Koravi
Raiders
Sachin Tanwar and Siddharth Desai
Desai has proved his gauntlet of being a strong raider from the Mumbai’s side in previous matches and he will be expected to showcase the same rigor in tonight’s match too. Sachin Tanwar from Gujarat, has performed as a strong raider for Gujarat’s side with Super 10s to his credit consecutively in many matches.
Defenders
Fazel Atrachali, Surender Singh, Ruturaj Koravi and Parvesh Bhainswal
Parvesh and Koravi have been the best defenders for the Gujarat side, scoring enormously in the cover position. Fazel and Surender have paired well for Mumbai to be strongest pair of defenders for their side and expectations from them would be high.
All-Rounders
Sunil Kumar and Rohit Gulia
Sunil, Gujarat’s captain and Rohit Gulia are the best all-rounders leading their side to victories. Both are adept in raiding and defending units and have mastered their trade well.
Match Prediction – Mumbai vs Gujarat
We feel Mumbai is going to emerge as tonight’s match winner.
