Pro Kabaddi 2019, Titans vs Bulls preview: Battle of two raider-heavy teams

In Match 31 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, the Telugu Titans will look to score a comeback to their winning ways, when they take on defending champions, the Bengaluru Bulls, at Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Thursday. Telugu Titans have gone for aggressive tackles (23 tackles per match) and the poor form of their lead defenders Vishal and Abozar has made it worse for them in the initial three matches. However, in the last two matches (15 tackles per match), the Titans seemed to have learnt from their mistakes and have waited for the right opportunities to tackle their opponents. On the other hand, Bengaluru Bulls would be riding high on Pawan Sehrawat's form, who scored crucial raid points for his team as others failed to make any mark.


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Pawan Sehrawat can single-handedly turn a game

Bengaluru Bulls have scored a total of 80 raid points in Pro Kabaddi 2019. Sehrawat has scored 57 raid points out of those 80 (71% of the Bulls raid points). Sehrawat is the highest raid point scorer for the season so far and in the last match, he scored the third most raid points in a match by a player (29 raid points).  

Most Raid points in a Match (By a Player)
Raider	Opponent	Season	Raid Points
Pardeep Narwal	Haryana Steelers	ELE 2, PKL 5	34
Rohit Kumar	UP Yoddha	M#51, PKL 5	30
Pawan Sehrawat	Bengal Warriors	M#24, PKL 7	29

 

Sehrawat has been a raid scoring machine from the start of the last season. He has scored the most number of multi-point raids since PKL 6 and has continued that trend in PKL 7. He has been most effective during the second half of the match. Since PKL 6, he has scored the most raid points in the final 10 minutes of the match and has his best Raid SR during this phase.

Pawan Sehrawat Phase-wise – Since PKL 6
Time	Raid Points	Super Raids	Raid SR
1-10	74	2	67
11-20	62	3	67
21-30	72	4	65
31-40	120	4	84

 

Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls head to head
 
Head to head, the Bengaluru Bulls have an advantage as they have won nine of the 15 matches they have played against the Telugu Titans, while the latter have won only three.

Head to head in last 5 meetings

Match No.	Telugu Titans	Bengaluru Bulls	Result
PKL 6, Match 117	28	44	Bengaluru Bulls won by 16 points
PKL 6, Match 109	24	37	Bengaluru Bulls won by 13 points
PKL 6, Match 86	26	34	Bengaluru Bulls won by 8 points
PKL 5, Match 80	26	26	Match Tied
PKL 5, Match 19	21	21	Match Tied

 

Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls live streaming details
 
Date and Day: August 8, 2019, Thursday.
 
Venue: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
 
Time: 7:30 pm IST
 
The Telugu Titans 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 Hyderabad vs Bengaluru will be available on Hotstar in various languages.