Haryana Steelers Silence Home Crowd to Defeat Puneri Paltan in a Nail-biter (PKL Image)
Steelers’ defensive duo Rahul Sethpal (6 factors) and Jaydeep Dahiya (4 factors) had been ultimately chargeable for their victory.
Despite the stress from a partisan residence crowd, the Haryana Steelers triumphed over Puneri Paltan 44-39 on the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Friday. While Vinay’s 15 factors had been undoubtedly a large contributor, it was the Steelers’ defensive duo Rahul Sethpal (6 factors) and Jaydeep Dahiya (4 factors) who had been ultimately chargeable for their victory.
In a blistering begin, Aslam Inamdar kicked off the sport with a SUPER RAID to put the house aspect on the entrance foot. It didn’t final lengthy and virtually instantly the Steelers responded with a SUPER RAID of their very own, Vinay netting 5 Paltan gamers to depart them reeling. The first ALL OUT adopted quickly after because the Steelers took an 11-7 lead.
Puneri Paltan didn’t let that dampen their spirits and slowly chipped away on the lead. It took two SUPER TACKLES in a row by Rahul Sethpal — who put in 4 of his group’s 6 sort out factors in the half — to save the Steelers’ blushes. Eventually, although the Paltan inflicted an ALL OUT on the Steelers to take a 21-18 lead, which they took into the break.
The first half had been outlined by excessive-high quality raiding, with the groups logging a mixed 25 raid factors. The second half although belonged to a rejuvenated Steelers defence, who missed a mere three tackles in the interval, whereas choosing up a huge 9 factors. Despite the Paltan’s raiders’ finest efforts, the Steelers stored hurting them and holding their numbers restricted. They inflicted a second ALL OUT on the Paltan with two minutes remaining earlier than wrapping up a 44-39 victory.
