PKL 2019 semi-finals: Fazel Atrachali talks about U Mumba's teamwork

U Mumba reached the PKL 2019 semi-finals after registering a comfortable 46-38 win over Haryana Steelers on Monday, October 16. They will now face Bengal Warriors for the semi-final 2 on Wednesday, October 16 at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad (20:30 IST). Arjun Dedhwal and Abhishek Singh led U Mumba to victory, scoring 16 and 15 raid points respectively. In the post-match press conference, coach Sanjeev Kumar, captain Fazel Atrachali, Abhishek Singh and Arjun Deshwal talked about teamwork and reaching the semi-finals.

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PKL semi-finals: Fazel Atrachali on teamwork and reaching the semi-finals

In the post-match press conference, captain ‘Sultan’ Fazel Atrachali expressed his happiness on making it to the last four. He talked about how no one believed that U Mumba would make it, similar to last year’s season. Atrachali also believes that it is the team that creates star players like Abhishek. The skipper is also proud of his team, happy that they stuck to the game plan and executed everything he told them to. Atrachali thinks that nothing is better than good teamwork, which U Mumba have.

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Coach Sanjeev Kumar was also delighted with U Mumba’s performance. When asked about their offence, which helped the team win, Kumar said that he always had faith in his raiders – Deshwal and Abhishek. After their performance during the eliminator, the raiding duo only proved him right. Abhishek and Arjun were asked by their captain to play without any pressure and concentrate on doing their best. Abhishek and Deshwal also played together for the UP at the state level. Deshwal, who had an injury midseason, has now properly recovered.

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