If there’s one local player who has been winning the heart of Perak fans with his display in the last two months leading up to the final this weekend, it has to be Partiban Janasekaran. The winger has established himself as an integral part of Mehmet Durakovic's starting eleven and is now one of the trusted member of the first team.
Although that seemed very different at the start of the season when having returned to the team he started playing professional football in, Partiban was on the outside looking in. Chances were few and far in between as he struggled to adapt to the requirements of the head coach and the system that the Australian seek to play.