PKL 12: U Mumba vs UP Yoddhas, Match 82 – Preview

U Mumba will square off against UP Yoddhas in the 82nd match of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League season 12 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi on Monday.

Current form of U Mumba: W L W W L

U Mumba are in fifth place in the standings with seven wins and six losses and thus have 14 points under their belt. They won their previous match comprehensively against Bengal Warriorz by 48-29. Ajit Chouhan and Sandeep scored 12 and 13 points, respectively.

Current form of UP Yoddhas: L L L L L

UP Yoddhas are struggling in 10th place in the PKL standings with four wins and nine losses.  The Yoddhas will need to turn a corner as they have lost their last five games. UP suffered a 41-39 loss against Gujarat Giants in the last game despite Guman Singh scoring 14 points. 

Head to Head: Matches: 14, Won by U Mumba: 6, Won by UP Yoddhas: 7, Tied: 1.

U Mumba squad:

Raiders: Ajit Chouhan, Satish Kannan (right raider), Mukeshkannan S, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Sandeep Kumar,

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Deepak Kundu (left corner), Lokesh Ghosliya (left corner), Sunny (left cover), Mukilan Shanmugam (left cover), Ravi (right cover), Rinku (right corner), Parvesh Bhainswal (left cover)

All-rounders: Rohit, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (F), Amarjeet, Mohammad Ghorbani (F), Aanil Mohan

UP Yoddhas full squad

Raiders: Bhavani Rajput, Surender Gill, Keshav Kumar, Gagana Gowda HR (right raider), Shivam Chaudhary (left raider), Jatin (right raider), Pranay Vinay Rane, Dong Geon Lee (F), Guman Singh

Defenders: Ashu Singh (right cover), Jayesh Vikas Mahajan (left corner), Gangaram (left cover), Sachin (right cover), Sahul Kumar (right corner), Sumit (left corner), Hitesh (right corner), Ronak (left cover), Mahender Singh (left cover), Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (F) (left corner)