UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan has been scheduled for the 55th game at the Pro Kabaddi League 2023/24 on Wednesday (3 January) night. It will be the last game in the ongoing Noida leg. In this article, we take a look at UP vs PUN Dream11 prediction, Fantasy Kabaddi, Match Preview and Playing 7 for the match.
UP vs PUN (UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan) Match Details:
Day and Date: Wednesday, 3 January 2024
Time: 21:00 IST
Venue: Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
UP vs PUN (UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan) Match Preview
UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan will be the 11th match for the 10th-placed Yoddhas at the PKL 10, who have 21 points, and the ninth game for the points table-topper Puneri Paltan, who have 36 points.
After U Mumba (34-31) beat them in the second game of the tournament, UP Yoddhas strongly beat Haryana Steelers (57-27) and Telugu Titans (48-33). In their next four matches, Yoddhas lost against Bengaluru Bulls (38-36), the defending champions Jaipur Pink Panthers (41-24), and Gujarat Giants (38-30), and tied against Bengal Warriors (37-37). After closely winning against Bengaluru Bulls (34-33) in their first home schedule, hosts Yoddhas lost against Dabang Delhi (35-25) and Patna Pirates (48-41).
Apart from losing against Haryana Steelers (44-39) in their third game of the season, Puneri Paltan have won all their other seven matches at the PKL 10 (against Jaipur Pink Panthers, U Mumba, Bengal Warriors, Dabang Delhi, Bengaluru Bulls, Patna Pirates, and Telugu Titans).
UP vs PUN (UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan) Key Players to watch out for:
UP Yoddhas: Surender Gill, Pardeep Narwal
Puneri Paltan: Mohit Goyat, Aslam Mustafa Inamdar
UP vs PUN (UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan) Probable Playing 7:
UP Yoddhas: Pardeep Narwal (C), Gurdeep, Vijay Malik, Ashu Singh, Surender Gill, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit
Puneri Paltan: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (C), Abinesh Nadarajan, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Mohit Goyat, Gaurav Khatri, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh
UP vs PUN (UP Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan) Dream11 Team Prediction
In-form Puneri Paltan are the strong favorites for this match against UP Yoddhas. Our top dream11 team picks for UP vs PUN are Surender Gill, Pardeep Narwal, and Mohit Goyat. Our top two picks UP Yoddhas’ raiders Surender Gill and Pardeep Narwal have scored 86 and 81 points, respectively, this season. However, Narwal has recorded the second joint most successful raids this tournament (66), and Gill is in the fifth spot with 64 successful raids. On the other hand, Mohit Goyat, the raider from Puneri Paltan, has managed 77 points at the PKL 10 (54 successful raids). So these three are our must picks for the game.
UP vs PUN Dream11 Team Suggestion No 1
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri
All-rounders: Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, Aslam Mustafa Inamdar
Raiders: Mohit Goyat
Captain: Mohit Goyat
Vice Captain: Abinesh Nadarajan
UP vs PUN Dream11 Team Suggestion No 2
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri
All-rounders: Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, Aslam Mustafa Inamdar
Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Mohit Goyat
Captain: Mohammadreza Chiyaneh
Vice Captain: Gaurav Khatri
