Season’s first Southern Derby headlines Day 3 #ProKabaddiIndia #LegPanga

VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 6 has seen close contests already early in the campaign, which has added to the excitement of the fans. Tamil Thalaivas managed a comprehensive win against Patna Pirates in their opening game before losing to U.P. Yoddha in a close contest. They will want to pick themselves up quickly and get back winning momentum when they face Telugu Titans in the second match on Tuesday.

The first match will see Dabang Delhi K.C. take on a young look Gujarat Fortunegiants in a battle of youth against experience. Both teams have news captains this season and it will be interesting to see what difference the change in leadership brings about in their approach.

Match 5 – Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

Head-to-head: Dabang Delhi K.C. 0 – 3 Gujarat Fortunegiants

A new look Dabang Delhi K.C. will want to take Gujarat Fortunegiants head on in the first game of their season. They have a strong defence led by captain Joginder Narwal to combat a Gujarat side that boasted of one of the best defences in the game last season.

Chandran Ranjit will be playing against his Season 5 team for the first time and will want to use his knowledge of their gameplay to his advantage when he takes the mat against them. In the raiding department, Shabeer Bappu is yet to open his account against the Fortunegiants while Meraj Sheykh and Pawan Kumar Kadian, too, have scored just 7 and 11 raid points respectively against them. Having tons of experience to back them up, the unit will want to come out firing in an attempt to catch a young Gujarat team off-guard.

The Delhi defence quartet of Joginder Narwal, Vishal Mane, Ravinder Pahal and Viraj Vishnu Landge have a combined 425 tackle points amongst themselves while Gujarat’s Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Hadi Oshtorak and Sachin Vittala have just 165 tackle points between them, which gives the experienced Delhi defence a huge edge.

The Fortunegiants, though, rely more on the raw energy and surprise element that the youth bring which has prompted them to go with a number of young, relatively unseen players. While previous season’s Sachin, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput and Rohit Gulia still form the backbone of the offence, the addition of the 11th most successful raider of Season 5, K. Prapanjan and Do-or-Die specialist Dong Geon Lee gives the attack a good variety. Young captain Sunil Kumar, too, has a lot to prove and there is nothing like a victory to show how effective he can be as a leader.