Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Match Prediction: Who will win today's Pro Kabaddi 2017 match?

Match No. 61 in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 will see the second round inter-zone challenges begin, with the defending champions, Patna Pirates taking on the Jaipur Pink Panthers at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium in Kolkata.

Both teams are coming into this fixture on the back of contrasting results. While Patna Pirates succumbed to a three-point loss to the Bengal Warriors, Jaipur Pink Panthers notched up a win against the Gujarat Fortunegiants.

This clash will be the first one between the two teams this season and hence promises to be an exciting battle.

Patna Pirates had struggled a bit in the last match against the Bengal Warriors for they seemed to ride on the solo efforts of Pardeep Narwal for the most part of the match. The talismanic skipper is their frontline raider and amassed yet another Super-10 and will be looking to continue in a similar fashion against Jaipur as well.

Moreover, the side's defence, manned by the mighty Vishal Mane and Sachin Shingade alongside Jaideep and Satish, needs to come to the fore with some brilliant tackles to keep the young Jaipur raiders in check. The attack is strengthened with the presence of Monu Goyat and all-rounder Vinod Kumar who can make their inroads on the rival shore when the situation demands.

Jaipur Pink Panthers, on the other hand, have put up a commendable show in the absence of their star players like Manjeet Chhillar and Selvamani, with the young guns like Nitin Rawal, Santhapanaselvam, Siddharth Dahiya and Sunil coming to the party.

Jasvir Singh has been a mercurial skipper, earning a lot of flak from different teams for his aggressive approach to the game and particularly prefers to play on the third raid strategy. Pawan Kumar, as a raider has been stellar in the last few matches and will spearhead the attack for there are chances that the skipper may not feature in this match.

Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers match prediction

If one has to call the match, the advantage would tilt in favour of the Patna Pirates primarily due to the fact that it has been very difficult for the best of defenders to keep Pardeep Narwal silent and the young Jaipur defence in that context will not be able to do so.

In such a situation, Pardeep will be in the perfect space to amass yet another Super-10 probably. The only concern is that the Patna defence should play as a cohesive unit to keep the Jaipur attack at bay.