Pro Kabaddi 2018 highlights, Day 52: Patna Pirates beat Puneri Paltan 53-36

In today's first Kabaddi match, Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Telugu Titans 29-27 in a last-minute thriller. Check Pro Kabaddi 2018 LIVE score and match updates here

In the second match on Day 52 VIVO Pro Kabaddi League season six (PKL 2018) 52Pardeep Narwal produced an outstanding raiding performance as Patna Pirates hammered Puneri Paltan 53-36 in Inter Zone Challenge Week of Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 6. Pardeep Narwal, who reached the 800-point landmark in the history of Pro Kabaddi,  scored a whopping 27 points as Puneri Paltan’s famed defence had no answer to his raiding prowess. For Pune, GB More put in a strong raiding effort and scored 13 points but didn’t get support from his defence.

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PKL 2018 highlights, Day 52, Match 2: Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan

Pardeep Narwal got off Patna Pirates to a storming start with a super raid in the 2nd minute. Narwal scored the first six points for Patna in three minutes to give them 6-3 lead. Puneri Paltan suffered an all out in the next minute as they trailed 4-9.

Sandeep Narwal scored his third point as Puneri Paltan tried to mount a comeback to trail 6-9 after five minutes. In the 8th minute Patna Pirates led 13-8 and were looking in fine form with Pardeep Narwal leading their charge. At the end of the first half Patna Pirates led 24-19.

The second half started in a similar fashion as Pardeep picked up a two-point raid and Patna inflicted an all out to lead 30-21. Puneri Paltan had no answer to Pardeep Narwal  and were left floundering. 

GB More tried his best to keep the margin of defeat respectable for Puneri Paltan. Sandeep Narwal also did put in a performance for Pune but they still couldn’t match up to Patna Pirates. 

With less than 10 minutes to Patna Pirates held a 13-point lead and looked in command. Pardeep continued to torment Puneri Paltan’s defence and in the process also became the first man to reach the 800 raid point landmark in the history of Pro Kabaddi League. Patna ran out comfortable winners with a 17-point victory margin in the end.

 
PKL 2018 highlights, Day 52, Match 1: Telugu Titans vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

In the first match on Day 52, Gujarat Fortunegiants earned a hard-fought 29-27 win over Telugu Titans in the Inter-Zone Challenge Week of Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2018. The raiding duo of K Prapanjan and Sachin combined to score 19 points to lead their team's charge. Telugu Titans' home leg got off to a bad start. Rahul Chaudhari top scored with 8 points for the Titans who remain bottom of the table in Zone B. Sachin picked up two raid points from his first two raids to give Gujarat Fortunegiants a 2-1 lead. Rahul Chaudhari made his first successful raid in the fifth minute as Telugu Titans led 4-3. The next few minutes were pretty even as both teams jostled for points but Chaudhari tilted the balance in Titans' favour in the 10th minute.

Prapanjan made a quick and successful raid in the 13th minute as Gujarat trailed 7-8. Prapanjan's two-point raid in the 15th minute gave Gujarat 11-9 lead. The Fortunegiants ended the first half strongly as they inflicted an all out in the 20th minute. At the end of the first half Gujarat Fortunegiants led 17-12. Telugu Titans started the second half strongly as they scored three quick points to reduce the deficit to just two points. Sachin made a two-point raid as Gujarat Fortunegiants led 19-17 after 24 minutes. In the 30th minute, substitute Rakshith scored with a two-point raid as Titans trailed 20-21.

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PKL 2018 highlights, Day 52, Match 2: Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan

Patna Pirates: Best Performers

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AT FULL TIME: Patna Pirates knock Puneri Paltan out of the PKL 2018 as they defeated them 53-36

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An empty raid from Tushar Patil (53-36)

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A two pointer raid from Sandeep (53-36)

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Pardeep Narwal is SUPER TACKLED (53-34)

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Sandeep Narwal scores a touch point (53-32)

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Pardeep Narwal scores a touch point (53-31)

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Amit Kumar is tackled (52-30)

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Pardeep Narwal scores a touch point (51-30)

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Timeout taken with 4 minutes left in the game

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GB More is tackled (50-30)

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A two pointer raid from Pardep narwal (49-30)

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An emptyraid from Amit Kumar

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Manjeet is tackled (47-30)

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GB More is tackled by Vikas Kale (47-29)