Pro Kabaddi 2018 LIVE: Patna Pirates take on UP Yoddha in first match

AT HALF TIME: Patna 17-22 UP Yoddha

A SUPER RAID from Manjeet (14-18)

Patna Pirates ALL OUT (10-15)

Pardeep Narwal went out of boud (4-2)

A two pointer raid from manjeet (2-0)

An empty raid from both the teams to start with (0-0)

U.P. Yoddha win the toss & select the Choice of court

PKL 2018, Day 60, Match 1: Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha   PARDEEP NARWAL vs NITESH KUMAR • Pardeep has scored 63 raid points in his last 5 matches. This includes his best performance of PKL 6 where he scored 27 raid points against Puneri Paltan. • Even in his last match against Telugu Titans he had a tough first half where he scored only 2 raid points, but came back strong to pick up another Super 10.  • For UP, Nitesh Kumar has been equally brilliant in the right corner position.  • Like Pardeep he too is on a terrific run of form as he has come up against star raiders like Rohit Kumar, Pawan Sehrawat, Rahul Chaudhari, Monu Goyat and Ajay Thakur in recent games and managed to keep them quiet.  Nitesh Kumar – Last 5 Matches Tackles 30 Tackle Points 23 HIGH 5s 3 Avg. Tackle Points 4.6 Tackle SR 77   ·         Nitesh is averaging an astonishing 4.6 tackle points per game in his last 5 matches at a stunning tackle SR of 77. ·         He has only 7 failed tackles in the last 5 games. ·         What’s been impressive is the way he has performed against almost every star raider in PKL this season including Pardeep Narwal: (left is Nitesh’s number) o   6 – 3 vs. Rahul Chaudhari o   7 – 3 vs. Pawan Sehrawat o   4 – 2 vs. Pardeep Narwal o   3 – 4 vs. Ajay Thakur o   3 – 3 vs. Rohit Kumar o   2 – 4 vs. Maninder Singh ·         Only Bengal Warriors’ Maninder Singh has a good record against him while for Ajay Thakur and Rohit Kumar it’s very close. Nitesh has already bettered the performance level that he showed in PKL 5. He has scored 27 more tackle points and has improved his average by 1.3 points as well. Nitesh Kumar Season Wise Comparison PKL 5 Vs. PKL 6 19 Matches 19 47 Tackle Points 73 4 HIGH 5s 5 2.5 Avg. Tackle Points 3.8 52 Tackle SR 63   • He now has 73 tackle points and is the 2nd leading defender of PKL 6 behind Fazel Atrachali of U Mumba.  • Nitesh’s average of 3.8 tackle points per match meanwhile is the best among all defenders.   

PKL 2018, Day 60, Match 1: Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha PARDEEP NARWAL vs NITESH KUMAR   • The decisive battle in this match could come down to Patna’s best raider Pardeep Narwal taking on UP’s best defender Nitesh Kumar. • The two players have been the best players for their teams in PKL 6.  • Pardeep is currently 2nd in PKL 6 in raid points with 197 raid points to his name. Only Siddharth Desai of U Mumba has scored more than him. Pardeep Narwal – PKL 6 Matches 17 Raid Points 197 Super 10s 13 Avg. Raid Points 11.6 Raid SR 60  

PKL 2018, Day 60, Match 1: Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha HEAD-TO-HEAD (OVERALL)   Matches – 5 | U.P. Yoddha – 1 |Patna Pirates – 3 | Tie – 1 • U.P. Yoddha have beaten Patna Pirates only once in their 5 meetings.  • Patna Pirates have won 3 times while 1 match has ended in a tie. • Patna have already won both previous meetings of PKL 6. • The first meeting was a close encounter which Patna won 43-41 (M#9): o Pardeep Narwal (PAT) and Shrikant Jadhav (UPY) scored Super 10s for their respective sides. o But it was the defence which made the difference as UP (27 Raid Pt) had one more raid point in the game as compare to Patna (26 Raid Pt). o Patna scored 11 tackle points as compare to just 7 by UP Yoddha. o The game went down to the final raid with Patna leading 42-41. In that final raid Shrikant Jadhav went into raid & got blocked by left-corner Jaideep successfully and Patna won the game by 2 points.  • Patna won the second meeting by 6 points 43-37 (M#15): o Pardeep Narwal (14 raid points) and Deepak Narwal (10 raid points) both had Super 10s in this match.  o Shrikant Jadhav had his best performance of PKL 6 in this game as he scored 17 raid points. o Vijay and Jaideep had 3 tackle points each for Patna. o No UP defender was able to score more than 1 tackle point.   • Patna Pirates PKL 6: 9 wins, 8 losses, 1 tie. Lost their last match against Telugu Titans by 5 points. o Won 2 of their last 5 matches with 1 tie and 2 losses.   • U.P. Yoddha PKL 6: 5 wins, 10 losses, 4 ties. Tied their last match against Tamil Thalaivas 25-25. o Won 2 of their last 5 matches with 1 tie and 2 losses. o Unbeaten in their last 3 matches with 2 wins and a tie.