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Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 winners Dabang Delhi KC will face the UP Yoddhas in tonight's (Thursday, December 5) first game at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune. It is the 93rd match of the season and a crucial one for both teams in the race to the playoffs.
UP Yoddhas will be confident heading into this match as they defeated the high-flying Telugu Titans last night in Pune. Substitute raider Gagan Gowda was the game-changer for the Yoddhas in the game. He scored 15 points to help his team beat the Titans 36-33.
On the other side, Dabang Delhi KC will play their first match of the Pune leg tonight. In their last outing on the mat, they crushed the Tamil Thalaivas by 32-21 at the Noida Indoor Stadium. Naveen Kumar stole the show in that game by scoring 11 points for the Dabangs.
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It should be a cracker of a contest between Dabang Delhi KC and UP Yoddhas tonight in Pro Kabaddi League 2024. Before the first raid of the match, here's a look at the three players Dream11 users can pick as captain or vice-captain of their respective fantasy teams.
DEL vs UP Dream11 prediction: 3 players you can pick as captain or vice-captain for today’s Pro Kabaddi League match
#1 Naveen Kumar, Dabang Delhi KC
As mentioned above, Naveen Kumar was the hero for Dabang Delhi KC in their previous Pro Kabaddi League match. He seems to have fully recovered from his injury and has proved why he is the biggest match-winner of the Delhi-based franchise.
At his peak, Naveen is a better raider than Ashu Malik. The fact that Naveen scored 11 points against Tamil Thalaivas while Ashu managed only five shows the difference between the two raiders. If Naveen gets going tonight, he can score a bunch of points in the contest against the UP Yoddhas.
#2 Gagan Gowda, UP Yoddhas
After his match-winning performance against the Telugu Titans, young raider Gagan Gowda should receive a place in the starting seven for the fixture against Dabang Delhi KC. Gagan scored 15 points against the Titans, proving himself as the underrated game-changer of the UP Yoddhas team.
If Gagan features in the starting seven tonight, he will be a worthy option for captaincy or vice-captaincy. His confidence will be on another level, having performed so well last night.
#3 Ashu Malik, Dabang Delhi KC
Ashu Malik did not have a memorable day on the mat against the Tamil Thalaivas, but he has been fantastic for Dabang Delhi KC in the other matches this season. Malik has earned 164 raid points from 15 games thus far, with his average being more than 10 raid points per Pro Kabaddi League match.
It would be a huge mistake to leave such a raider out of the fantasy team. Malik has been Mr. Consistent for Delhi. Although Naveen Kumar outshone him in the last match, Malik can still be a decent choice for vice-captaincy in the fantasy contests.
Apart from the three names mentioned on the list, fans can also consider Sumit Sangwan as a captain in fantasy contests. Sumit currently holds the fourth spot on the Pro Kabaddi defenders leaderboard with 49 tackle points in his account.
