TEAM STORIES: PATNA PIRATES
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PATNA DEFENCE NEEDS JAIDEEP-NEERAJ KUMAR COMBO TO FIRE
- The biggest threat for the Patna defence in this match will be Maninder Singh.
- Being a right raider he will have a direct battle against Patna’s left corner Jaideep and right cover Neeraj Kumar
- Maninder has been dominant over Jaideep with a 13-3 game against him
- Prapanjan has also done well against him with a 9-6 record
- The way Jaideep performs is a good barometer for how Patna’s defence functions during the game.
- In Patna’s 3 wins he has a tackle failure rate of just 42% which goes up to almost 65% in losses.
- His tackle SR from 67 in wins drops to 37 in losses.
- Even in the last match a crucial error from Jaideep when U Mumba were down to 2 men allowed Rohit Baliyan to escape with a successful raid and avoid the All Out.
| Jaideep – PKL 7 | ||
| In Wins | In Losses | |
| 16 | Tackle Points | 10 |
| 5.3 | Avg. Tackle Points | 2.0 |
| 67 | Tackle SR | 37 |
| 2 | High 5 | 0 |
| 42% | Failed Tackle % | 63% |
- Neeraj Kumar has been the 2nd best defender for the team with 19 tackle points. The team has got good contributions from the entire team with Monu and Hadi Oshtorak also chipping in with 13 and 12 tackle points respectively.
| Patna Pirates Defenders – PKL 7 | ||||
| Defender | Matches | Tackle Points | Avg. Tackle Pts. | Tackle SR |
| Neeraj Kumar | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 50 |
| Monu | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 93 |
| Hadi Oshtorak | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 44 |
- Neeraj Kumar has been a huge boost to the team as he has formed an excellent pair with Jaideep
| Most Pair Tackle Points – PKL 7 | |
| Pair Name | Tackle Points |
| Jaideep-Neeraj Kumar | 19 |
| Fazel Atrachali-Surinder Singh | 16 |
TEAM STATS – PATNA PIRATES
| Overall | ||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Raid Points | Avg Raid Pts | Raid SR | Super 10 | Tackle Points | Avg Tackle Pts | Tackle SR | High 5 | Total Points |
| Pardeep Narwal | 93 | 923 | 10 | 57 | 47 | 7 | 0.1 | 22 | 0 | 930 |
| Jang Kun Lee | 98 | 428 | 4.4 | 44 | 9 | 23 | 0.2 | 24 | 0 | 451 |
| Jaideep | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 2.8 | 46 | 11 | 155 |
| Monu | 41 | 71 | 1.9 | 31 | 0 | 55 | 1.3 | 60 | 1 | 126 |
| Hadi Oshtorak | 58 | 8 | 0.6 | 33 | 0 | 81 | 1.4 | 44 | 2 | 89 |
| Jawahar | 40 | 9 | 0.6 | 30 | 0 | 51 | 1.3 | 36 | 2 | 60 |
| Vikas Jaglan | 35 | 33 | 1.1 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 0.7 | 39 | 0 | 59 |
| Neeraj Kumar | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.3 | 37 | 1 | 32 |
| Mohammad Esmaeil | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 44 | 0 | 19 |
| Ravinder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 3 |
| Ashish | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Purna Singh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Read More: Pro Kabaddi League 2019 Points Table
| PKL 7 | ||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Raid Points | Avg Raid Pts | Raid SR | Super 10 | Tackle Points | Avg Tackle Pts | Tackle SR | High 5 | Total Points |
| Pardeep Narwal | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Jaideep | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.3 | 51 | 2 | 26 |
| Monu | 8 | 7 | 1.8 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 1.6 | 93 | 0 | 20 |
| Mohammad Esmaeil | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 44 | 0 | 19 |
| Neeraj Kumar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.4 | 50 | 1 | 19 |
| Jang Kun Lee | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 20 | 0 | 18 |
| Hadi Oshtorak | 8 | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1.5 | 44 | 0 | 13 |
| Vikas Jaglan | 8 | 2 | 0.3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 35 | 0 | 9 |
| Ravinder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 3 |
| Ashish | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Purna Singh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jawahar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |