PUN vs BEN: Puneri Paltan will take on Bengal Warriors in the 127th match of the Pro Kabaddi League PKL 8 on Friday, 18th February 2022 at the Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, Bengaluru.
Once strong favourites, Puneri Paltan are failing to create an impact this time around after playing 20 matches. They are currently at the seventh position with 11 wins and eight defeats. They managed to tie one encounter after bagging 60 points.
Their last encounter was against Tamil Thalaivas and they bagged a massive win against them by 43-31. They would require big wins in the remaining two league stage encounters in order to bag a quarter-final spot in this season.
On the other hand, Bengal Warriors are also sharing a similar fortune as they won eight matches and lost 10 encounters so far, bagging 52 points. Interestingly, they bagged a massive win over Thalaivas in their previous encounter by 52-21. They are already out of the tournament with just one league game left.
Match Details
Match: Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors, Match 127, PKL 8
Date and Time: Friday, 18th February 2022, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, Bengaluru
PUN vs BEN Head to Head
These two sides met against each other on 15 occasions with Bengal Warriors winning seven times and Puneri Paltan also bagging seven wins. One encounter ended in a tie. The last time these two sides met was in January 2022 and Pune came out on top with 39-27.
PUN vs BEN Probable Playing 7
Puneri Paltan: Aslam Inamdar, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sanket Sawant, Mohit Goyat, Nitin Tomar, Sombir, Vishal Bharadwaj
Bengal Warriors: Maninder Singh, Mohammad Nabibakhsh, Amit Nirwal, Sukesh Hegde, Tapas Pal, Abozar Mighani, Ran Singh
PUN vs BEN Dream11 Team
Defenders: Ran Singh, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sombir (vc), Abinesh Nadarajan
All-Rounders: M Esmaeil Nabibaksh
Raiders: Sukesh Hegde, Mohit Goyat (c)