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Pro Kabaddi (PKL 2018): Bengal Warriors play out tie with UP Yoddha, Puneri Paltan win thriller against U Mumba

Saturday saw two thrillers in the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018)

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Saturday saw two thrillers in the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2018). While Bengal Warriors and UP Yoddha played out a tie, Puneri Paltan emerged victorious in a thriller against U Mumba.

In the first match of the day. Bengal Warriors played out an exciting 40-40 tie against UP Yoddha to continue their unbeaten streak in PKL6.

Maninder Singh scored 16 points for Bengal Warriors and was ably supported by Surjeet Singh, who got six tackle points. Prashant Kumar Rai scored 13 points for UP Yoddha while Rishank Devadiga got nine raid points.

Jang Kun Lee got Bengal Warriors off to a good start with two successful two-point raid in two minutes as they led 4-0. Rishank Devadiga opened UP Yoddha's account in the third minute with a raid point. UP Yoddhha fought back to level the match at 6-6 in the sixth minute.

Devadiga came up with a super raid in the 11th minute as UP Yoddha led 12-10. Both the teams traded raid and tackle points in the next few minutes. It was a closely contested first half with UP Yoddha enjoying a slender advantage. At the end of the first half the score was 18-15 in favour of UP Yoddha.

UP Yoddha began the second half strongly as they inflicted an all out in the 22nd minute to lead 23-17.

UP Yoddha kept on piling the points and pressure on Bengal Warriors as they extended their lead. After 30 minutes, UP Yoddha led 28-21 and looked on course for a comfortable win.

Surjeet attained a high five for Bengal Warriors as they cut the deficit to just four points after 34 minutes. Bengal Warriors got a couple of raid points to get back into the game.

With less than five minutes left in the game, Bengal Warriors inflicted an all out to tie the match at 32-32.

Bengal Warriors held a two-point lead as the clock ticked down to the final few minutes. Maninder achieved a super 10 in the 38th minute as Bengal Warriors led 36-34.

Prashant scored with a two-point raid as UP Yoddha leveled the match at 36-36 in the 39th minute.

Maninder got a bonus point to give Bengal Warriors the lead but Prashant tied the match once again in the 39th minute.

Maninder then scored a two-point raid in the 40th minute to give UP Yoddha 40-38 lead.

It looked like anyone's match but Prashant's crucial bonus point ensured that both teams shared the spoils.

Puneri Paltan win thriller

Puneri Paltan held their nerve to pip U Mumba 33-32 in the Maharashtra derby of Pro Kabaddi League at home. 

Nitin Tomar bagged 13 points for Pune while defender Girish Ernak earned six tackle points. For Mumbai, Siddharth Desai scored 15 points but faultered in the dying minutes of the game as Pune emerged winners in a nail-biting contest.

Siddharth gave his team a 2-0 lead in the second minute but the host's defence leveled the match in the third minute.  Nitin took a raid point in the eighth minute as Pune trailed 4-5.  Nitin came with a two-point raid in the 13th minute to give Pune 10-7 lead before Pune inflicted the first all out of the match in the 15th minute to lead 15-9. 

Iranian defender and U Mumba's skipper Fazel Atrachali had a quiet first half as his side struggled to find a foot in the match. Siddharth scored a raid point in the 20th minute as U Mumba trailed 12-17 at the end of the first half. 

Pune dominated the proceedings in the second half as well as they didn't allow Mumbai to make a comeback for the majority of the second half.  However, the visitors fought back with raid and tackle points to reduce the deficit to just one point in the 36th minute.

It was an evenly poised encounter with Puneri Paltan holding a slender two-point lead with less than five minutes to go. Nitin got two quick raid points in succession as Pune led 31-29 in the 37th minute. 

Siddharth got another raid point for Mumbai as they trailed by just one point with less than two minutes to go. The visitors tied the game at 31-31 with a crucial tackle point in the 39th minute. 

Siddharth made an error in the dying seconds of the match to give Puneri Paltan a two-point advantage.

The Inter Zone Challenge Week begins on Sunday with Bengal Warriors taking on Dabang Delhi KC while Bengaluru Bulls will face Puneri Paltan. 

(With PTI Inputs)

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