Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Match Prediction: Who will win today's Pro Kabaddi 2017 match?
On Day 3 of the Kolkata leg, the Gujarat Fortunegiants will take the battle to the mat against the Pink Panthers from Jaipur at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium.
The last times when these two teams clashed against each other, the Fortunegiants came out on top by clinching a 27-20 win over Jaipur.
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In today's encounter, both teams are coming off losses from their previous matches. While Jaipur Pink Panthers lost by a slender margin to U Mumba on the last day of the Mumbai leg, Gujarat Fortunegiants' unbeaten run was halted by the Haryana Steelers last night.
The Gujarat Fortunegiants will look to redeem themselves post their loss last night which can particularly be attributed to the poor show put up the defence. Fazel Atrachali failed to amass a single point while Abozar manager to inflict only two successful tackle which allowed the Haryana raiders, specifically Prashant Kumar Rai to go rampant on the mat. The Indian cover defensive duo of Sunil and Parvesh Bhainswal put up a respectable performance managing to pick up 6 points between them and will have to continue in a similar or rather better manner against Jaipur tonight. The attack was primarily led by the talismanic young gun, Sachin who notched up a massive 13 raid points while Rohit Gulia and Sukesh Hegde pitched in as well.
Jaipur Pink Panthers, on the other hand, will be hoping that their young squad replete with a host of newbies especially all-rounders in the likes of Sidharth Dahiya, Nitin Rawal and Sunil continue to showcase their talent on the mat like they have done in the past few matches. They will be guided on the mat by the mercurial Jasvir Singh who will be assisted in the attack by Pawan Kumar who has been in stellar form in a couple of matches during the Mumbai leg. Besides that, the good news for the team could be the fact that star raider, Selvamani is expected to return to the squad post the injury he suffered in the first match which will give them a major edge over the Fortunegiants.
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Jaipur Pink Panthers match prediction
If Selvamani makes the cut to the starting seven, Gujarat will surely have a tough time keeping him in check much like the challenge against Prashant yesterday. Moreover, all of the Jaipur youngsters are all-rounders and have the ability to perform in the attack as well as the defence which definitely gives them an edge over the Fortunegiants.