AT HALF TIME: Jaipur Pink Panthers lead by 7 points against Tamil Thalaivas

Tamil Thalaivas ALL OUT Tamil 8-16 Jaipur

Jaipur reduce Tamil Thalaivas to 3 players in 17 minutes of play Tamil 8-11 Jaipur

There has a neck to neck battle between Tamil Thalaivas and Jaipur Pink Panthers as Tamil are leading by only one point

In the first 5 minutes, Tamil take one point lead as they tackle Jaipur's Deepak Hood Tamil 3-2 Jaipur

Tamil Thalaivas win the toss & select the Choice of court

PKL 2018, Day 54, Match 1: Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD (All head-to-head for overall PKL) • Ajay Thakur (CHE) 13 – 14 Mohit Chhillar (JAI) • Jasvir Singh (CHE) 11 – 6 Mohit Chhillar (JAI) • Sukesh Hegde (CHE) 6 – 5 Mohit Chhillar (JAI) • Anup Kumar (JAI) 5 – 3 Manjeet Chhillar (CHE) • Deepak Hooda (JAI) 5 – 13 Manjeet Chhillar (CHE) • Deepak Hooda (JAI) 5 – 2 Amit Hooda (CHE)  

PKL 2018, Day 54, Match 1: Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers AJAY THAKUR vs. DEEPAK HOODA – THE 3RD & 4TH MOST SUCCESSFUL RAIDERS IN PKL   • Ajay Thakur (697) and Deepak Hooda (639) are currently 3rd and 4th in the list of all-time leading raid point scorers in PKL. • Only Pardeep Narwal and Rahul Chaudhari have scored more than these two raiders. • Ajay Thakur needs just 3 raid points to be the 3rd ever player to complete 700 raid points.  • For both Ajay Thakur and Deepak Hooda however, their individual performances this season have not translated into wins for their respective teams with both struggling to stay alive in the Playoffs race. Raider Comparison – PKL 6 Ajay Thakur Vs. Deepak Hooda 17 Mts. 14 168 Raid Pts. 125 6 Super 10s 7 9.9 Avg. Raid Pts. 8.9 57 Raid SR 57   • Ajay Thakur’s 14 raid points went in vain in his last match as the Tamil Thalaivas went down to Dabang Delhi to suffer their 10th loss of the season.  • This was after scoring 16 raid points in game before that against Patna Pirates.  • Ajay has 30 raid points in his last 2 matches.  Raider Comparison (Last 5 Matches) – PKL 6 Ajay Thakur Vs. Deepak Hooda 5 Mts. 5 51 Raid Pts. 62 2 Super 10s 5 10.2 Avg. Raid Pts. 12.4 55 Raid SR 64   • Deepak Hooda also is coming off a Super 10 against Telugu Titans where his team again lost the game.  • He has now scored Super 10s in 6 consecutive matches.  • These two raiders have been one-man shows for their teams.  o For Tamil Thalaivas, the next best raider in the last 5 matches is Sukesh Hegde with 15 raid points. o For Jaipur Pink Panthers, the second-best raider in the last 5 games is Ajinkya Pawar with 28 raid points.  • That shows how much difference there has been between Ajay and Deepak and the supporting raiders in their team.  • It’s not just Super 10s these two raiders have also scored big points, but even in these games their teams have not been able to win due to lack of raiding support and defensive weaknesses.  Ajay Thakur Top Performances - PKL 6 Raid Pts. Match Result 19 vs. Bengaluru Bulls, M#8 Lost by 11 points 16 vs. Patna Pirates, M#90 Tie 14 vs. Dabang Delhi, M#99 Lost by 4 points   Deepak Hooda Top Performances - PKL 6 Raid Pts. Match Result 20 vs. Dabang Delhi, M#89 Lost by 13 points 15 vs. Dabang Delhi, M#58 Lost by 11 points 12 vs. Haryana Steelers, M#50 Won by 6 points   • Ajay Thakur’s top 3 performances have all failed to result in a win for Tamil Thalaivas. Similar for Deepak Hooda with Jaipur having won only once.  • One area where Ajay Thakur has performed better than Deepak Hooda is in DoD raids.   • Deepak Hooda has struggled in DoD situations throughout this season. In the 21 raids that he has attempted, he has a raid SR of only 33 in them.  o Now, the DoD raids are being taken care by Ajinkya Pawar.   • Of raiders who have attempted more than 20 DoD raids, Deepak Hooda has the 2nd worst raid SR. Only Akshay Jadhav has a lower DoD raid SR (25). Deepak has not fared well in Super Tackle situations also.   Raider Comparison in DoD & Super Tackle – PKL 6 Ajay Thakur Vs. Deepak Hooda 78 DoD Raid SR 33 69 Super Tackle Raid SR 33   • Ajay Thakur meanwhile has been very good in both these situations with a raid SR well above 65 in both.  • Both Ajay and Deepak have also shown themselves to be very good in the final 10 minutes of games. The majority of their raid points have come in this phase: o 50 of Ajay Thakur’s raid points this season have come in the last 10 minutes where he has a raid SR of 63. o 44 of Deepak Hooda’s raid points this season have come in the last 10 minutes where he has a raid SR of 65.   

PKL 2018, Day 54, Match 1: Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers PLAYOFFS QUALIFICATION   • If Jaipur lose or even tie, they will be 3rd and final team from Zone A to get knocked out of the playoff race and Dabang Delhi will qualify for playoff for the first time in the history of PKL.   • Jaipur’s qualification is out of their hands. A win in every game from now on will get them to 60 points.  o But since Dabang Delhi are already on 60 points, they require Delhi to also not pick up a single point in their remaining games.   

PKL 2018, Day 54, Match 1: Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers HEAD-TO-HEAD (OVERALL)   Overall: Matches – 1 | Tamil Thalaivas – 0 | Jaipur Pink Panthers – 1 | • Tamil Thalaivas and Jaipur Pink Panthers have played each other only once before and Jaipur ended up winning narrowly 27-26. • Tamil Thalaivas PKL 6: 5 wins, 10 losses, 2 ties. Lost their last match against Dabang Delhi by 4 points. o Only 1 win in their last 5 matches with 3 losses and 1 tie.   • Tamil Thalaivas Inter-Zone Record: Played 5 Inter-Zone matches in PKL 6 and won only 1 (Puneri Paltan) with 3 losses (Dabang Delhi, U Mumba, Gujarat Fortunegiants) and 1 tie (Haryana Steelers). • Jaipur Pink Panthers PKL 6: 3 wins, 10 losses, 1 tie. Lost their last match against Telugu Titans by 10 points. o Won only 1 of their last 7 matches (5 losses and a tie). • Jaipur Pink Panthers Inter-Zone Record: Played 5 Inter-Zone matches in PKL 6 winning 1 (UP Yoddha) and losing 4 (Bengaluru Bulls, Bengal Warriors, Patna Pirates, Telugu Titans).