Players of Puneri Paltan (in orange) and Tamil Thalaivas throughout the Pro Kabaddi League season 10 match, in Mumbai, on January 7, 2024.
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Puneri Paltan rode previous Tamil Thalaivas 29-26 in a nail-biting assembly on the Pro Kabaddi League right here on January 7.
Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Shadloui and Gaurav Khatri had been the Paltan’s greatest gamers, whereas Thalaivas’ skipper Sagar was their star performer with seven sort out factors.
The opening 20 minutes noticed a fascinating battle between the 2 sides, as Narender gave the Thalaivas a dream begin, guaranteeing a ‘Super Raid’ to begin the match, whereas the Paltan had been instantly compelled onto the again foot.
As the half edged in direction of shut, each groups traded the lead and neither may take management of the proceedings, each adopting a defensive method. A strategic first half ended with the Paltan main 12-11.
The Thalaivas began the second half with a ‘Super Tackle’, as Sagar and Himanshu trapped Mohit Goyat.
However, it couldn’t cease the Paltan from cruising forward, as Aslam Inamdar received the higher of Sagar to inflict an ‘All Out’, holding a slim lead at 17-16 within the twenty fourth minute.
The subsequent raid noticed Shadloui escape with a ‘Super Raid’, tagging two defenders and capturing a bonus level.
With Narender unable to rating the large factors, the Thalaivas banked on their defence for factors with a wonderful sort out from skipper Sagar on Pankaj Mohite noticed him full a ‘High 5’.
It was then Shadloui’s flip to do the identical, stopping Narender with a rock-solid maintain to declare his fifth sort out level within the twenty eighth minute.
The Thalaivas then produced a mind-blowing comeback within the closing levels of the sport. Two ‘Super Tackles’ from M Abishek and Sagar noticed the Thalaivas path by simply three factors within the thirty sixth minute.
It was adopted by a 3rd ‘Super Tackle’ from Nitesh Kumar within the thirty eighth minute, which diminished the deficit to only a level.
It all boiled down to the final raid, the place the Thalaivas had been taking part in with three males, and Paltan had a do-or-die raid.
Aslam went on a pursuit raid and claimed a contact on Nitesh, however the on-field umpires dominated in Thalaivas’ favour and awarded them two factors, which means the scores had been tied at 28-28.
However, the Paltan reviewed the choice, and the TV umpire overturned the choice as Aslam and the crew wrapped up a nail-biting match by choosing up their seventh win on the trot.
