Patna Pirates made a surprising comeback to play out a 32-32 draw in opposition to Puneri Paltan within the Pro Kabaddi League match. Photo: prokabaddi.com
Patna Pirates made a surprising comeback to play out a 32-32 draw in opposition to Puneri Paltan within the Pro Kabaddi League match right here on Saturday.
Puneri Paltan skipper Aslam Inamdar (13 factors), Patna Pirates captain Sachin (9 raid factors) and Mayur Kadam (5 deal with factors) have been the important thing performers of the match.
Patna Pirates got here into the sport following a win over Bengal Warriors, however have been unable to experience the momentum within the early phases of the sport and have been on the receiving finish of the primary all out.
Puneri Paltan’s three-man raiding unit of Inamdar, Mohit Goyat and Pankaj Mohite chipped away on the house staff’s defence and a deal with from Gaurav Khatri on Manjeet within the tenth minute had the boys in orange taking an 11-6 lead.
Patna Pirates regrouped nicely and their raiders, led by captain Sachin, focused Puneri Paltan’s cowl defenders to scale back the deficit. At the midway mark, the visiting staff led 19-14.
The house facet bought off to a powerful begin within the second half and a multi-point raid from Sachin had the opposition down to 3 males, however Puneri Paltan defended nicely to maintain the all out at bay.
However, a mistake from Sanket Sawant noticed Pune down to 3 males as soon as once more as Patna Pirates sniffed a comeback. With 10 minutes left, they trailed Puneri Paltan by simply three factors at 23-20.
That was when Sachin produced a wonderful effort to go previous all three defenders and inflict the all out. His effort put Patna within the lead for the primary time.
With 9 minutes to go, Patna Pirates led 25-24.
The two groups have been locked at 27 factors earlier than the Pirates upped the ante and went forward at 30-27 with about 4 minutes remaining.
Kadam introduced up a second consecutive High 5 with a deal with on Mohite, however Paltan mounted a comeback within the dying phases as Patna Pirates led 32-31 with simply the ultimate raid left.
However, Manjeet fell wanting the bonus line and was tackled, with each groups sharing the factors.
