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With One Eye On Playoffs, Haryana Steelers Gear Up For Desk-toppers Jaipur Pink Panthers

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Jaipur, Jan 16 (IANS) With seven wins in 12 video games this season to this point, Haryana Steelers are sitting among the many prime 5 within the factors desk. They are going to be seeking to avenge their earlier loss to desk toppers Jaipur Pink Panthers, when the 2 groups lock horns on Wednesday at SMS Indoor stadium.

The final time the 2 groups confronted off towards one another, Jaipur had picked a 45-34 win over Haryana.

The Steelers will look to finish Jaipur’s five-match successful streak, after they step out to the mat. The Pink Panthers have gained 9 out of their 13 video games to this point, with solely two losses to their identify. The Jaipur crowd has proven up in giant numbers to the stadium over the previous few days in a powerful present of help to their residence staff, however Haryana Steelers Head Coach Manpreet Singh says his aspect can not let the strain of the second have an effect on them.

“Our intention is to win all our remaining matches and qualify for the playoffs. However on this sport, plans can go haywire on the mat. What issues is that we all the time give our one hundred pc, it doesn’t matter what. We can not management the result. However we are able to scale back our errors, we may be good in our decision-making, we may be tactical with our evaluations, and we are able to management our participant modifications. If we try this accurately, we’re assured we are able to get a superb consequence,” he mentioned.

Manpreet additional defined why Jaipur Pink Panthers Captain Sunil Kumar may very well be the most important risk for his aspect on Wednesday.

“In Kabaddi, what issues most is how effectively you’ll be able to research your opponent. Rajasthan’s captain Sunil is essentially the most clever captain within the sport in the mean time, for my part. He has nice assets however he additionally is aware of the right way to use them effectively. He is aware of when to make fast raids, when to sluggish issues down and when to carry a match. When he will get out, Jaipur tends to wrestle, so we all know we have now to focus on him if we need to win the match,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, Haryana Steelers Captain Jaideep Dahiya confused that his aspect will work on lowering the errors in raids to proceed their rise within the factors desk. He additional added {that a} robust defensive efficiency shall be key for Haryana within the upcoming match.

“Defence is essential for us. We will make plenty of tremendous tackles. It’s one thing that we observe quite a bit in coaching. Additionally, we’ll attempt to scale back the variety of errors we make in raids, in order that we are able to obtain our targets,” he mentioned.

Talking on the opposition, Jaideep mentioned: “Jaipur Pink Panthers are fairly a superb staff. Sunil and Arjun Deshwal are performing very well. We defeated Puneri Paltan in Pune and picked a win over Bengaluru Bulls in Bengaluru. So, we’ll take motivation from the identical and can attempt to carry out our greatest to get a superb consequence, regardless of Jaipur having the house floor benefit.”

–IANS

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