It is expected to be a thrilling contest when the two best teams of the tournament – Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. – will face off against each other in the first qualifier at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi, on Monday.

Both of these teams won 13 matches and lost five games in the league stage and they would want to bring their best to the mat. Interestingly, both of them also lost their last two league stage matches. 

Puneri Paltan and Delhi were able to tick the right boxes throughout the league stage and both of these two teams would want to qualify for the summit clash by winning this contest. 

When these two teams met each other in the league phase, both of them won one match each. Both games went into the tiebreaker and another humdinger is expected between these two powerhouses.

Head to Head: Matches: 26, Won by Dabang Delhi K.C.: 10, Won by Puneri Paltan: 13, Tied: 3

Puneri Paltan squad:

Raiders: Mohit Goyat, Aditya Tushar Shinde, Pankaj Mohite, Abhishek Tukaram Gunge (right raider), Stuwart Singh (right raider), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (F), Milad Mohajer (F), Sachin

Defenders: Gaurav Khatri (right corner), Abinesh Nadarajan (right cover), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (right corner), Sanjay Enania (right corner), Rakesh (left corner), Vaibhav S. Rabade (right cover), Rohan Ashok Tupare, Vishal Bhardwaj, Mohd. Amaan (left corner)

All-rounders: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Gurdeep

Dabang Delhi K.C. squad:

Raiders: Mohit (right raider), Anil Gurjar, Vijay, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Akshit (left raider), Neeraj Narwal, Ashu Malik

Defenders: Sandeep (left cover), Anurag (left corner), Raman Singh (right corner), Mohit (left cover), Saurabh Nandal (left corner), Gaurav Chhillar (right cover), Surjeet Singh (right cover), Amirhossein Bastami (F) (right corner), Fazel Atrachali (F) (left corner)

All-rounders: Amit, Ashish Kumar (Sangwan), Naveen, Arkam Shaikh