Pro Kabaddi League 2019 : Puneri Paltan defeats Patna Pirates by 21 points

PUNE DEFENCE STRIKES TO HELP TEAM SECURE THEIR 1^ST VICTORY IN PKL 7

• Pune defence scored a total of 17 tackle points in 26 tackles. They had a team tackle SR of 65.
• This is the 2^nd victory for the team against Patna Pirates in PKL.
• This is the 1^st match for Pune were the defence had more successful tackles than unsuccessful tackles.
• The defence was led by Girish Erank who scored 4 tackle points in 5 tackles.
• He was well supported by their Captain Surjeet Singh who scored 3 tackle points in 3 tackles.
• Raider Manjeet also scored 3 tackle points from 4 tackles in the match.
• The team as a whole got Pardeep out a total of 8 times in the match.

• Pune’s raiding unit also was clicking as they scored 19 raid points in the match.
• The best raider was Pankaj Mohite who scored 8 raid points from 8 raids.
• All his raid points were touch points.
• Manjeet and Pawan Kadian both scored 3 raid points.

PATNA PIRATES RAIDING WOES CONTINUES AS THEY REGISTER 2^ND LOSS IN HOME LEG

• Patna Pirates scored a total of 11 raid points in the match.
• Pardeep Narwal was the highest raid point scorer for the team as he scored 6 raid points in 13 raids.
• Out of the 13 raids, he had a total of 8 failed raids.
• But he found no support from his fellow raiders. Jang Kun Lee and Mohammad Esmaeil both were scoreless in raiding.
• Due to the lack of touch points from the support raiders Pardeep Narwal was off court for a total of 27:20 minutes in the match.

• Patna defence also struggled to get it going for Patna Pirates. Out of the 26 tackles they attempted, 15 were unsuccessful tackles.
• Except for Jaideep and Neeraj Kumar none of the other main defenders scored in the match.
• Jaideep scored 3 tackle points in 7 tackles and Neeraj Kumar scored 2 tackle points in 6 tackles.

AMIT KUMAR WAS BRILLIANT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COURT

• Amit Kumar played an important role in both raiding and defending scoring a total of 9 points.
• Amit Kumar scored 5 raid points in 8 raids.
• Out of the 5 raid points, 4 were touch points.
• Amit Kumar also had 4 tackle points in 6 tackles. He was perfect for the day in defence.