Pro Kabaddi 2019: Pardeep Narwal eyes 1100 raid points in today's match

Pardeep Narwal is on the verge of setting another record as he is just 18 raid points away from 1,100. Given his latest performance, it is highly possible that he will reach this mark in today's match

Pardeep Narwal, Puneri Paltan vs Patna Pirates, PKL 2019 — Pardeep Narwal in action

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 26 2019 | 2:34 PM IST

In Match 108 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Patna Pirates, led by Pardeep Narwal, will take on Dabang Delhi, to keep their playoffs hope alive at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday. When the two teams met on the previous occasion, Naveen Kumar broke Pardeep Narwal’s record of most consecutive SUPER 10s in a PKL season. In PKL 2018, Naveen Kumar’s performance was never in a touching distance to Pardeep Narwal’s brilliance. However, in PKL 2019, Naveen Kumar has not only matched Pardeep Narwal’s brilliance throughout, but has also bettered him in some crucial situations.

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Performance in PKL 6			Performance in PKL 7
Pardeep Narwal	Vs.	Naveen Kumar	Pardeep Narwal	Vs.	Naveen Kumar
233 (2^nd)	Raid Pts	172 (8^th)	224 (2^nd)	Raid Pts	211 (3^rd)
11.1 (2^nd)	Avg. Raid Pts	7.8 (10^th)	12.4 (2^nd)	Avg. Raid Pts	12.4 (2^nd)
15 (1^st)	SUPER 10s	8 (7^th)	12 (2^nd)	SUPER 10s	16 (1^st)

Both the raiders possess different skillsets: For instance, Pardeep Narwal relies more on touch points whereas Naveen Kumar uses the Bonus Line to good effect and capitalises the situation more often.

Most % of Touch Pts - PKL 7 (Min. 75 raid pts)		Most Bonus Points - PKL 7
Raider	% of Touch Pts	Raider	Bonus Points
Abhishek Singh	90%	Pawan Sehrawat	51
Pardeep Narwal	88%	Naveen Kumar	46
Vikas Kandola	87%	Siddharth Desai	38

Pardeep eyes 1,100 raid points

Pardeep Narwal is on the verge of setting another record as he is just 18 raid points shy of 1,100 raid points. Given his latest performance, it is highly possible that he will reach the mark in today’s match.

Top five all-time top raiders of Pro Kabaddi League

Raider name	Latest team	Matches played	Raid points
Pardeep Narwal	Patna Pirates	103	1082
Rahul Chaudhari	Tamil Thalaivas	118	938
Deepak Niwas Hooda	Jaipur Pink Panthers	122	844
Ajay Thakur	Tamil Thalaivas	115	790
Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	78	718

Pardeep Narwal’s performance has improved after the first half of PKL 2019. Pardeep averaged 8.6 raid points in the season’s first 10 matches. In the last 8 games, the number of raid points has literally doubled to 17.3 per match. He scored a SUPER 10 in all of his last 8 games. Pardeep, in his last 8 matches, had a Do-or-Die raid strike rate over 100.

Pardeep Narwal - Raid Performance in PKL 2019
First 10 Mts	Vs.	Last 8 Mts
86	Raid Points	138
8.6	Avg. Raid Pts	17.3
29%	Failed Raid%	21%
47	Raid SR	78
4	SUPER 10s	8

What makes Naveen Kumar a more complete raider?

Raiding with precision

Among raiders, who have gone for a minimum of 150 raids, Naveen Kumar’s failure rate of 14 per cent is the lowest in PKL 2019.

Least Failed Raid % - PKL 7 (Min. 150 raids)
Raider	Failed Raid %
Naveen Kumar	14%
Abhishek Singh	18%
Maninder Singh	18%

Redefining consistency time and again

Not Pardeep, not Pawan, not even Siddharth Desai, but Naveen Kumar is the only raider to have scored 7-plus raid points in all the matches he has played so far this season.

Raiders to score 7+ raid pts in all matches - PKL 2019
Raider	Matches
Naveen Kumar	17*

Sustained excellence in all phases

Naveen Kumar has a raid strike rate of more than 50 in all four phases of the game, showing his ability to score in any given phase.

Naveen Kumar Phase-wise - PKL 2019
Time	Raids	Raid Points	Raid SR
1-10	83	56	67
11-20	82	52	63
21-30	79	43	54
31-40	99	60	61

Calm and composed in pressure situations

Naveen Kumar has been calm and composed in pressure situations for Dabang Delhi. He has a raid SR above 80 in both D-o-D and super tackle situations this season.