UP vs Bengal preview: Maninder eyes 100 raid points in Pro Kabaddi 2019

In Match 69 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, UP Yoddha will look to continue their winning momentum, when they take on Bengal Warriors at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru, on Sunday. Bengal Warriors are the best raiding unit in the league for the season. They have the best raid point average as a team and also have the best raid strike rate. Bengal raiding trio of Maninder Singh, K Prapanjan and Mohammad Nabibakhsh have been in best form. Maninder Singh (4th) and K Prapanjan (7th) are among the top 10 raiders in PKL 2019 on raiders' leaderboard. They are the only two raiders to feature in the top 10 from the same team. Maninder Singh is 8 raid points away from reaching 100 raid points in PKL 2019.

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Mohammad Nabibakhsh key in Super Tackles for Bengal Warriors

Maninder Singh and K Prapanjan have been their key raiders when the Defence in position (DIP) is 6-7 and 4-5. But when the DIP is 1-3, the lead raider in this situation for Bengal has been Mohammad Nabibakhsh.  He has excelled in his role for the team by scoring 19 raid points for the team. He is 4th among raiders for the most raid points in Super Tackles and also has the 2nd best Raid strike rate among players who have gone for a minimum of 15 raids.

Most Raid Points in Super Tackles – PKL 2019
Raider	Raid Points
Naveen Kumar	30
Pardeep Narwal	24
Vikas Kandola	22
Mohammad Nabibakhsh	19

 

Highest Raid SR in Super Tackles – PKL 7 (min. 15 raids)
Raider	Raid SR
Naveen Kumar	88
Mohammad Nabibakhsh	79
Vikas Kandola	73

 

 
UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors head to head
 
Head to head, Bengal Warriors have an advantage as they have won three out of seven matches and UP Yoddha have won only one. Three matches ended in a tie.
 
Head to head in last five meetings

Match No.	UP Yoddha	Bengal Warriors	Result
PKL 7, Match 7	17	48	Bengal Warriors won by 31 points
PKL 6, Match 132	41	25	UP Yoddha won by 16 points
PKL 6, Match 49	30	30	Match Tied
PKL 6, Match 25	40	40	Match Tied
PKL 5, Match 58	26	26	Match Tied

 

Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha live streaming details
 
Date and Day: September 1, 2019, Sunday.
 
Venue: Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
 
Time: 7:30 pm IST
 
The UP vs Bengal will 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 UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors kabaddi match will be available on Hotstar in various languages.
 
Bengal vs UP: Here are the probable starting seven of both the teams

UP Yoddha	Vs	Bengal Warriors
Nitesh Kumar ©	Right Corner	Baldev Singh
Surender Gill	Right In	K Prapanjan
Ashu Singh	Right Cover	Viraj Vishnu Landge
Shrikant Jadhav	Center	Maninder Singh ©
Amit	Left Cover	Jeeva Kumar
Monu Goyat	Left In	Mohammad Nabibakhsh
Sumit	Left Corner	Rinku Narwal