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The Tamil Thalaivas take on the Patna Pirates in a Zone B clash of PKL 2018 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi today, Friday at 9 pm IST.
The Thalaivas are coming off a 6-point win over the mighty Telugu Titans courtesy a splendid defensive performance. The defence of the Thalaivas scored 15 tackle points with Ponparthiban Subramanian emerging the top defender of the match with 7 tackle points, while Manjeet Chhillar contributed with 6 points in the defence.
Ajay Thakur, the captain of the Thalaivas, was his side's top raider with 7 raid points.
The Patna Pirates are also coming off a win against the Bengaluru Bulls by a margin of 3 points. Pardeep Narwal was the top raider for his side with 11 points, while Jawahar was the top defender with 5 tackle points.
The Pirates displayed an all-round game to score 18 raid and 10 tackle points in the match. With their defence coming around, the Pirates would be a force to reckon with in the remaining matches.
The two teams, Tamil Thalaivas and Patna Pirates, have faced each other twice in the current season with each team winning one. While the Thalaivas came out on top in the first match (Match 1) by a margin of 16 points (42-26), the Pirates returned the favour with an 18-point win (45-27) in Match 74 of the season.
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Key Battles to keep an eye on
#1 Ajay Thakur (right raider) vs Jaideep (left corner)
#2 Pardeep Narwal (left raider) vs Manjeet Chillar (left cover)
Probable playing 7:
Tamil Thalaivas: Ajay Thakur (c), Sukesh Hegde, Jasvir Singh, Manjeet Chhillar, Ponparthiban Subramanian, D.Pradap, and Anil Kumar
Patna Pirates: Pardeep Narwal (c), Deepak Narwal, Manjeet, Kuldeep Singh/Vijay, Vikas Kale, Jawahar, and Jaideep
When and where to watch: 21:00 IST on the Star Sports network and on digital streaming platform Hotstar.
