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The Puneri Paltan (PUN) and the Gujarat Giants (GUJ) clash in the 33rd match of Pro Kabaddi 2024 on Monday, November 4, at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.
The Paltan are on a roll early in this season, and have four matches out of six, and are five points clear at the top of the points table. They comfortably beat U Mumba yesterday night, and will look to record another win against an out-of-form Gujarat Giants.
The Giants have only won one out of four outings and were well beaten by the Thalaivas in their last match. A team that's yet to figure out their best combination, they'll have their task cut out if they want to take anything from the Paltan.
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On that note, let's look at the top three Dream11 surprise picks from this one.
#3 Rohit (DEF) (GUJ)
Head coach Ram Mehar Singh rung in the changes ahead of the Giants' meeting with the Tamil Thalaivas. One of those changes was to replace left corner Jitender Yadav with Rohit, and in what was a dismal outing for the team, Rohit's performance stood out as a positive.
The left corner was the highest tackle-point scorer for the Giants, and despite having four unsuccessful tackles, he did score three tackle points. He has five tackle points in two matches to his name and is expected to start this one as well.
A left corner from any team is a decent Dream11 pick simply because of the increased propensity to initiate tackles from that position. Rohit could be a quality Dream11 surprise pick.
#2 Neeraj Kumar (DEF) (GUJ)
Gujarat Giants' skipper Neeraj Kumar hasn't had a positive start to the season, and it has coincided with his team struggling. He needs to step up and deliver in this match if they are to have a chance against the mighty Puneri Paltan.
The right cover defender is a very experienced PKL player, and has 189 tackle points to his name in 101 matches. He's a very useful player in Super Tackle situations, and given the prowess of the Pune raiders, Gujarat might have to play lots of minutes with a lesser number of defenders on court.
Experienced defenders are the ones that usually shine against the Paltan, and with Neeraj Kumar due a big Dream11 points haul, he is worth a punt.
#1 Guman Singh (RAI) (GUJ)
Gujarat Giants' big-money signing Guman Singh could hold the key to their success in this match. Guman ran circles around the Paltan defense playing for U Mumba last season, scoring 15 raid points in his last meeting with the Paltan.
Given that Pune also had the dominating presence of Mohammadreza Shadloui in their left corner last season, it's going to take a special raider to produce such an effort against them and Guman is one such player.
He may not have had the best of starts to the season, but a good performance against the Paltan of all teams is a great place to kick off. Guman is a player with a very high Dream11 points ceiling and could star in this match.
