PKL 12: Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba, Match 58 – Preview

Tamil Thalaivas will square off against U Mumba in the 58th match of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League season 12 at the SDAT Multi Purpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai, on Wednesday. 

Current form of Tamil Thalaivas: W L L L W

Tamil Thalaivas are in eighth place in the PKL standings with four wins and five losses and thus they have had a mixed season so far. They returned to winning ways in their last game with a 37-28 win against inaugural champions Jaipur Pink Panthers. Captain Arjun Deshwal led from the front, top-scoring with 13 points.

Current form of U Mumba: L L L W L

U Mumba are in ninth place in the points table with four wins and five losses. They have veered off the track in the recent matches, and the team would want to turn a corner. U Mumba suffered an ignominious loss of 47-26 against table toppers Dabang Delhi. Sandeep scored 11 points but his efforts were not good enough as other players failed to contribute.

Head to Head: Matches: 14, Won by U Mumba: 10, Won by Tamil Thalaivas: 3, Tied: 1.

U Mumba squad:

Raiders: Ajit Chouhan, Satish Kannan (right raider), Mukeshkannan S, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Sandeep Kumar,

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Deepak Kundu (left corner), Lokesh Ghosliya (left corner), Sunny (left cover), Mukilan Shanmugam (left cover), Ravi (right cover), Rinku (right corner), Parvesh Bhainswal (left cover)

All-rounders: Rohit, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (F), Amarjeet, Mohammad Ghorbani (F), Aanil Mohan

Tamil Thalaivas squad: 

Raiders: Narender, Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare, Vishal Chahal (right raider), Yogesh Yadav, Abhiraj Manoj Pawar (left raider), Rohit Kumar Beniwal (left raider), Arjun Deshwal

Defenders: Himanshu (left corner), Sagar (right corner), Aashish (left cover), Anuj Kaluram Gawade (left cover), Nitesh Kumar (left corner), Ronak (right cover), Tarun (right cover), Mohit (left corner), Alireza Khalili (F) (right corner)

All-rounders: Moein Safaghi (F), Suresh Jadhav, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat