Indian Kabaddi League 2022

Semi-Final 2- PUN vs TAM

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Indian Kabaddi league 2022: The Indian Kabaddi league 2022 is now in its playoff phase after 10 weeks of the league phase. The second match of the night, the second semi-final will be held on Thursday between Puneri and Tamil, who reached the playoffs for the first time. The match will be played at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai from 8:30 PM IST on December 15.

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 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. 

Talking about the Thalaivas, the team has performed tremendously even after so many injuries. The biggest responsibility is going to be on Ajinkya Pawar and Narendra Kandola in raiding. The team's defence has done well, but the lack of experience can go against them. However, if the team's defence manages to stop Pardeep Narwal, then the team's chances of winning can increase. This season there were two matches each between the two teams. Puneri and Tamil won on one occasion each. Paltan has more chances to win this match.

Thalaivas had a very bad start to this season. The team managed just one win in the first leg of the tournament in Bengaluru. In their very first match of the season, the team suffered a major setback when their captain Pawan Sehrawat was ruled out of the season due to injury. There was also a change in the coaching personnel as coach Udayakumar pulled himself out of the league after the first phase. Ashan Kumar was appointed as the new coach of the team and in this move, the team made a great comeback in the season.

They started winning consistently and slowly and steadily climbed up the points table. Raiders Narendra Kandola and Ajinkya Pawar put in memorable performances, collecting 220 and 114 raid points respectively. In defence, Sagar and Sahil Gulia collected 53 and 51 tackle points, respectively, and these performances helped the team advance to the playoffs for the first time in league history.

Squads of Both teams: PUN vs TAM:

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

TAM:

Raiders: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Jatin, Himanshu, Himanshu Singh, Narender.

Defenders: Sagar, Ankit, M Abhishek, Ashish, Md. Arif Rabbani, Himanshu, Mohit, Sahil, Arpit Saroha.

All-Rounders: Visvanath V, Thanushan Laxmamoha, K Abhimanyu.

Match Details:

Match: Semi-Final 2- PUN vs TAM
League: Indian Kabaddi 2022
Date: Thursday, 15th December 2022
Time: 08:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Dome, NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai

(PUN) Possible Playing 7

• Aslam Inamdar
• Mohit Goyat
• Akash Shinde
• Sombir
• Sanket Sawant
• Fazel Atrachali
• Abinesh Nadarajan

(TAM) Possible Playing 7

• Narender
• Himanshu
• Ajinkya Pawar
• Arpit Saroha
• Sahil Gulia
• Mohit
• M Abhishek.

Key Players

PUN: All-rounder Reza Mirbagheri should be full of confidence after his High-5 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.

TAM: Himanshu is a viable raider for the team. He has won 46 raid points from fifteen matches and in the process, he has recorded a Super 10. He will play a crucial role in tonight's match against Puneri.

Match Prediction:

We predict Puneri to beat Tamil in the second semifinal round and make it to the Final of the Indian Kabaddi League 2022. They won 3 matches out of the last 5 league matches and Tamil also won their last match against Up and qualified for the semis but they look a little nervous before heading into the semis now they have to win this match if they want to make it to the final. But the Paltan has the upper hand in this match.

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