Warriors clinch fifth win in World Kabaddi League

Table-toppers Khalsa Warriors continued their winning streak as they edged out Punjab Thunder 59-57 in a thrilling contest of the Wave World Kabaddi League here today.
The Warriors held their nerves in the closing stages to stave off a great fight back from Punjab Thunder, who despite their lose can held their heads high at the Hockey Ground in Punjab Agricultural University here.
The Akshay Kumar co-owned team thus notched up their fifth straight win even as the Wave World Kabaddi League made its long-awaited arrival in Punjab.
The Warriors' win came via a point on their final raid from Jasmanpreet Singh, which was declared as a successful one by the umpire after a close look.

At one stage, even the screens flashed 58-58 for the first tie of the league. However, Punjab Thunder's joy was short-lived but they took it sportingly and the two teams hugged each other and walked away from the court to the thunderous applause from the 8,000-odd spectators.
Punjab Thunder had the consolation as their star raider, Sultan Singh, was adjudged the man of the match for his superb performance that included 26 successful raids many of them in crucial stages.
The Best Raider was also Sultan Singh, whose tally of 26 points equaled the previous best of 26 by his own teammate Talwinder Singh, who achieved it against Royal Lings USA last week in Delhi.

The Best stopper was Khalsa Warriors was Gurpreet Singh Gopi with seven stops.