Haryana Steelers' coach Manpreet Singh uses Virat Kohli's analogy to show the importance of a big match player

Haryana Steelers’ coach Manpreet Singh was responding to questions after their win against Telugu Titans on October used a Virat Kohli analogy to explain his decision.

When asked to make changes to the team Singh said, “Will you replace Virat Kohli? He won India the match in the end. Both India and Pakistan could have won that match.” Singh continued, “I believe that the players who are playing should be played and plan A should be worked on.”

On October 28^th Steelers kept Puneri Paltan to a tie of 27-27 after which Singh said, "We played well at the start, Puneri Paltan took control in the middle and in the end, we made a good comeback. Both the coaches' planning and strategy were really good today." Singh also lauded his players and called for changes in the plan in order to come up with a draw in the game.

None of our players are weak- Singh

"Even they scored twenty-seven points in the match. They didn't steal those points and bring them in from Pakistan. We made a good comeback in the end. None of the twelve teams are weak. You have to plan and strategize. If your Plan A fails, you have to make Plan B. If that fails, you have to make a Plan C,” Manpreet Singh said.

Singh then went on to say how Kabaddi is a game of momentum and spoke of how a momentum shift could turn the game on its head.

"Kabaddi is a physical contact game. In the forty minutes that the game is played, no one can predict when momentum will shift. Even the raider himself cannot predict when he will be successful or unsuccessful. Both sides played really well and some good kabaddi played between the two sides,” said Singh.