U Mumba hold nerves to beat Dabang Delhi

Rishank Devadiga starred with eight raid points, leading U Mumba to a close 27-25 win over Dabang Delhi KC 27-25, here today.
Devadiga scored 8 of of the 14 raid points his team scored and led his side to second spot in the table with 11 points from four games whereas Delhi remained seventh with four points from three games.
The raiders of both teams struggled early on as it was 2-2 after first five minutes of the first half. Anup Kumar scored his first raid point in the 10th minute as U Mumba took a slender lead 6-5. It was more about bonus points and tackle points as a tight game unfolded in the first half.

Kashiling Adake scored two points in the 16 th minute and Dabang Delhi KC inflicted an all-out in the same minute to lead 13-9. At half time, Delhi led 14-12 and looked on course to record their second ever win over U Mumba.
U Mumba, however, had different ideas and began strongly in the second half as they leveled the score at 15-15 with less than 15 minutes on the clock. Deepak Narwal struggled to score points for Dabang Delhi KC as he made only one successful raid in 11 attempts.
Devadiga scored three points with a super raid in eighth minute of the second half to shift the momentum in U Mumba's favour.

A minute later, U Mumba inflicted their first all out to lead 21-17. Dabang Delhi KC made a late surge in the game and cut the deficit to two points with less than a minute to go. Selvamani then scored with a raid with less than 10 seconds to go as Delhi trailed by just one point.
But U Mumba captain Anup Kumar scored with his final raid as U Mumba prevailed in the end.