Bengaluru Bulls pulled off a last-gasp 34-33 win over three-time champions Patna Pirates in a Pro Kabaddi League match on Monday.
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Bengaluru Bulls pulled off a last-gasp 34-33 win over three-time champions Patna Pirates in a Pro Kabaddi League match right here on Monday.
Bengaluru Bulls’ veteran defender Surjeet Singh (8 deal with factors) was the star of the sport, whereas Patna Pirates skipper Neeraj Kumar completed with 5 deal with factors.
Bengaluru Bulls’ ace raider Bharat was not a part of the squad and the facet felt his absence from the very begin. The defence, led by captain Saurabh Nandal and Surjeet, was in prime type however the raiders had been unable to rating factors.
On the opposite facet of the mat, it was Patna Pirates’ three-man raiding unit that helped them bag the primary ALL OUT within the 14th minute and lead 16-8.
Both groups had been neck and neck for the preliminary part of play, however the lack of an in-form raider harm the Bengaluru Bulls. Patna Pirates ended the half main 20-12, with 9 deal with factors and as many raid factors. Bengaluru Bulls managed solely three raid factors.
Bengaluru Bulls introduced on two raiders from the bench — Sushil and Rakshith — in a bid to up the ante, however neither was ready to make an impression.
Neeraj’s double ankle maintain on Vikash Kandola within the twenty seventh minute noticed Patna Pirates’ lead enhance to 10 factors at 24-14.
Sachin Narwal was the lone raiding hope for Bengaluru Bulls and he obtained a few fast factors and Surjeet’s High 5 lowered their deficit, however that was earlier than Patna Pirates’ star raider Sachin produced a large SUPER RAID to get three factors.
The momentum swung instantly as Bengaluru Bulls fought again with two big SUPER TACKLES from Surjeet and Ran Singh.
With just a little over three minutes left, Bengaluru Bulls trailed by eight factors at 33-25. Bengaluru Bulls’ gamble of bringing on Sushil paid off within the dying levels as he scalped a mindblowing two-point raid to go away Patna Pirates with only one man on the mat.
Surjeet stepped up to the event and executed an excellent deal with on Sandeep Kumar to inflict the ALL OUT. With that, Bengaluru Bulls obtained three factors, opened up a one-point lead and sealed a comeback win.
