Bengaluru Bulls will take the mat against UP Yoddhas in the penultimate match of the league stage of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League 2024 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune on Tuesday.
When these two teams met earlier in the season, UP Yoddhas registered a convincing win of 57-36 win against Bengaluru Bulls. We look at the current form, head-to-head, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Bengaluru Bulls: Current position in PKL standings: 12, Matches played: 21, Won: 2, Lost: 18, Tied: 1, Points: 19
Current form of Bengaluru Bulls: L L L L L
Bengaluru Bulls have suffered five losses in their last five games and they will want to end the season on a high. The Bulls could not tick the right boxes and they suffered a 42-32 loss against Tamil Thalaivas in their previous game despite Sushil scoring 15 points.
UP Yoddhas: Current position in PKL standings: 4th, Matches played: 21, Won: 12, Lost: 6, Tied: 3, Points: 75
Current form of UP Yoddhas: W W W T W
UP Yoddhas have managed four wins in their last five games and they will look to carry the winning impetus. The Yoddhas registered a comprehensive win of 59-23 against Gujarat Giants in their last game with Gagan Gowda and Bhavani Rajput scoring 19 and 11 points respectively.
Head to Head: Matches: 16, Won by Bengaluru Bulls: 9, Won by UP Yoddhas: 7.
Match Prediction: UP Yoddhas will enter the contest as favorites against Bengaluru Bulls.
Bengaluru Bulls Full Squad: Ponparthiban Subramanian, Rohit Kumar, Sushil, Pankaj, Manjeet, Chandranaik M, Lucky Kumar, Aditya Shankar Powar, Akshit, Arulnanthababu, Parteek, Saurabh Nandal, Pardeep Narwal, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Nitin Rawal, Jai Bhagwan, Jatin, Pramot Saising (F), Hasun Thongkruea (F)
UP Yoddhas Full Squad: Sachin, Keshav Kumar, Gangaram, Jayesh Vikas Mahajan, Gagana Gowda HR, Hitesh, Shivam Chaudhary, Ashu Singh, Sumit, Surender Gill, Sahul Kumar, Bharat, Mahender Singh, Bhavani Rajput, Aksham R. Suryawanshi, Vivek, Heidarali Ekrami (F), Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (F)
