Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 27 of PKL 5

Bengaluru Bulls' Ravinder Pahal (far left) was shown a red card for unsportsmanlike conduct
Bengaluru Bulls' Ravinder Pahal (far left) was shown a red card for unsportsmanlike conduct

#3 Young Shrikant Jadhav steps up for U Mumba

Shrikant Jadhav stepped up for U Mumba big time
Shrikant Jadhav stepped up for U Mumba big time

Despite having Anup Kumar, Shabeer Bapu and Kashiling Adake in their ranks, U Mumba have struggled in the raiding department. Much of that has been down to the struggles of Kashi and Shabeer who have been unable to lead the attack effectively. Shabeer didn't start the last game and didn't take to the mat tonight either.

In need of some bite in the raiding department, young Shrikant Jadhav stepped up to the plate for the home side. Shrikant had seven points on the night, six of which were raid points. He was effective in going deep into the Delhi defence and drawing their defenders out.

U Mumba need someone to consistently contribute raid points as Anup cannot do all the heavy lifting at this stage in his career. Darshan Kadian, Nitin Madane and Shrikant Jadhav are all jostling for that position of the key raider in this setup and Shrikant did his case a lot of good with his performance tonight.

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