Indian Kabaddi League 2022

FINAL - JAI vs PUN

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Indian Kabaddi league 2022: The Indian Kabaddi league 2022 has entered into the final mode after 10 weeks of the league phase. The mega ‘panga’, the Final will be held on this Saturday between Jaipur and Puneri, who will be looking for their first silverware in the Indian Kabaddi League. The match will be played at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai from 8:00 PM IST on December 15.

After winning the inaugural season of the Indian Kabaddi League and ending as season 4 runners-up, the current points table holder Jaipur holds a chance to win multiple Kabaddi League titles like Patna, who have won the title 3 times. On the other hand, Puneri will look to end its title drought on Saturday against Jaipur and claim its first trophy in the cabin. Jaipur and Puneri have claimed the first two spots in the points table and won their respective semifinal games to reach the final on Thursday.

Jaipur has played 22 matches in the Indian Kabaddi league 2022 so far, in which they have won 15 matches, lost 06 matches, and shared a point in a match. They ended the league table with 82 points, won 9 matches out of their last 10 matches, and remained on the top of the tally. Puneri is the only team who had defeated table topper Jaipur twice in the league stage this season.

Puneri ended its league in second place in the Indian Kabaddi League 2022 and they won three out of 5 of their last fixtures. They lost their last league match game against UP, who ended their campaign in 4th place in the table, Paltan lost that match against UP by 41-45 in their previous encounter with a margin of four points. Puneri has played 22 matches in the Indian Kabaddi league 2022 so far, in which they have won 14 matches, lost 06 matches, and shared points in two matches. They ended their league campaign in the points table with 80 points and have won three matches out of their last 5 matches. 

Both teams’ confidence will be on the seventh sky after winning their respective semis last night. Jaipur defeated Bengaluru by 49-29 with a big margin of 20 points. On the other hand, Puneri defeated Tamil by 39-37 with a narrow margin of two points to make it to the final of the Indian Kabaddi League 2022.

Squads of Both teams: JAI vs PUN:

JAI:

Raiders: Ajith V Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Devank, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Panwar, Navneet, Bhavani Rajput

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Deepak, Lucky Sharma, Reza Mirbagheri, Nitin Chandel

All-Rounder: Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade

PUN:

Raiders: Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Pankaj Mohite, Akash Shinde, Shubham Shelke, Aditya Shinde

All-Rounders: Mohammad Nabibakhsh, Balasaheb Jadhav, Govind Gurjar

Defenders: Sanket Sawant, Fazel Atrachali, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sombir, D Mahindra Prasad, Badal Singh, Alankar Patil, Rakesh Ram

Match Details:

Match: FINAL - JAI vs PUN
League: Indian Kabaddi 2022
Date: Saturday, 17th December 2022
Time: 08:00 PM (IST)
Venue: Dome, NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai

(JAI) Possible Playing 7:

• Sahul Kumar
• Reeza Mirbagheri
• Abhishek KS
• Ajith V
• Sunil Kumar
• Arjun Deshwal
• Ankush

(PUN) Possible Playing 7:

• Pankaj Mohite
• Akash Shinde
• Sombir
• Sanket Sawant
• Abinesh Nadarajan
• Mohammad Nabibakhsh
• Fazel Atrachali

Key Players

JAI: Raider and in-form Arjun is the raider to get for this match against Puneri in the final. With Puneri's tight raiding trio taking raiding responsibilities equally, it reduces their point potential and makes Deshwal more enticing of an option for the big night.

PUN: All-rounder Reza Mirbagheri should be full of confidence after his solid performance in the previous game against Tamil. Mirbagheri has a much higher points ceiling when compared to V Ajith Kumar, the other all-round option, and is a solid pick in the final.

Match Prediction:

We predict Jaipur to beat Puneri in the finals of the Indian Kabaddi League 2022. Jaipur has won 9 matches out of the last 10 league matches and stayed on the top of the table. Puneri also won their last match against Tamil in the semifinal on Thursday but they will be under pressure when they will face the top side Jaipur for the silverware race. Jaipur is likely to add another Kabaddi League trophy to its cabin on Saturday.

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