Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 49 of PKL 5

#2 Anup Kumar, the defender

Anup Kumar played as the left corner defender for U Mumba on the night

Kashiling Adake has been having a steady renaissance after having a forgettable first half of the season. Shabeer Bapu's struggles meant new faces were tried, one of whom - Shrikant Jadhav has taken the opportunity with both hands and cemented his place in the starting 7. Anup Kumar is the captain, one of the best around, and a veteran raider.

As a result, Shabeer's return to the fold saw U Mumba opt not to drop any of their raiders and bring Shabeer into the fold in place of a defender instead. The left corner position has been a revolving door ever since Joginder Narwal went down with injury. Renjith looked good in spurts, but was too error-prone. So, Mumba went with their captain in the left corner for this game.

Initially, the move hurt them as Delhi jumped out to a big lead, but U Mumba managed to come back into the game and eventually were forced to bring an additional defender in Surinder Singh on to balance things out.