PKL 12: U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan, Match 40 – Preview

U Mumba will square off against Puneri Paltan in the 40th match of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League season 12 at the SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur on Thursday. 

Current form of Puneri Paltan: W W L L W

Puneri Paltan is in second place in the standings with five wins in seven games. The Paltan registered a 39-33 win against Telugu Titans in the last game and they would look to carry the winning impetus. Aslam Inamdar and Gaurav Khatri scored seven points apiece.

Current form of U Mumba: W L W L W

U Mumba is in third place in the PKL standings with four wins in six games. They registered a 40-39 win against three-time champions Patna Pirates in the previous game after Amir MD. Zafardanesh and Anil scored 12 and 9 points, respectively.

Head to Head: Matches: 24, Won by U Mumba: 11, Won by Puneri Paltan: 10, 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

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