U.P Yoddha – The GMR Group owned U.P franchise of the Vivo-Pro Kabaddi League today announced the kick-start of their home-leg at the Shaeed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida from 2-8 November 2018. The U.P Franchisee of the 6^th Vivo Pro Kabaddi League is scheduled to play against Bengaluru Bulls, with whom they play twice, and once against Telugu Titans, Tamil Thalavias, Bengal Warriors in their home leg. In the curtain raiser press conference where the GMR owned U.P Franchisee addressed the media in the presence of their star captain Rishank Devadiga, Head Coach Jasveer Singh and Head U.P Yoddha Vinod Bisht today to announce the start of their home-leg tomorrow onwards.

The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida is set to host a total of 10 games from the 2-8 November 2018. The games to be played at Greater Noida are as follows –

Date	Game	Time
2 Nov 2018	U.P Yoddha Vs Tamil Thalavias	8 PM
2 Nov 2018	Pink Panthers Vs Fortune Giants	9 PM
3 Nov 2018	U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan	8 PM
3 Nov 2018	U.P Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls	9 PM
4 Nov 2018	Dabang Delhi vs Fortune Giants	8 PM
4 Nov 2018	U.P Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors	9 PM
6 Nov 2018	Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers	8 PM
6 Nov 2018	U.P Yoddha vs Telugu Titans	9 PM
8 Nov 2018	Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi	8 PM
8 Nov 2018	U.P Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls	9 PM

Fondly known as ‘The Yoddha’ amongst their fans, the U.P Yoddhas, made their Debut in the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League last season and managed an impressive finish as well, making it till the play-offs. In the 6^th edition of Vivo PKL, U.P Yoddha have played a total of seven (7) matches, of which they’ve won and lost three (3), and one ended in a tie. They won their first match against the Tamil Thalaivas 37-32. U.P Yoddha lost both their matches against Patna Pirates 41-43 and 37-43, with the first match being very close. They were also defeated by Telugu Titans 29-34. In their 5^th match they tied 40-40 with Bengal Warriors, before defeating Puneri Paltan 29-23 and Dabang Delhi 38-36 in their 6^th and 7^th match respectively. 

The Yoddha’s so far in this season have garnered 251 total points and are placed sixth on the overall points table and is placed 3^rd in their Zone with 21 points, but is placed after Bengaluru Bulls and Telugu Titans on the basis of total matched been played.

Tickets for the matches will be available on eventsnow.com and over the counter from Knowledge Park-I (Ansal Plaza), Swarn Nagri (MSX Mall), Alpha-2 Main Market (Food Kraft Restuarants, Jagat Farm (Modi’s Baker Zone) and at the venue it will be available at Box Office Gate No.2 of Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Grater Noida.

Rishank Quote

“Our performance at the 6^th PKL has been satisfactory, as we have been playing without our star defender, Jeeva. So, even without Jeeva our performance has been satisfactory. The home-leg is very important to us and we will be giving our best.”

The team is being coached by former national player Jasvir Singh. Jasvir as a player has won the Asian Games Gold medal in 2014 and was a part of the national squad that won the World Cup in 2016.

Jasvir Singh Quote

“The home-leg is very important for us and we’re sure that the team’s performance will be satisfactory. In the matches during the beginning of the season, Jeeva was out owing to injury and the main challenge is that as there are continuous matches, we will have to take notice of the same. Jeeva is now back from injury and we’re hoping that he will perform well.”

Speaking at the conference, Col. Vinod Bisht, Head U.P. Yoddha said, “Our players have performed well and the matches they lost were closely fought. I am confident that all our fans will be excited to see their team get on to the mat tomorrow onwards and I can assure them all that we are not going to disappoint them. Fans can buy their tickets on eventsnow.com”