PKL5 Match 101 preview: Gujarat Fortunegiants v Patna Pirates

Date: 29th September
Time: 9PM IST (4:30PM BST)
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
Zone: Interzonal A v B

Form

The second game of the night is am interzonal match between Gujarat Fortunegiants and Patna Pirates. Both teams are on winning form in their respective zones but how will they fare against each other?

Gujarat Fortunegiants: LWWDL
Patna Pirates: WLWWD
(last 5 games most recent first, W = won, D = draw, L = lost)

Match Prediction

Gujarat Fortunegiants were foiled by Ajay Thakur and the Tamil Thalaivas last time around. They played well on the whole but collapsed towards the end of the game letting Ajay take all the points for Tamil Thalaivas. Defensively they performed well and they should again be back on form against the Patna Pirates. Raiding wise, Sachin deserves all the plaudits after picking up his 5th super 10.

Patna Pirates have the best raiding duo in the league but perhaps one of the worst defenses. Pardeep Narwal and Monu Goyat have been awesome so far scoring super 10s at will but the defence is usually a shambles. Silly errors have let other teams into the game and arguably cost them a 100% record at home. Nonetheless they are still sitting pretty in the their zone fighting for the top spot with Bengal Warriors and U.P. Yoddha.

The story is going to be about how Monu and Pardeep fare against the Gujarat defence, no doubt Abozar Mighani and Parvesh Bhainswal against Pardeep will be a joy to watch and also Fazel Atrachali and Sunil Kumar against Monu will be equally as exciting. I think Gujarat will just edge since the Patna defence is not performing well.

Prediction: Gujarat Fortunegiants 40-35 Patna Pirates

Players to watch

  • For Gujarat Fortunegiants raider Sachin is on form and has done brilliantly this season scoring 119 raid points in 16 matches.
  • In defence the two Iranian corners have been fantastic scoring 46 and 43 tackle points respectively in 16 matches.
  • For Patna Pirates the raiding duo of Pardeep Narwal and Monu Goyat is an exciting lineup and a joy to watch. They have 238 and 148 raid points respectively in 18 matches.
  • In defence Jaideep has quietly been picking up the tackle points and now has 45 tackle points in 18 matches.

Team News and Predicted Line-ups

Gujarat Fortunegiants welcomed back Sukesh Hegde in their last match and Chandran Ranjit kept his place in the side with Sachin as the lead raider. The 4 defenders will remain the same as it usually does.

Patna Pirates have kept the same line up for the past three matches and I see no reason for it to change.

Gujarat Fortunegiants: Fazel Atrachali (✈️), Sukesh Hegde (C), Abozar Mighani (✈️), Sachin, Chandran Ranjit, Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal.

Patna Pirates: Jaideep, Pardeep Narwal (C), Vishal Mane, Vijay, Jawahar Dagar, Monu Goyat, Sachin Shingade.

Dream11 Fantasy Picks

This new section is just my picks for the Dream11 fantasy game, if a player doesn’t do well then don’t hold me accountable because it is just an opinion! If you haven’t already check out my Dream11 Fantasy Kabaddi Tips first before reading below.

  • Definite players to pick for this match are probably raiders Sachin and Pardeep Narwal.
  • You must pick at least one all rounder and Jawahar Dagar is probably your best bet here.
  • In defence I’d suggest picking at least 2 of Fazel Atrachali, Abozar Mighani and Parvesh Bhainswal, also consider either Jaideep or Vishal Mane. Jaideep and Fazel are both on form right now and might do better than the others.
  • For the differential players you might want to consider either Chandran Ranjit, Sukesh Hegde, or Vijay. Chandran has done well recently and scored a super 10 two games ago, Sukesh Hegde is a quiet figure and picks up raid points when he team needs them, Vijay usually succeeds when Pardeep and Monu are both struggling, a far fetched scenario but one they could face tomorrow.
  • You should consider picking 3 raiders for sure and then 3 defenders with 1 all rounder.

Here is my seven below, I’ve gone with Chandran Ranjit as the third raider as this enables me to have both Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani in the defence. Jaideep also accompanies them in defence, with Jawahar Dagar my all rounder, Pardeep Narwal as my captain and Sachin as my vice captain.

Alternatively you can upgrade Chandran Ranjit to Monu Goyat by swapping Fazel and Abozar for Parvesh and Sunil. But this also requires you to drop Jawahar Dagar and go for Vinod Kumar as the all rounder but he might not even start or feature in the game so this is a risk also.

SPKabaddi’s seven: Pardeep Narwal (C), Sachin Tanwar (VC), Jaideep, Chandran Ranjit, Abozar Mighani, Fazel Atrachali, Jawahar Dagar.