Pro Kabaddi 2019, Match 39 preview: UP Yoddha's raiders need to chip in

In Match 39 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, UP Yoddha will take on Bengaluru Bulls at Eka Indoor Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. When it comes to raiding in PKL 2019, across various statistical categories, one team is consistently at the bottom or near the bottom and that team is UP Yoddha. This has really impacted their ability to inflict All Outs on the opponent where they are among the worst again. Shrikant Jadhav has continued his association with failed raids. Among raiders to have gone for at least 50 raids, he has the highest failed raid percentage. And Monu Goyat is not too far behind in 4th with 29% failed raids.

Worst Raid Failure% for teams - PKL 2019
Team	Raid Failure%
U.P Yoddha	31.1%
Patna Pirates	27.4%
Telugu Titans	27.7%

 

Check Pro Kabaddi schedule and points table here
 
Key Battle: Nitesh Kumar vs Pawan Sehrawat

The big battle in Bengaluru Bulls vs UP Yoddha match is going to be UP’s right corner Nitesh Kumar taking on Pawan Sehrawat. Despite Pawan being a right-raider, Nitesh has had very good success against him and has managed to tackle him many times while Pawan has attempted an attack on the right corner. Head to head, Nitesh leads 9-3 and was 7-3 against Pawan in PKL 6. Nitesh Kumar has used a variety of skills to get Pawan Sehrawat out. He has got Pawan out the most using the Thigh hold with a total of 5 times.

Nitesh Kumar Successful Tackles vs. Pawan Sehrawat – Skill wise (Overall PKL)
Successful Tackle	Ankle Hold	Thigh Hold	Block
9	2	5	2

 

 UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls head to head
 
Head to head, Bengaluru Bulls have an advantage as they won five out of six matches while UP Yoddha won one match.
 

Match No.	UP Yoddha	Bengaluru Bulls	Result
PKL 6, Match 84	27	37	Bengaluru Bulls won by 10 points
PKL 6, Match 53	27	37	Bengaluru Bulls won by 10 points
PKL 6, Match 47	29	35	Bengaluru Bulls won by 6 points
PKL 5, Match 51	24	64	Bengaluru Bulls won by 40 points
PKL 5, Match 126	32	38	Bengaluru Bulls won by 6 points
PKL 5, Match 14	32	27	UP Yoddha won by 5 points

 

UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls live streaming details
 
Date and Day: August 12, 2019, Monday.
 
Venue: Eka arena, Ahmedabad
 
Time: 8:30 pm IST
 
The UP Yoddha 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 Yoddha vs Bulls will be available on Hotstar in various languages.