PKL 2019, Match 3 preview: Can Sunil and Parvesh bring down Pawan Sehrawat?

Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengaluru Bulls match will be a showdown between the best raiding pair versus the best defensive pair in Pro Kabaddi League

In Match 3 of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2019, defending champions Bengaluru Bulls will take on last season’s runner-up Gujarat Fortunegiants at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. In the PKL 2018 final, Bengaluru Bulls were 9 – 16 down at half-time and made a comeback and won the title. Pawan was the key player in Gujarat’s loss as he scored 22 raid points out of which 18 raid points came in the 2nd half and which makes today’s encounter more interesting. On Day 1 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Bengaluru defeated Patna Pirates coming from behind as their defence looked in a great form.

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Battle between Gujarat’s defence and Bengaluru’s raiders
 
It will be showdown between the best raiding pair versus the best defensive pair in Pro Kabaddi. Pawan Sehrawat and Rohit Kumar were crucial in helping Bulls win the title in Pro Kabaddi 2018. Both of them together racked up 433 raid points in PKL 6 which was more than more than any raiding duo or trio in PKL 6. On the other hand, Sunil Kumar and Parvesh Bhainswal were the best defensive pair in sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League. In total they scored 77 tackle points together. Both the defenders were also in the top 5 of most tackle points scored in PKL 6.

Pawan Sehrawat and Rohit Kumar record in PKL 2018

Raiders – PKL 6	Matches	Raid Points	Avg. Raid Pts.	Raid SR	Combined Raid Points
Pawan Sehrawat	24	271	11.3	72	433
Rohit Kumar	24	162	6.8	48

 

Sunil Kumar and Parvesh Bhainswal record in PKL 2018

Best Defensive Pairs – PKL 6
Defender Pair	Team	Tackle Pts.
Parvesh Bhainswal-Sunil Kumar	Gujarat Fortunegiants	77
Fazel Atrachali-Surender Singh	U Mumba	58
Jeeva Kumar-Nitesh Kumar	UP Yoddha	47

Can sunil and parvesh brings down the hi-flyer pawan?

Pawan Sehrawat and Rohit Kumar had a one sided head to head against these two defenders in Pro Kabaddi 2019. Pawan has a combined head to head of 16 – 4 against the defenders. Parvesh was unable to register a single successful tackle against Pawan last year.
 
Pro Kabaddi 2019, Match 3: Bengaluru Bulls vs Gujarat Fortunegiants head to head
 
Bengaluru Bulls have an advantage over Gujarat Fortunegiants in head to head comparison, winning 2 of the 4 matches with one tie. Bengaluru Bulls are one among the only two teams to have won more than once against Gujarat Fortunegiants in Pro Kabaddi history. Both their wins came when it mattered the most that is, qualifier 1 and finals. The only game that Gujarat won against Bengaluru came in PKL 5 (the first meeting between both these sides) 

Match No.	Bengaluru Bulls	Gujarat Fortunegiants	Result
PKL 6, Finals	38	33	Bengaluru won by 5 points
PKL 6, Qualifier1	41	29	Bengaluru won by 12 points
PKL 6, Match 69	30	30	Match Tied
PKL 5, Match 29	24	27	Gujarat won by 3 points

 

Here is the probable starting seven of both the teams

Bengaluru Bulls	Vs	Gujarat Fortunegiants
Vijay Kumar	Right Corner	Ruturaj Koravi
Pawan Sehrawat	Right In	Vinod Kumar
Ashish Sangwan	Right Cover	Sunil Kumar ©
Sumit Singh	Center	Sachin
Mahender Singh	Left Cover	Parvesh Bhainswal
Rohit Kumar ©	Left In	Rohit Gulia
Amit Sheoran	Left Corner	Pankaj