The home side, Bengaluru Bulls, take on the Bengal Warriors in a Zone B clash of Pro Kabaddi 2018 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune today, Thursday at 9 pm IST.
The Bulls are coming off an 8-point victory (34-26) in yesterday's encounter against the Telugu Titans. Led by their raiders, the Bulls displayed an all-round game to secure the match in their favour.
The raiders scored 19 points led by their captain, Rohit Kumar with 8 points, while the defense was led by Amit Sheoran who scored a High-5 (5 tackle points) to contribute to his team's total of 13 tackle points.
The Bengal Warriors faced the Bulls in their last encounter and came out victorious by 2 points (33-31) in a match which went down to the wire. It was the Warriors better defense which led them to victory against the Bulls. While the Warriors scored 7 tackle points, the Bulls defense could manage just 3 points.
In raiding it was Pawan Kumar Sehrawat with his 10 raid points who was the top scorer for the Bulls, while Maninder Singh with his 14 points was the Warriors top raider.
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Key Battles to keep an eye on
#1 Pawan Sehrawat (right raider) vs Ran Singh (left corner)
#2 Maninder Singh (right raider) vs Amit Sheoran (left corner)
Probable playing 7
Bengaluru Bulls: Rohit Kumar (c), Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Kashiling Adake, Ashish Kumar Sangwan, Mahender Singh, Amit Sheoran, and Raju Lal Choudhary
Bengal Warriors: Surjeet Singh (c), Maninder Singh, Ravindra Kumawat/Jang Kun Lee, Mahesh Goud, Vijin Thangadurai, Ran Singh, and Baldev Singh
When and where to watch: 21:00 IST on the Star Sports network and on digital streaming platform Hotstar.