PKL 2023-24: Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas humble Telugu Titans, Haryana Steelers

Patna Pirates produced a scintillating performance to record a 50-28 victory over Telugu Titans in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match on Wednesday.

Raider Sachin led the charge for the Pirates with 14 touch points in the match. Pawan Sehrawat was the lone warrior for the Titans with 11 points.

Sehrawat picked up a raid point early in the game as the Titans took 3-1 lead in the second minute. However, Sachin pulled off a SUPER RAID soon after and helped the Pirates level the scores at 3-3.

Sehrawat also effected a SUPER RAID in the next minute as the Titans moved ahead 6-3. Ankit tackled Sehrawat in the seventh minute, but the Titans still held the lead at 8-7.

However, Sachin effected another magnificent raid in the 10th minute to help the Pirates take the lead at 11-10.

Sachin continued to lead the charge for the Pirates and reduced the Titans to just one member on the mat. But Omkar Patil carried out a brilliant raid as the Titans stayed in the contest at 13-13.

However, the Telugu Titans couldn’t hold on for too long and were eventually ALL OUT in the 13th minute. The raiders and defenders kept picking up points as the Patna side earned a healthy 19-13 lead.

The Pirates inflicted another ALL OUT just before half-time to take a massive 28-16 lead.

The Titans tackled Sachin in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Pirates still held a big lead of 31-19.

The Patna side continued to showcase brilliant form and extended their lead further at 34-22 in the 27th minute.

Sehrawat tried fighting for the Titans, but he didn’t receive much support from his teammates as the Pirates kept forging ahead and eventually walked off the mat with a big victory.

UP Yoddhas win by thirty points vs Haryana Steelers

The UP Yoddhas put up an all-round masterclass to overpower the Haryana Steelers 57-27. A complete team performance was highlighted by the brilliance of raiders Surender Gill (13 points) & Pardeep Narwal (12 points) and defender Sumit (8 points).

The initial minutes of the game were marked by the two sides exchanging points at regular intervals, albeit the Yoddhas doing it via touch points and the Steelers reliant on bonus points. With their numbers dwindling quickly, the Steelers’ Ashish carried out a SUPER TACKLE on Pardeep Narwal to help his team stay in the contest.

Despite that brief resistance, the Yoddhas were too good on the attacking front, and within minutes, they inflicted the first ALL OUT of the game on the Steelers to take a commanding 12-6 lead.

Despite a brief regrouping by the Steelers, the game followed a similar pattern, with the Yoddhas, and Surender Gill in particular, being completely dominant. Almost single-handedly, Gill inflicted a second ALL OUT on the Steelers with four minutes of the first half to go, to give them a 29-14 lead at the break.

A third and fourth ALL OUT followed within the first 8 minutes of the second half. With a massive 25-point lead, the Yoddhas seemed to be cruising to an easy win. Gill’s raiding brilliance was perfectly complemented by Sumit and Nitesh Kumar’s brilliant tackling and there seemed to be nothing the Steelers could do to curb the wave.

The Yoddhas continued to put pressure on their opponents relentlessly and eventually wrapped up a massive 30-point victory.

 (with inputs from PTI)