PKL 12: UP Yoddhas vs Bengal Warriorz, Match 35 – Preview

UP Yoddhas will lock horns against Bengal Warriorz in the 35th match of the Pro Kabaddi League season 12 at the SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur, on Tuesday. 

Current form of UP Yoddhas: L L L W W

After getting off to a good start, the Yoddhas have lost their last three matches, and they are in ninth place in the standings. They were outplayed by the Jaipur Pink Panthers by 41-29 in the last game and would want to come up with a better performance. Gagan Gowda had scored 16 points but he was the lone warrior.

Current form of Bengal Warriorz: L L L L W

Bengal Warriorz is at the bottom of the standings with a solitary win in five games. They have suffered four losses on the bounce and would want to turn a corner. Warriorz suffered a 36-46 loss against Tamil Thalaivas in the last game after Devank scored 13 points.

Head to Head: Matches: 16, Won by Bengal Warriorz: 6, Won by UP Yoddhas: 4, Tied: 6.

Bengal Warriorz squad: 

Raiders: Sushil Kambrekar (right raider), Vishwas S (raider), Manprit (right raider), Punit Kumar (left raider), Rachit Kumar (right raider), Jang Kun Lee (F), Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah (F), Himanshu, Devank

Defenders: Yash Malik (left corner), Manjeet (left cover), Deep Kumar (right cover), Amandeep (right corner), Ankit, Sandeep (right corner), Harander (right corner), Parteek (left cover), Mayur Jagannath Kadam (right cover), Ashish (left corner), Nitesh Kumar

All-rounders: Moolchandra Singh, Shivansh Thakur

UP Yoddhas 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)