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PKL 2024: U Mumba's stellar performance drowns Telugu Titans 54-32

U Mumba registered their fourth consecutive win as they beat bottom-placed Telugu Titans 54-32 in the Pro Kabaddi League here on Saturday. Guman Singh (10 raid points), Rinku (8 tackle points) and Sombir (8 tackle points) were the star performers for U Mumba. It turned out to be an evenly contested game until the 10th minute when both sides were locked at seven points. However, U Mumba's Iranian raider Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh performed a sensational raid, getting rid of three defenders by the 11th minute. He tormented the Titans' defence again, getting the better of Milad Jabbari and Parvesh Bhainswal, inflicting the 'All Out', as U Mumba led 17-12 with five minutes before half-time. Guman Singh produced a 'Super Raid', outsmarting three defenders, as U Mumba raced to a six-point lead at 21-15. Sombir also came up with a huge tackle on Prafull Zaware, completing a High 5 and giving his side a 27-18 lead. The Titans, without the services of skipper Pawan Sehrawat, fought back,

PKL 2023: Patna Pirates outgun Haryana Steelers, come back in form

Three-time champions Patna Pirates scored a facile 46-33 victory over Haryana Steelers in their Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match here Friday. Manjeet, who logged in 13 points, and Krishan Dhull, who scored five points, were the best performers for the Pirates. The game began on a cagey note as only five points were scored in the opening five minutes. The Steelers led 4-1 and swelled it to an 8-3 advantage when they reduced the Pirates to just one man. But Sachin came to the Pirates' rescue tagging two defenders to prevent an 'all out'. He then followed it up with a brilliant solo tackle on Vinay to inflict a 'super tackle'. The Pirates trailed 7-8 at the 10th-minute mark and levelled the scores three minutes later when skipper Neeraj Kumar executed a 'super tackle'. Sudhakar produced a moment of magic in the 15th minute when he twisted past Jaideep Dahiya and Ashish and the 'all out' came right after as the Pirates led 15-10. Pirates went into the interval with a three-point

PKL 2024: Pink Panthers came from behind to draw 32-32 against Dabang Delhi

Dabang Delhi and defending champions Jaipur Pink Panthers played out a nail-biting 32-32 draw in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match here on Wednesday. Ashu Malik was the star for Dabang Delhi with seven raid points. Dabang Delhi dominated the proceedings and it took them only eight minutes to inflict the first ALL OUT. The defence collectively pounced on Ajith Kumar and the side soared to a 10-4 lead. Delhi continued their dominance and got a second ALL OUT in the 17th minute to lead 20-10. The Pink Panthers' star raider Arjun Deshwal could not manage a single touchpoint in the first half, while Dabang Delhi defenders enjoyed a 100 per cent tackle rate and led 23-11 at the break. Ashu took over the raiding responsibilities in injured Naveen's absence and did well on his part, but Pink Panthers upped the tempo in the second half. Arjun picked up a handful of bonus points, while Ankush showcased one of the best defensive performances of the season. Operating from the left corner

Mohite stars in Puneri Paltan's big win over Patna Pirates in PKL 2023-24

Puneri Paltan produced a dominating display to earn a massive 46-28 win over Patna Pirates in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match here on Tuesday. Pankaj Mohite was the star of the show as he brought up a Super 10, while Abinesh Nadarajan finished with a High 5. Puneri Paltan, playing for the first time since winning three consecutive games in their home leg last week, were the better side from the very start. Their raiding and defensive units worked in unison as the Paltan stormed to a 6-1 lead within four minutes. The Pirates showed promise when Sachin scalped a SUPER TACKLE and Manjeet came up with a multi-point raid, but their hopes of a comeback went up in smoke after a fine charge from Mohite. He got past five defenders to inflict a SUPER RAID and the ALL OUT followed soon as Puneri Paltan climbed to a 14-8 lead in the 10th minute. The Paltan raiders kept the scoreboard ticking as the men in orange ended the first half with a comfortable 22-15 lead. The second half was a

PKL 2024: Bengaluru Bulls' Randhir Singh encourages former ward Pawan

The Bengaluru Bulls pulled off a gripping 33-31 victory over Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10

Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24: Naveen impresses in big Dabang Delhi win

Captain Naveen Kumar scored 11 raid points as Dabang Delhi registered a thumping 38-29 victory over Bengal Warriors in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Monday. Following Monday's masterclass, Naveen also surpassed 1000 raid points in the PKL. Dabang Delhi took an early 3-0 lead with Naveen and Ashu Malik effecting raids in the third minute. The Delhi side continued to pile on the pressure and reduced the Warriors to two members on the mat. Moments later, Delhi inflicted the first 'all out' of the match with a fine tackle on Shrikant Jadhav, taking an impressive 9-2 lead. Maninder Singh picked up a couple of raid points for the Warriors, but Delhi still held the lead at 10-5 in the ninth minute. Ashish, then, effected a couple of brilliant tackles as Dabang Delhi continued to hold the lead at 14-7 in the 14th minute. Naveen pulled off a running hand touch and reduced the Warriors to just two members in the 16th minute. The Delhi side tackled Nitin Kumar and inflicted another 'al

PKL 2024: Zafardanesh shines as U Mumba stun Bengal, Bulls beat Titans

A resilient U Mumba secured their third victory on the trot as they defeated a fighting Bengal Warriors 39-37 in a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) match at the SDAT Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. Leading U Mumba's charge was Iranian Amirmohammad Zafardanesh who grabbed eight points. Earlier, Sombir stopped Maninder in his tracks to get his team off the mark before Guman Singh and Zafardanesh opened the account for U Mumba. Guman was especially impressive, sending Darpan and Vaibhav Garje off the mat with his raids. In a do-or-die raid for the Kolkata-based team, Maninder showed his prowess to earn a bonus point and the star raider also got the opponent skipper Surinder Singh off the mat to equal the score. Shrikant Jadhav entered the points tally after the time-out to get Rinku eliminated, but the U Mumba players never gave up on getting crucial points. Then, U Mumba defenders, led by Mahender and his skipper Surinder, pulled off three consecutive Super Tackles to take the lead over the

Arjun Deshwal helps Jaipur Pink Panthers beat UP Yoddhas in PKL

Riding on Arjun Deswal's 13 points, defending champions Jaipur Pink Panthers scored an emphatic 41-24 win over UP Yoddhas in their Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match here on Wednesday. This was Deswal's third 'Super 10' of the season and gave the Panthers a massive 17-point victory. Both teams started cautiously with the Panthers leading 6-5 after the first 10 minutes. Deswal made light work of the Yoddhas' defence and Panthers' captain Sunil Kumar produced a file tackle on Vijay Malik to score an 'all out' in the 14th minute as the reigning champions raced to 11-6 lead. Deswal got rid of four defenders in as many raids, which was followed by two sharp tackles that saw the Panthers inflict a second 'all out' within four minutes. With the scoreline reading 20-7 in favour of the Panthers, things started looking dismal for the Yoddhas. The Panthers went into the break leading by 15 points at 24-9. The Yoddhas gained momentum in the second half through two tackles from Gurdeep and a

PKL 2024: Ajith Kumar helps Jaipur Pink Panthers register thrilling win

V Ajith Kumar produced a solid performance as Jaipur Pink Panthers pulled off a gripping 29-28 victory over Patna Pirates in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 here on Sunday. Raider Ajith was the star of the night with 14 raid points and two tackle points. Sachin effected a raid and Ankit carried out a tackle point as the Pirates inched ahead at 2-0 in the fifth minute. By the 10th minute, the Pirates took a 6-1 lead, which they extended after inflicting the first 'all out' of the match. Defender Sajin Chandrasekar upped his game as the Pirates raced away with a 10-point lead at 13-3 in the 13th minute. The Pirates kept dominated the proceedings to lead 16-8 at the end of the first half. Sandeep Kumar effected a couple of raids in the opening minutes of the second half as the Pirates continued to hold momentum at 18-10 in the 24th minute. Sachin carried out a brilliant raid and reduced the Panthers to just two members on the mat in the 26th minute. Ajith took out Ankit and Sandee

PKL 2024: Puneri Paltan decimate table toppers Bengal Warriors at home

Puneri Paltan registered their first win of the season with a massive 49-19 win over Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Saturday. The Paltan army, which went down to the Haryana Steelers on Friday night, never let the opponent raiders settle and their 24 tackle points is now a new record for a team in a single PKL match. The home side headed into the strategic time-out with a slender 7-6 advantage and built on it with an excellent SUPER TACKLE to grab three points off Maninder. The Warriors buckled after their slow start and upped the ante in the final minutes of the first half. A second SUPER RAID in the game for Maninder eliminated Abinesh, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh and Pankaj Mohite, but Mohit Goyat and Aslam Inamdar's fighting attitude got them two consecutive SUPER TACKLES. . Such was their defensive prowess in front of a boisterous home crowd that the Pune team managed 12 tackle points and just 6 raid points at the end

PKL 2024: Deshwal becomes 10th player in history to record 700 raid points

Arjun Deshwal put up a masterclass performance to help Jaipur Pink Panthers register their first victory of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 here on Monday. The Season 9 champions were trailing at 12-20 at the end of the first half but fought their way back in the second half to beat Gujarat Ginats 35-32 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Deshwal, who scored 15 points in the match, also recorded his 700th raid points in his PKL career. It was a neck-and-neck battle between the two sides in the opening minutes of the match and were locked at 5-5 in the seventh minute. However, Sonu pulled off a SUPER RAID and helped the Giants inch ahead at 8-5 soon after. The Giants rode on the momentum and inflicted an ALL OUT in the 10th minute to extend their lead further. Sonu picked up a raid point and Fazel Atrachali tackled V Ajith Kumar as the Giants continued to forge ahead. Jaipur Pink Panthers played a defensive game thereafter as the Giants led comfortably at 18-10. Sonu continued to pic

PKL 2023 Highlights: Gujarat, Mumba register big wins against Titans, UP

Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 Highlights: Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Titans by 38-32 in the first match while U Mumba defeated UP Yoddhas by 34-31 in a close encounter in Ahmedabad

PKL 2023: Telugu Titans full list of players, price and live stream details

Telugu Titans have reached only two playoffs so far. With the costliest player Indian skipper Pawan Sehrawat on their side, they would look to go all the way

PKL 2023: Tamil Thalaivas players full list, price and live stream details

Tamil Thalaivas reached their first-ever playoffs in the last season after finishing fifth on the points table. They would look to go all the way this time around

PKL 2023: Patna Pirates full list of players, price and live stream details

Patna Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history, winning the title three times and reaching the final a record four times

PKL 2023: Puneri Paltan full list of players, price and live stream details

Puneri Paltan reached their first final of PKL history in the last season and they would look to go one better this time around, albeit without their inspiring leader Fazel Atrachali

PKL 2023: Jaipur Pink Panthers players list, price and live stream details

Jaipur Pink Panthers are two-time champions and three-time finalists. One of the most successful teams, the Pink Panthers will be looking to equal Patna Pirates for most titles by a single team in PKL

PKL 2023: Haryana Steelers full players list, price and live stream details

Haryana Steelers, one of the four teams to be introduced in season five, have not been able to reach even a single final in five attempts so far

PKL 2023: Bengaluru Bulls players full list, price and live stream details

Bengaluru Bulls, champions of the 2018 season and playoff entrants of six seasons will be eyeing their second title in the first full-fledged season after the pandemic

PKL 2023: UP Yoddhas full list of players, price and live streaming details

UP Yoddhas have been the top performers in the league ever since joining it in 2017. But they are still searching for their elusive final entry, having reached the playoffs in five consecutive seasons