A resilient U Mumba secured their third victory on the trot as they defeated a preventing Bengal Warriors 39-37 in a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) match on the SDAT Indoor Stadium right here on Sunday.
Leading U Mumba’s cost was Iranian Amirmohammad Zafardanesh who grabbed eight factors.
Earlier, Sombir stopped Maninder in his tracks to get his crew off the mark earlier than Guman Singh and Zafardanesh opened the account for U Mumba. Guman was particularly spectacular, sending Darpan and Vaibhav Garje off the mat along with his raids.
In a do-or-die raid for the Kolkata-based crew, Maninder confirmed his prowess to earn a bonus level and the star raider additionally bought the opponent skipper Surinder Singh off the mat to equal the rating.
Shrikant Jadhav entered the factors tally after the time-out to get Rinku eradicated, however the U Mumba gamers by no means gave up on getting essential factors.
Then, U Mumba defenders, led by Mahender and his skipper Surinder, pulled off three consecutive Super Tackles to take the lead over the Warriors as the scores learn 18-15 heading into half-time.
The Warriors clawed their method again into the sport early, getting U Mumba crew All Out with some spectacular raids and defensive ways.
U Mumba did effectively to get themselves again on stage phrases whereas Maninder additionally created his personal piece of historical past.
With a raid to remove Surinder, he earned his 1300th raid level in PKL, simply the second to take action after the legendary Pardeep Narwal, who has 1611 raid factors so far.
But one participant who shone was Harsh Lad, making his first begin for the Warriors.
Lad displayed his prowess ending a number of raids of the U Mumba. He bought six factors in eight makes an attempt from the left nook, protecting his crew forward of their opponents to the very finish.
As the match went on, U Mumba used the Super Tackle to their benefit to pull themselves again into the sport.
They introduced on Zafardanesh at an important second of the conflict, and instantly, the all-rounder lifted the crew over the Warriors.
U Mumba sealed the victory over the Warriors with an All Out within the remaining minutes of the match.
