PKL 2018 | We will give our best, but all games are different, says Ajay Thakur
Ajay Thakur was optimistic about the season for the Tamil Thalaivas as he revealed that his team was prepared to give their 100% in order to win the Pro Kabaddi League title. Tamil Thalaivas beat defending champions Patna Pirates 42-26 in the opening match of PKL season six.
Tamil Thalaivas ran riot against last year’s Pro Kabaddi League winners - Patna Pirates - as they registered a massive 42-26 win in the season opener of this year’s tournament on Sunday. The home team was in total control of the match from the word go and comfortably managed to get off to a strong start in what will presumably be a busy season up ahead.
Indian kabaddi team and TT skipper, Ajay Thakur, along with coach E Bhaskaran, who was present at the post-match press conference, revealed their delight on Sunday night’s win. Thakur added that a good mix of youngsters in his team will be a positive sign going into the latter stages of the season.
"We do have a good
"It’s the first match of the new season so obviously it’s a good feeling and the confidence is very high. Both teams have made a few changes from last season," Thakur told reporters after the match.
TT head coach, Bhaskaran also heaped praise on his team as he said, "We got a lot of time to prepare as a team, so we played as the team should have played. The plan was to take the lead early on and never let the lead go out of hand and our plan was successful. Ajay (Thakur) played an outstanding game as everyone saw, Surjeet (Singh) got us points when we needed as well. Since our third raider and the
Meanwhile, defending champions Patna Pirates’ coach Ram Mehar Singh admitted that his side needed to work on their
"Things do not always go according to plan in a match. We need to look at our combination that took the mat and the correlation between the
"We have two days before our next game to hit back. We will practice more on our
