Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 22 of PKL 5

#5 Conservative UP pays the price for its approach

Nitin Tomar needs to pull up his socks and regain his old form before it's too late

Despite boasting of some of the most fearsome names in their raiding department, UP Yoddha have been guilty of playing too conservatively and their one point loss to the Warriors on Tuesday night owed much to the same approach.

The fact that the team has been winless for five games can simply be attributed to the fact that the team hasn't shown enough fire in their belly. Every time they have reached a position of strength, they haven't tried to push the pedal and instead have resorted to conservative play.

In the last match against Gujarat, the team had put in 23 empty raids which was instrumental in helping the opposition build their confidence and come back to score raid points. Against Warriors too, the Yoddha had come to level pegging after a hopeless start but always failed to hold on to it because of their negative mindset.