Pro Kabaddi 2019 preview: It's Jaipur's defence vs Siddharth's heroics

In Match 57 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Jaipur Pink Panthers will lock horns with Telugu Titans at Thayagraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. Titans’ Siddharth Desai didn’t have the best of starts while playing for Telugu Titans in PKL 2019. In the first three matches, he averaged just six raid points and had 40% of failed raids. Since then, his performance has been on the rise in the subsequent matches. Telugu Titans started their Pro kabaddi 2019 campaign without a win in first six matches. However, they are unbeaten in their previous three matches. This is mainly because their lead raider has started to fire. In the last 3 matches, Siddharth Desai has averaged 9.7 raid points and has a failed raid% of just 18.

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Jaipur are one of top defence units in Pro Kabaddi 2019

Jaipur Pink Panthers have been one of the consistent defence units this season. They have the 2nd most average tackle points (11.2). Also, their tackle strike rate of 51 is the 2nd best among teams in PKL 2019.

Top Performing defence units - PKL 7				Top Performing defence units - PKL 7
Team	Avg Tackle Pts			Team	Tackle SR
Puneri Paltan	11.4			Gujarat Fortunegiants	53
Jaipur Pink Panthers	11.2			Jaipur Pink Panthers	51
Gujarat Fortunegiants	10.5			Tamil Thalaivas	49

 

Jaipur’s defence have been one of the best in terms of restricting raiders from getting bonus. They concede 3.1 bonus per match, the 3rd lowest among teams in PKL 7. Both Siddharth and Suraj Desai, who are very good at picking bonus have a tough road ahead when they lock horns against the Jaipur defence.

Top defence units in restricting bonus - PKL 7
Team	Avg. Bonus Conceded
Puneri Paltan	1.4
U Mumba	2.9
Jaipur Pink Panthers	3.1

 

Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans head to head
 
Head to head, Jaipur Pink Panthers and Telugu Titans have won five matches each with one match ended in a tie.
 
Head to head in last five meetings 

Match No.	Jaipur Pink Panthers	Telugu Titans	Result
PKL 6, Match 103	26	36	Telugu Titans won by 10 points
PKL 5, Match 96	34	41	Telugu Titans won by 7 points
PKL 4, Semis 2	34	24	Jaipur Pink Panthers won by 10 points
PKL 4, Match 51	23	35	Telugu Titans won by 12 points
PKL 4, Match 8	28	24	Jaipur Pink Panthers won by 4 points

 

Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans live streaming details
 
Date and Day: August 24, 2019, Saturday.

Venue: Thayagraj Sports Complex, New Delhi

Time: 8:30 pm IST

The Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans 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 Jaipur vs Hyderabad match will be available on Hotstar in various languages.
 
Jaipur vs Hyderabad probable starting seven

Jaipur Pink Panthers	Vs	Telugu Titans
Amit Hooda	Right Corner	Abozar Mighani ©
Deepak Hooda ©	Right In	Amit Kumar
Sunil Siddhgavali	Right Cover	Farhad Milaghardan
Nilesh Salunke	Center	Siddharth Desai
Vishal	Left Cover	C. Arun
Nitin Rawal/ Deepak Narwal	Left In	Suraj Desai
Sandeep Dhull	Left Corner	Vishal Bhardwaj