PKL 2019 | Both departments responsible for result, believes Anup Kumar

“I think both departments are responsible for today’s result. In the beginning, the raiders did not deliver as expected which is why our rate of scoring was slow. Raiders are supposed to score quickly at the start which did not happen,” Anup said during the post-match press conference.

With Nitin Tomar out of the league till the end of the Patna leg, the Paltan are short of options when it comes to the raiding department. They played with Manjeet as their primary raider and also have Pawan Kadian and Darshan Kadian in the team who played in the previous season. However, in the game against the Warriors, Pankaj Mohite, Amit Kumar, and Sushant Sail were seen doing well for them in the chances that they got. Anup has assured that the youngsters will get more chances going ahead in the league.

“All the matches are tough and we will try and put up a fight in all of them. We tried that today as well. When a player is on the mat, he doesn’t look at reducing the margin of defeat, his only aim is to give his 100% so that the team can win the match. But if the lead goes beyond a certain point it becomes difficult to recover. The other team gets confidence as well. We will try and avoid that going forward.”