PKL 11: U Mumba conclude the second week at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad, by playing against Jaipur Pink Panthers on October 31st. Both teams head into this match after getting draws; they will, therefore, look forward to returning to winning ways.
U Mumba had a mixed start in PKL 11 as they lost, won and then drew in three matches in a row. U Mumba began PKL 11 with a loss against Dabang Delhi, but they recovered and got a win against Gujarat Giants before playing out a 31-31 draw against Bengal Warriorz.
Jaipur Pink Panthers had started PKL 11 on a roaring note. They won two games one after the other against Bengal Warriorz and Telugu Titans. However, they kept falling down from the graph. They lost one to Haryana Steelers before ending with a 30-30 draw against Tamil Thalaivas.
U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers PKL 11 Squads:
U Mumba
Raiders: Manjeet, Satish Kannan, Vishal Choudhary, Stuwart Singh, M. Dhanasekar, Ajit Chouhan
All-Rounders: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Shubham Kumar
Defenders: Rinku, Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sombir, Amin Ghorbani, Gokulakannan, Mukilan Shanmugam, Bittu, Aashish Kumar, Deepak Kundu, Lokesh Ghosliya, Sunny
Jaipur Pink Panthers :
Raiders: Arjun Deshwal, Vikash Kandola, Shrikant Jadhav, Neeraj Narwal, Abhijeet Malik, K. Dharanidharan, Navneet
Defenders: Ankush, Reza Mirbagheri, Surjeet Singh, Arpit Saroha, Lucky Sharma, Abhishek KS, Ravi Kumar, Mayank Malik
Watch out for these players :
Amirmohammad Zafardanesh U Mumba
Amirmohammad Zafardanesh has been a consistent force in PKL 11, capitalizing from his outstanding debut season. He is known for being agile and quick on foot, with the Iranian all-rounder showing to be very consistent in the offence as well as defense.
Zafardanesh had already produced two outstanding performances in his first two matches this season, scoring 11 points in a thrilling encounter against Delhi, even though he was benched five times in super tackle situations. He continued his form against the Giants, scoring another 10 points.
Zafardanesh has scored a total of 22 points from three games with a Raid Strike Rate of 53% and a Tackle Strike Rate of 71%.
Arjun Deshwal, Jaipur Pink Panthers
He has been a true leader for the Pink Panthers in PKL 11, unstoppable in powerplay and skillful in every game, with sharp raiding and effectivness.
In just four games, he has scored as many as 44 points with an impressive raid success rate of 59% and this shows that in crunch moments, he never fails.
Though he mainly plays an offensive role, his games have been solid for the team so far and therefore, Jaipur's success to a great extent.
Playing 7
U Mumba
Manjeet, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Ajit Chavan, Rinku, Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sombir
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Lucky Sharma, Arjun Deshwal, Ankush, Vikas Kandola, Surjeet Singh, Shrikant Jadhav, Reza Mirbagheri
Head-to-Head
Matches: 20
U Mumba: 14
Jaipur Pink Panthers wins – 6
When and where to watch?
The seventeenth match of PKL 11, U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers will be telecasted on the Star Sports network television and can be streamed live on Disney+ Hotstar.
Time: 9:00 PM