Pro Kabaddi 2019, Delhi vs Bengaluru preview: Battle of raider-heavy teams

In Match 56 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Dabang Delhi will kick start their home campaign, when they take on Bengaluru Bulls at Thaygraj Sports Complex in New Delhi on Saturday. Bengaluru Bulls and Dabang Delhi have been raiding powerhouses in PKL 2019 and are among the top 3 teams with the best raid point average for the season. Both the teams are cruising in the raiding department because of their lead raiders. Pawan Sehrawat and Naveen Kumar are arguably the best raiders of the tournament so far.  Pawan and Naveen are among the top 3 in the most raid points scored in Pro Kabaddi 2019 and also have the best averages this season. Naveen Kumar has scored six SUPER 10s this season compared to Pawan Sehrawat’s five.

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Naveen Kumar on the rise

Naveen Kumar has been unstoppable in the raiding department. He has the lowest raid failure percentage in Pro Kabaddi 2019 among raiders with a minimum of 50 raids. Naveen Kumar is the only raider to have a raid failure in single digits.

Lowest Raid Failure % – PKL 7 (min. 50 raids)
Raider	Raids	Failed Raids	% Failed Raids
Naveen Kumar	131	10	8%
Deepak Hooda	131	14	11%
Shabeer Bappu	57	7	12%

 

He has been the best during the first half of the match this season. He has a raid strike rate of 66 as compared to raid strike rate of 49 in the 2nd half. Naveen Kumar also has the best raid strike rate in the first 10 minutes of the match among raiders with a minimum of 15 raids.

Naveen Kumar Phase-wise – PKL 7					Highest Raid SR in 1-10 mins – PKL 7 (min. 15 raids)
Time	Raids	Raid Points	Raid SR		Raider	Raid Points	Raid SR
1-10	30	19	63		Naveen Kumar	19	63
11-20	34	23	68		Pawan Sehrawat	20	59
21-30	33	18	55		Suraj Desai	14	58
31-40	34	15	44

 

Dabang Delhi vs Bengaluru Bulls head to head

Head to head, Dabang Delhi have a slight edge as they won six out of 11 matches while Bengaluru Bulls won five.

Head to head in last five encounters

Match No.	Dabang Delhi	Bengaluru Bulls	Result
PKL 6, Match 97	32	31	Dabang Delhi won by 1 point
PKL 5, Match 119	32	35	Bengaluru Bulls won by 3 points
PKL 5, Match 63	38	30	Dabang Delhi won by 8 points
PKL 4, Match 35	40	20	Dabang Delhi won by 20 points
PKL 4, Match 13	32	24	Dabang Delhi won by 8 points

 

Dabang Delhi vs Bengaluru Bulls live streaming details

Date and Day: August 24, 2019, Saturday.

Venue: Thayagraj Sports Complex, New Delhi

Time: 7:30 pm IST

The Dabang Delhi 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 Delhi vs Bengaluru match will be available on Hotstar in various languages.

Delhi vs Bengaluru probable starting seven

Dabang Delhi	Vs	Bengaluru Bulls
Ravinder Pahal	Right Corner	Saurabh Nandal
Meraj Sheykh	Right In	Sumit Singh
Vishal mane	Right Cover	Pawan Sehrawat
Naveen Kumar	Center	Mohit Sehrawat
Saeid Ghaffari	Left Cover	Mahender Singh
Chandran Ranjit	Left In	Rohit Kumar ©
Joginder Narwal ©	Left Corner	Amit Sheoran