Pro Kabaddi 2017, Day 5: Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Haryana Steelers, Telugu Titans vs Bengal Warriors - Match Preview, Squads

The debutants in the Pro Kabaddi Season 5, Gujarat Fortunegiants and Haryana Steelers will face off each other in the first match on August 2, which will start at 8 pm. The second match will take place between Telugu Titans and Bengal Warriors, which will commence at 9 pm just after the first one.

Talking about the debutant Haryana, there journey in the PKL started with a narrow defeat to U Mumba. However, the other debutant Gujarat Fortunegiants kicked off their PKL journey with a surprising victory against Dabang Delhi.

Looking at the performances of both the new entrants, it looks that Gujarat has an edge over Haryana.

In the second match on Day 5, Telugu Titans’ performance will depend on skipper Rahul Chaudhari’s form, whose current form is not up to the mark. But Chaudhari is an unexpected player and may comeback with a bang.

On the other hand, Bengal Warriors’ defender Surjeet Singh and raider Anil Kumar have the capability to turn the match in their favour at any given point of time.

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Complete squads

Match 1, Day 5

Gujarat Fortunegiants

Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia, C Kalai Arasan, Abozar Mohajermighani, Sukesh Hegde, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Seongryeol Kim, Mahipal Narwal, Vikas Kale, Manoj Kumar, Sachin, Amit Om Prakash Rathi, Dange Sultan, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Chandran Ranjit

Haryana Steelers

Surender Nada,, Mayur Shivtarkar, Vikash, Neeraj Kumar, Khomsan Thongkham, Mohit Chhillar, Sonu Narwal, CPO Surjeet Singh, David Mosambayi, Deepak Kumar, Mahender Singh Dhaka, Prashant Kumar Rai, Deepak Kumar Dahiya, Wazir Singh, Parmod Narwal, Jeeva Gopal, Rakesh Singh Kumar, Vikash Khandola, Ashish Chhokar, Kuldeep Singh, Babu M, Raju Lal Choudhary

Match 2, Day 5

Telugu Titans

Ajay Thakur, Bhavani Rajput, Prathap, Rajesh, Anil Kumar, Amit Hooda, Mugilan, Donggeon Lee , Waleed Al Hasani, Chansik Park, Anil Kumar, C. Arun, Sanket Chavan, T. Prabhakaran, M. Thivakaran, Sombir, Vijay Kumar, Vijin Thangadurai, Muruthu M, Vineet Sharma, K. Prapanjan, Sujit Maharana, Darshan J., Sarang Arun Deshmukh, Ananthkumar

Bengal Warriors

Jang Kun Lee, Ravindra Ramesh Kumavat, Sandeep Malik, Ameares Mondal, Ran Singh, PO Surjeet Singh, Youngchang Ko, Bhupender Singh, Shrikant Tewthia, Virendra Singh, Maninder Singh, Deepak Narwal, Rahul Kumar, Shashank Wankhede, Vinod Kumar, Vikash, Kuldeep, Anil Kumar

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