PKL 2019 | Defence left a lot to be desired, believes Anup Kumar

Puneri Paltan failed to play like a unit in their match last night against Jaipur Pink Panthers. In the starting seven, Manjeet (4) and Nitin Tomar (3) were not able to perform well as they scored only seven raid points together. The raiding department’s grace was saved by Pankaj Mohite who came in as a substitute and finished the match with eight raid points. Hence their raiding unit and Panthers’ raiding unit scored 16 points each.

It was Pune’s defence that disappointed them by doing hasty and unnecessary tackles. They were able to score only eight points while three of those came from skipper Surjeet Singh. Their former skipper Girish Ernak failed to open his account in the last game.

Pune made two substantial substitutes, Pankaj Mohite and Hadi Tajik and both of them performed well. Pankaj scored eight points whereas Hadi effected a Super Tackle. Seeing their performance there are chances that we could see more of Pune’s bench strength in action.

“We have a bench full of talented players. If our starters aren’t producing the desired results, it’s natural for us to look at our bench and see who can provide us with a bit of magic on the mat,” coach Anup concluded.