PKL 2019 | If I get a chance to play full-time, I will help my team win, says V Ajith Kumar

Although Tamil Thalaivas lost the game against Telugu Titans by 30-35 on Monday in Bengaluru during the ongoing PKL, one player stole all the limelight and he is none other than the young Tamil Nadu raider V Ajith Kumar. As Ajay Thakur was not well since last night, he had to sit out and Ajith was drafted into the first seven. A find from the Khelo India School Games, Ajith scored 14 points from 17 raids and was the best in the evening. The debutant in this season for Tamil Thalaivas has mentioned that he would love to find a place in the starting seven and keep contributing for the team.

This is the second consecutive loss for the Thalaivas as they were also defeated by the home team Bengaluru Bulls last evening. Thakur was not playing this game and other seniors in the side like Manjeet Chhillar, Rahul Chaudhari, Mohit Chhillar and Ran Singh failed to put a good show which resulted in their defeat against Telugu Titans.

“The only problem we are facing is that when we should have won at a particular moment, someone or the other makes mistakes whether it be in advanced tackles or otherwise. I have told them before as well that you can’t attempt an advance tackle against a raider like Siddharth Desai so you have to cut down on that and that we increase our chances of making tackling and making him sit outside. Siddhant didn’t trouble us much but the leakage of points from our side changed the game.”