Siddharth Desai, the emerging player of season 6, has so far failed to shine for Telugu Titans and they will be hoping for the raider to find his form if they are to get their campaign going. Telugu will also need Rajnish to keep up with his good form, having won 11 raid points for the team so far. For Delhi, Naveen Kumar will be the leading raider after shining in the previous season. He will be supported in the attack by all-rounder Meraj Sheykh and raider Chandran Ranjit.
Siddharth Desai gets tackled down once again in a do-or-die raid. Excellent play from Delhi there, they built the pressure on Siddharth and went for a safe tackle when he was completely in the radar.
Next raid, Suraj makes a mistake and Delhi get another point. Telugu now have both their best raiders on the bench.
Telugu Titans 9-11 Dabang Delhi
We are just few minutes away from live action from Hyderabad as Telugu Titans takes on Dabang Delhi.
The stage is set. Hyderabad is ready to welcome Dabang Delhi Kabaddi Club. Join us as we get ready for the first match of the season.
— Dabang Delhi KC (@DabangDelhiKC) July 24, 2019
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.#BuraNaManoDilliHai #VIVOProKabaddi #PKLSeason7 #DabangDelhiKabaddiClub #DabangDelhi #TeluguTitans #DELvsHYD #ProKabaddiLeague #Season7 pic.twitter.com/M0sItIrbhA
Here is how Telugu Titans and Dabang Delhi will line-up for the match today.
Telugu Titans starting 7: Siddharth Desai, Farhad Milaghardan, C. Arun, Suraj Desai, Amit Kumar, Abozar Mighani and Vishal Bhardwaj
Dabang Delhi starting 7: Naveen Kumar, Vishal Mane, Anil Kumar, Meraj Sheykh, Chandran Ranjit, Ravinder Pahal and Joginder Narwal
Meanwhile, Bengal Warriors have absolutely drubbed UP Yoddha in what was the first match of the season for both teams. While it was UP Yoddha, who started the match better, Bengal grew into this and then absolutely raced. Bengal even executed three all-outs on UP to beat them 48-17.
Read all about the match here.
Here is the entire squad of Dabang Delhi KC. They have five raiders, 10 defenders and three all-rounders in their arsenal.
RAIDERS: Aman Kadian, Chandran Ranjit, Naveen Kumar, Neeraj Narwal and Sumit Kumar
DEFENDERS: Joginder Singh Narwal, Mohit, Vishal Mane, Pratik Patil, Ravinder Pahal, Anil Kumar, Saeid Ghaffari, Satywan, Sumit and Sombir
ALL-ROUNDERS: Balram, Meraj Sheykh and Vijay
Here is the entire squad of Telugu Titans. They have eight raiders, seven defenders and two all-rounders in their arsenal.
RAIDERS: Amit Kumar, Ankit Beniwal, Kamal Singh, Mula Siva Ganesh Reddy, Palle Mallikarjun, Rajnish, Rakesh Gowda and Siddharth Desai
DEFENDERS: Abozar Mohajermighani, Aakash Dattu Arsul, Akash Choudhary, Manish, C. Arun, Krushna Madane and Vishal Bhardwaj
ALL-ROUNDERS: Armaan, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan
It's Vishal Bhardwaj vs Vishal Mane as Telugu Titans take on Dabang Delhi. While Bhardwaj has played half the matches that Mane has, their numbers are pretty equal and it should be a tight contest.
Jab naam Vishal ho, toh #VIVOProKabbadi ke mat par naam roshan karna banta hai! 😎
— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) July 24, 2019
When it comes to a defensive showdown, #IsseToughKuchNahi! Watch them battle tonight at 8:30 PM, on Star Sports and Hotstar. #HYDvDEL pic.twitter.com/zcWnmDscv8
Telegu Titans have so far suffered 25-31 and 26-39 losses against U Mumba and Tamil Thalaivas, respectively, and will look to gain some momentum in their new campaign with a win against Dabang Delhi. For Delhi, this will be their first match of season 7 after reaching the playoffs for the first time last season.