Tamil Thalaivas were completely out of form in last night’s match. They got all-out early in the game and were never able to recover from it. Hasty defence and uninspiring raiding made them lose the match against defending champions Bengaluru Bulls. They could have given an all-out to the Bulls but they were impatient and blew that chance. Highest score in raiding was four by the skipper and in defence, it was three of Ran Singh. Rahul Chaudhari was substituted midway and Manjeet Chillar failed to score a single tackle point. Hopefully, they will do better in this match and make the most home leg.

Puneri Paltan lost their last match against Jaipur Pink Panthers and this was their fifth loss of the season. Their defence failed to much in that much and that would be their biggest source of concern. In raiding Nitin Tomar has been average but Pankaj Mohite has impressed and because he might be in the starting seven in this match. They are at the bottom of the table so will be desperate for a win.

Ajay Thakur

He has done well in the first match he has played where he scored eight points but in the second match, he was only able to score three points. He will Pune’s biggest hope and they would want him to perform better in this match along with Pankaj Mohite and Manjeet.

Puneri Paltan : Nitin Tomar, Manjeet, Surjeet Singh, Girish Maruti Ernak, Darshan Kadian, Pawan Kumar Kadian, Satpal, Amit Kumar, Emad Sedaghat, Jadhav Balasaheb Shahaji, Hadi Tijak, Deepak Yadav, Sagar B Krishna, Shubham Shinde 

Puneri Paltan : Nitin Tomar, Surjeet Singh, Manjeet, Girish Ernak, Sanket, Amit Kumar, Shubham Shinde

Fantasy picks: Rahul Chaudhari (Captain), Nitin Tomar (vice captain)