PKL 2021 Live – PKL Opening Night LIVE: The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) kicked off in fine style with some blockbuster action on Wednesday. U Mumba started off the campaign with a convincing win over Bengaluru Bulls. Tamil Thalaivas and Telugu Titans played out a pulsating tie before the defending champions bengal Warriors clinched a win over the UP Yoddha. Follow PKL 2021 Opening Night LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
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Matches on Wednesday:
- Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba @ 7:30 PM
- Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas @ 8:30 PM
- Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha @ 9:30 PM
The PKL will also see a Triple Header format this term — the first four days of Season 8 and the subsequent Saturdays will have three matches. The third match of the opening day will see defending champions Bengal Warriors take on UP Yoddha. Former champions U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls will face off in season 8’s first match, which will be followed by Telugu Titans’ southern derby against Tamil Thalaivas.
PKL 2021 Live: Pro Kabaddi League season 8 starts from Wednesday with triple header
Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba @ 7:30 PM
Seventh season’s top-scorer Pawan Kumar Sehrawat will be the go-to man for Bengaluru Bulls as they take on a young U Mumba. Sehrawat’s ability to fetch multi-point raids will make him the star to watch out against a relatively inexperienced U Mumba defence. The Bulls have also added the experienced Chandran Ranjit, who impressed for Dabang Delhi in Season 7, to their raiding unit.
Bengaluru Bulls captain, Pawan Sehrawat said, “We are taking all the situations into account and planning to get the best results throughout the season. Randhir sir keeps us on our toes and have been training us mentally and physically to prepare us in the best way possible to be successful this time out.”
U Mumba’s hopes will be shouldered by Fazel Atrachali’s ability to manage his defence. Their own young pair of raiders Abhishek and Ajit, will be looking to improve their tally against an experienced Bulls defence of Amit Sheron, Saurabh Nandal and Mahendra Singh.
U Mumba captain, Fazel Atrachali said – “We are opening the season with a game against Bengaluru Bulls – a strong team on paper, but we have prepared a contingency plan to tackle each player. We are going for a simple game with a strong and balanced team. We have a combination of speed and agility in our raiding, and techniques and skills in our defense – we are confident to entertain fans with nail-biting match.”
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Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas @ 8:30 PM
In the second game, Telugu Titans will be hinging their hopes on the experienced raiding duo of Siddharth Desai and Rohit Kumar. But waiting for them in the Tamil Thalaivas corner will be ‘block’ master Surjeet, who has the highest number (116) of successful blocks in PKL history.
The Thalaivas have a young pool of raiders in Manjeet and Atul M along with the experienced Prapanjan. Meanwhile, the defending champions Bengal Warriors will kick start their campaign against a much-improved UP Yoddha side.
PKL 2021 Live: Bengaluru Bulls vs UMumba kicks off Pro Kabaddi League, triple-header on opening night – Follow PKL LIVE Updates
Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha @ 9:30 PM
The team from UP, who have never failed to make the playoffs since joining the league in Season 5, added PKL’s most sought after raider Pardeep Narwal to their squad in the auctions.
The Warriors’ defense will be in for a test on the opening night, with Srikant Jadhav, an expert in do-or-die situations, and Surendra Gill backing Pardeep Narwal in the UP Yoddha raid unit. Bengal’s defensive hope will lie on the Iranian duo of Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh and Abozar Mohajer Mighani.
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