PKL 2018 highlights, Day 41: Bengaluru Bulls beat Tamil Thalaivas 36-22

In today's first match, Siddharth Desai proved his worth yet again as U Mumba hammered Dabang Delhi 39-23

In the second match on Day 41, riding on a terrific raiding performance by Rohit Kumar, Bengaluru Bulls emerged victorious in the southern derby of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League as they beat Tamil Thalaivas 36-22. Kumar scored 11 raid points and got able support from Pawan Sehrawat who scored 6 points. Ajay Thakur top scored for Tamil Thalaivas with 6 points in what was an subdued performance by the team.

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PKL 2018highlights, Day 41, Match 2: Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas

Bengaluru Bulls remain top of the table in Zone B whereas Tamil Thalaivas remain bottom of the table.  Bengaluru Bulls made a strong start to lead 5-1 after three minutes as Kashiling Adake and Pawan Sehrawat got in a couple of raid points. In the 7th minute Rohit Kumar got another raid point to give Bengaluru Bulls 6-2. Bengaluru Bulls inflicted an all out in the next minute to lead 10-3. Jasvir Singh got a couple of raid points for Tamil Thalaivas as they trailed 5-11 after nine minutes. Tamil Thalaivas rallied back into the first half to get a couple of points on board as they ended first half strongly. Tamil Thalaivas went into the break trailing by five points. 

Rohit Kumar was having a great game and made a two-point raid in the 25th minute to give Bengaluru Bulls 22-14 lead. Tamil Thalaivas forced a super tackle in the 28th minute as they trailed 18-24.  All hopes of a Tamil Thalaivas comeback were officially laid to rest when they suffered an all out in the 36th minute.  The all out meant that Bengaluru had opened up a 12-point unassailable lead.  A couple of tackle and raid points in the last few minutes meant that Tamil Thalaivas had no answer to Bengaluru’s dominance. 

PKL 2018 highlights, Day 41, Match 1: U Mumba vs Dabang Delhi

On Day 41 of PKL 2018, Siddharth Desai proved his worth yet again as U Mumba hammered Dabang Delhi 39-23 in a Pro Kabaddi Season 6 match. Siddharth and Rohit Baliyan combined to score 17 raid points whereas Fazel Atrachali and Surender chipped in with 8 tackle points to lead U Mumba to a win. Chandran Ranjit was the lone performer for Dabang Delhi as he ended up with seven raid points while Naveen Kumar scored four points. Mumba are now back on the top of the table in Zone A with 62 points from 16 matches. Dabang Delhi are fourth in the table with 33 points from 12 matches.

U Mumba sent Meraj Sheykh to the bench in the 2nd minute to lead 2-1. Naveen Kumar started off brightly for Dabang Delhi as he got couple of raid points. It was 3-3 after three minutes with both teams looking eager to snatch an early lead. U Mumba got ahead with a couple of raid and tackle points to lead 8-5 after 11 minutes. Siddharth Desai got into the act and hit a couple of successful raids which led to an all out being inflicted on Dabang Delhi. U Mumba led 14-6 after the all out and Dabang Delhi were staring at falling behind even further. At the end of the first half, U Mumba led 15-8 and were looking on course to a comfortable win.

U Mumba started the second half with a bang, inflicting another all out in the 24th minute to lead 23-9. Dabang Delhi were looking short of ideas with both of their raiders and defenders struggling. Chandran Ranjit got a raid point as Dabang Delhi hit double figures. Delhi's defence sent back Siddharth to the bench and scored their second tackle point to trail 11-24. But with Siddharth looking in fine form and U Mumba's defence working in tandem there was no way of a comeback for Delhi. U Mumba were in in cruise control mode for the last 10 minutes of the match and ran out comfortable winners.

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PKL 2018 highlights, Day 41, Match 2: Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas

Bengaluru Bulls: Top performers
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PKL 2018 highlights, Day 41, Match 2: Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas

Tamil Thalaivas: Top performers
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AT FULL TIME: Bengaluru Bulls beat Tamil Thalaivas 36-22

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An empty raid from Athul MS (36-22)

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An empty raid from Kashiling

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Ajay Thakur is tackled (36-22)

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A successful raid from Kashi in do or die raid (35-22)

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Ajay Thakur scores (34-22)

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An empty raid from Kashi (34-21)

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Vimal is tackled (34-21)

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Kashi makes an empty raid 

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Tamil Thalaivas take TIMEOUT with 3 minutes 27 seconds to go 

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Athul MS tackled (33-21)

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A successful raid from Rohit Kumar and with this Tamil Thalaivas ALL OUT (32-21)

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Vimnal is dashed out (29-21)