Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan, Up Yoddha win- Raider Aslam Inamdar was the star for Puneri Paltan as they beat defending champions Bengal Warriors 39-27 in Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 at The Sheraton Grand on Sunday. In the other match, table-toppers Bengaluru Bulls suffered a crushing 27-42 defeat to UP Yoddha. Follow InisdeSport.IN for more PKL news.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan thrash Bengal Warriors 39-27, UP Yoddha topple Bengaluru Bulls 42-27
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Puneri Paltan beat Bengal Warriors 39-27
Raider Aslam Inamdar was the star for Puneri Paltan as they beat defending champions Bengal Warriors 39-27 in Match 43 of Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 at The Sheraton Grand on Sunday.
Aslam Inamdar scored a Super 10 (17 points) while Abinesh Nadarajan clinched a High 5 (5 tackle points) for Puneri Paltan who had a near-flawless performance on the mat. Captain Maninder Singh clinched a Super 10 for the Warriors, but he proved to be the sole performer for a team desperately short of confidence.
Season 7 winners Bengal started the match on the front-foot with Maninder Singh’s Super Raid (3 points) in the 4th minute putting Pune in a spot of bother. But substitute Sombir and Abinesh Nadarajan produced consecutive Super Tackles to turn the game around for Paltan.
Zor ka shikaar, Paltan ka Sunday shaandaar 😎
Powered by a spectacular performance, @IamAnupK‘s men win #PUNvBEN in a stunning fashion!#SuperhitPanga pic.twitter.com/oCom5w8j2z
— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) January 9, 2022
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan thrash Bengal Warriors 39-27, UP Yoddha topple Bengaluru Bulls 42-27
For Bengal, Maninder Singh has been the star raider having picked up 86 raid points in seven games. However the form of other raiders like Sukesh Hegde and Mohammad Nabhibhaksh have been inconsistent and that will be something that the Pune defenders Vishal Bhardwaj and Abinesh Nadarajan will focus on.
Bengal have a strong defence with Sachin Vittala and Abozar Mighani dominating in the corners and it will be interesting to see how the young Pune raiders perform against these two men.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan thrash Bengal Warriors 39-27, UP Yoddha topple Bengaluru Bulls 42-27
Taking the Bulls by the horns on their turf – just Yoddha things 🔥
Yoddhas go UP, UP and UP courtesy of this thumping win 👏#SuperhitPanga #BLRvUP pic.twitter.com/wkiYEF6M4B
— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) January 9, 2022
UP Yoddha beat Bengaluru Bulls – 42-27
In the other match, UP Yoddha’s defence produced a night to remember as they pinned Bengaluru Bulls’ raiders and helped the team win 42-27. Yoddha claimed six Super Tackles in the win that helped the team jump to 6th on the points table.
Shrikant Jadhav scored a Super 10 (15 total points including 3 for tackles) while all the defenders chipped in with tackles. This was the best performance ever by a defence (22 tackle points) in vivo Pro Kabaddi League history and will certainly set the tone for the rest of the campaign.
The match had a poor start with both U.P. Yoddha and Bengaluru Bulls failing to impress. The star raiders Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal spent most of their time on the sidelines as both players failed to make a difference.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan thrash Bengal Warriors 39-27, UP Yoddha topple Bengaluru Bulls 42-27
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2️⃣2️⃣ tackles point in a match – the most by any team in PKL 🤯
Just to Sum-it- Nitesh, Ashu, Shubham were on 🔥#SuperhitPanga #BLRvUP @UpYoddha pic.twitter.com/2FzadkdHcS
— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) January 9, 2022
Even the usually reliable Surender Gill struggled to get the raid points for Yoddha who were staring at an ALL OUT near the 15th minute of the match. But they produced 3 Super Tackles, with substitute Gurdeep getting two of them, to completely change the balance of the match.
The much-famed Yoddha defence, who had tackled Dabang Delhi K.C.’s Naveen Kumar multiple times last night, was in their peak form once again. Substitute Mohammad Taghi added raid points for Yoddha in the last minute to mount the pressure on Bengaluru. The half ended 19-14 in favour of Yoddha with the Bulls having just one man on the mat.
Yoddha got their ALL OUT in the very first move of the second half. Shrikant Jadhav then got in on the act, his raid points cancelling out all the positive strides the Bulls were trying to make. Yoddha had an 9-point lead at the first Dhani Time Out with 10 minutes remaining in the match.
Pro Kabaddi PKL 8: Puneri Paltan thrash Bengal Warriors 39-27, UP Yoddha topple Bengaluru Bulls 42-27
Bulls’ Bharat clinched an important Super Raid (3 points) after the restart as Bulls sensed a chance for an ALL OUT. But the mighty U.P. defence kept producing Super Tackles to stop the Bulls. Bharat and Shrikant Jadhav got their Super 10s in the final minutes, but it barely affected the match that belonged to the Yoddha defence. They secured the win and scripted history with the defensive masterclass.
