PKL 2023 24: Gujarat Giants stage epic comeback to beat Telugu Titans, Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba

Sports PKL 2023 24: Gujarat Giants stage epic comeback to beat Telugu Titans, Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba The Gujarat Giants defender Deepak Singh collected an outstanding 9 tackle points to help his side register a comeback victory. FP Sports January 07, 2024 14:39:48 IST Fazel Atrachali of Gujarat Giants during a match vs Telugu Titans.

PKL image The Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Titans 37 30 at the DOME by NSCI in Mumbai to rise to second on the table. The Giants defender Deepak Singh collected an outstanding 9 tackle points to help his side register a comeback victory. The Titans meanwhile remain rooted to the bottom of the table, and are now on a four match losing streak.

Sehrawat kicked off the game, right off the whistle registered a SUPER RAID to give his side the lead. A long back and forth ensued, with both teams trading raids at regular intervals. The Titans raiding was hugely dependent on Sehrawat and true to form he registered over half his team’s raid points in the first half.

While the Giants formidable defence kept the Titans on their toes, in the final five minutes of the half, it was the Titans defending that kept them alive. Facing an all out, the Titans raider S Sanjeevi capitalised on a series of errors by the Giants defence to stay in the game. From there they produced three SUPER TACKLES, one after the other to not just stave an all out but also keep the lead at the break.

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The lead did not last long as the Giants ramped up their gameplay, and the Titans, for their part faltered. Too many defensive errors, and their inability to revive Sehrawat saw them suffer a second ALL OUT with less than a quarter of the game to play. Once in the lead, the Giants did not loosen their grip, as they wrapped up a brilliant and deserved come from behind victory.

Jaipur Pink Panthers down U Mumba Reigning champions Jaipur Pink Panthers continued their rich vein of form as they rode on skipper Arjun Deshwal’s Super 10 to defeat U Mumba 41 31 in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match at the DOME by NSCI in Mumbai. Arjun (17 raid points), Ankush (6 tackle points) and U Mumba’s Guman Singh (13 raid points) were the star performers of the game.

U Mumba, the home side, struggled to get going in the first half and relied heavily on Guman’s raiding. He scored 10 of U Mumba’s 13 points in the first 20 minutes as the defence managed just 1 tackle point. Jaipur Pink Panthers were also shaky in defence but their 3 man raiding unit of Arjun, V Ajith and Bhavani Rajput came to their rescue.

A multi point raid from Arjun produced the first ALL OUT of the game as Jaipur Pink Panthers took a 12 5 lead in the 7th minute. A few minutes later, Ajith struck and Jaipur Pink Panthers had twice as many points as their opponents did at 18 9. Guman, U Mumba’s main hope, brought up his Super 10 in the 16th minute and also crossed the 300 raid points mark, but his side continued to trail by 9 points at the break.

Yet another multi point raid from Arjun early in the second half saw him reach a Super 10 and become the first raider to cross 100 raid points this season. It took Jaipur Pink Panthers 8 minutes into the second half to inflict an ALL OUT as Arjun’s 2 point raid and Reza Mirbagheri’s tackle put them in the driver’s seat.

They led 33 19 with 12 minutes left on the clock. U Mumba mounted a late fightback, courtesy of big raids from Jai Bhagwan and Alireza Mirzaeian, but it was too little too late for them to catch up to Jaipur Pink Panthers’ ever increasing lead. Ankush, last season’s best defender, completed his High 5 as Jaipur Pink Panthers handed U Mumba their first loss of their home leg.

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