New Delhi: Delhi Waveriders would look to start their home campaign with a victory and propel to the top of the points table when they take on Uttar Pradesh Wizards in a round-robin league match of the fourth Hockey India League in New Delhi on Monday.
A win on Monday will the take the Waveriders to the top of the table along side defending champions Ranchi Rays with 21 points from five games.
The Waveriders are now placed second in the points table with 16 points with three wins out of four games.
Come on Monday, the Waveriders will also look for a win to assert their supremacy over the UP Wizards in this edition of HIL. The Delhi outfit had earlier defeated UP Wizards 3-1 in Lucknow in their first face-to-face encounter earlier this month.
Captained by Kiwi striker Simon Child after Sardar Singh changed base to Jaypee Punjab Warriors, the Waveriders will start as favourites going by their present form.
In the form of Rupinder Pal Singh, the Waveriders have potent dragflicker who is presently the second highest goal-scorer in the league with six strikes.
On the other half, after the win over Ranchi Rays in the tournament opener, the UP Wizards are on a three-match losing streak and have just seven points in their kitty. They are presently lying at fifth spot in the six-team franchise-based event.
But the visitors definitely would be looking to turn the tables on Monday and return to winning ways.
UP Wizards skipper VR Raghunath very well understands the significance of Monday's match and said they are desperate to pocket full five points from the tie.
"We are playing the fifth match here and it is the most important match to stay in the league as a good competitor.
"Our focus is on our own strengths and to avoid the mistakes that we have done in the previous matches. We will go all out and play to our strength and hope to get five points to take home," Raghunath said.
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