“The players executed my strategy to perfection. We planned to limit Nitesh Kumar’s impact in defence and starve Prashanth Kumar Rai for raid points in offence and it worked perfectly. I’m extremely proud of the youngsters and they have repaid my faith in them,” Singh told prokabaddi.com.

Captain Sunil Kumar, who scored three tackle points in the match, was also a happy man on making their second consecutive finals of the PKL. Kumar also explained how they failed to execute their plans against the Bengaluru Bulls in the first qualifier but this time around they did not miss out.

Both Bengaluru Bulls and Gujarat Fortunegiants have made the long trip to the final in the past but both sides have come out second best in the last game of the season. With a new Champion guaranteed in the sixth edition of the tournament, Manpreet has stated that this is a good thing and asserted that they are planning to lift the trophy this time around even though they failed to do so the last time.