PKL 2019 | Defence took rash decisions which cost us the match, states Rakesh Kumar

This was Haryana Steelers second match of PKL 7 and they lost 41-21 against Dabang Delhi KC. Steelers didn’t play well as a team and there were good individual performances by Naveen and Vinay in the raiding department. However, they failed to play as a unit and lost the game against their neighbours. Naveen scored nine points while Vinay scored five and they supported each other well. It was their defence which was lacklustre last evening. Apart from skipper Cheralathan’s three points ,there was only one tackle point taking there total to only four tackle points in the whole match. 

“We made mistakes today and we need to learn from them. We need to work as a team if we want to win. We will work on our defence for the upcoming matches,” Kumar explained.

“This is a team game. Naveen played well but he can't win a match alone. As I said, the raiders did well but mistakes in the defence cost us. I am happy with Naveen's performance and I hope he continues performing like this in the upcoming matches,” Rakesh signed off.