Pro Kabaddi 2019, Pune vs Bengaluru preview: Nitin Tomar needs to step up

In match 51 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Puneri Paltan will lock horns with defending champions Bengaluru Bulls at Jawarhar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. Puneri Paltan raiding unit has had a good start to PKL 2019. In Pune’s first five matches, the average raid points per match has been 15.9, played without the services of Nitin Tomar. But in the first match after Nitin Tomar’s return the team scored 22 raid points in the match against Dabang Delhi with Tomar scoring eight raid points in the match and had a raid strike rate of 62. However, in the last two matches Nitin Tomar’s raiding performance has taken a hit. He scored only 7 raid points while his raid strike rate fell by half to 33.
 
Key battle: Bengaluru Bulls raiders vs Surjeet Singh

Pawan Sehrawat and Rohit Kumar have been successful in getting the better off Surjeet Singh in their duels against him. Pawan and Rohit combined have 51 duels against Surjeet Singh, out of which the raiders have been successful 32 times. In Pro Kabaddi 2018, Pawan Sehrawat had a 10 – 1 head to head against Surjeet Singh.

Pawan Sehrawat successful Raids vs. Surjeet Singh – Skill wise (Overall PKL)
Successful Raids	Hand Touch	Escape	Jump	Dubki
12	8	2	1	1

 

Surjeet Singh being a right cover is in direct contest with Pawan Sehrawat. Pawan has got Surjeet out the most using hand touched. He has got him out eight times. Rohit Kumar also has been successful in landing his hand touch on Surjeet a total of 11 times in his 20 successful raids. All the successful raids against Surjeet has come in front of the baulk line.

Rohit Kumar successful Raids vs. Surjeet Singh – Skill wise (Overall PKL)
Successful Raids	Hand Touch	Escape	Dubki
20	11	8	1

 

Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls head to head
 
Head to head, Puneri Paltan and Bengaluru Bulls have won five each out of 10 matches played between so far.

Head to head last five meetings

Match No	Puneri Paltan	Bengaluru Bulls	Result
PKL 6, Match 8	27	25	Puneri Paltan won by 2 points
PKL 5, Match 71	20	24	Bengaluru Bulls won by 4 points
PKL 4, Match 55	36	33	Puneri Paltan won by 3 points
PKL 4, Match 17	27	29	Bengaluru Bulls won by 2 points
PKL 3, Match 48	44	27	Puneri Paltan won by 17 points

 

 
Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls live streaming details
 
Date and Day: August 21, 2019, Wednesday.
 
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
 
Time: 7:30 pm IST
 
The Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls will be broadcast live on Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 2 with English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi HD and Star Sports 1 Hindi with Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of Pune vs Bengaluru match will be available on Hotstar in various languages.