Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans: Battle of experience and youth

Bengaluru Bulls Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Left) and Telugu Titans Sandeep Kandola (Right)

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi 2015 first semifinal between Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls After an extremely successful league stage Star Sports Pro Kabaddi 2015 reached to its Knock-out stage. Bengaluru Bulls and Telugu Titans will play the first semi-final tonight at NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai. Telugu Titans is the 2nd team in the league table with 8 wins and 3 tie games and Bengaluru Bulls is at 3rd place with 9 wins.Telugu Titans is the youngest team of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi 2015 where Bengaluru Bulls is one of the most experience team. It’s a battle of experience and young passion. You can see the hunger for victory in Telugu Titans which leads them to the 3 tie games where they were about to lose.Telugu Titans is a team where you can bet on any player to be a player of the day. Some teams are having talented players but for Telugu Titans we can say Talent with the team. All the players are in form raider Rahul Chaudhari, do-or-die specialist Sukesh Hegde, all-rounder Deepak Nivas Hudda, foreigner Meraj Sheikh, youngest player of tournament defender Sandeep Kandola etc.Bengaluru Bulls is full of experience and you can say a team with one of the best players of Indian Kabaddi team. This team play their game in a very calculated way we can give the credit to their coach Arjuna awardee Randhir Shing and nominee for Arjuna award for 2015 captain Manjeet Chillar.Bengaluru Bulls always know how to come back in the game in any situation. Even in absence of their star raider Ajay Thakur in 3-4 matches they played really good. Their experience gives them a confidence to give a tough fight to any opposition. This team knows how to handle the pressure and undefeated record against Telugu Titans will surly give them an edge tonight.Bengaluru Bulls also have a very experience line up with the star raider Ajay Thakur, all-rounder and back bone of the team Manjeet Chillar, oldest youngster of PKL2 40-year-old Dharmaraj Cheralathan and strong Right Corner Somvir Shekhar etc.Both the teams are having great players who proved their presence in the team. Here are the players who will fight to prove themselves bigger than one another.

#3 Defenders: Dharmaraj Cheralathan vs Sandeep Kandola

Bengaluru Bulls Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Left) and Telugu Titans Sandeep Kandola (Right)

This is the real battle of experience and youngster. The 40-year-old backbone of defense for Bengaluru Dharmaraj Cheralathan will be in competition with youngest player of tournament 18-year-old Sandeep Kandola. Here both left corners will not be in front of one another but have to play a big role for their team.

Main strength of both the players is ankle hold. Sandeep, who is just half in the age of Cheralathan also play very actively and took points in pursuit, where Cheralathan also took multiple points in the defense of 3. We have to wait till the evening to see that who will be the inspiring defender of tonight.

#2 All-rounders: Manjeet Chillar vs Deepak Nivas Hudda

Bengaluru Bulls Manjeet Chillar trying to Dash Telugu Titans Deepak Hudda

Manjeet Chillar and Deepak Nivas Hudda both are the best all-rounder’s of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi 2015. Here Deepak is just 5 points behind Manjeet, but Deepak has played a game less that Manjeet

Deepak Nivas Hudda always play a balanced game with both raids and tackle and Manjeet always lead is team from the front. Both can play a decisive role in today’s game. This is also a battle of experience and young blood, where 21-year-old Deepak Nivas Hudda have to face experienced 29-year-old Manjeet Chillar.

#1 Raiders: Ajay Thakur vs Rahul Chaudhari

Bengaluru Bulls Ajay Thakur and Telugu Titans Rahul Chaudhari

Between the 22-year-old Rahul Chaudhari and 29-year-old Ajay Thakur there is an 11 point difference in their raid points. We can say they are equal because Ajay Thakur missed few matches because of injury. Rahul Chaudhari in on 2nd place in league with 79 raiding points, where Ajay Thakur is on 4th place with 68 raid points which is just 1 point behind to 3rd place player Rajesh Narwal.

Both the players can win the game on their individual performance. Both the players believe in multi point raids. Rahul play very aggressive game where Ajay believe in mind games more. Anyone who performed tonight can win the game for their team.

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