PKL 2022 Highlights: Gujarat Giants beat Patna Pirates

PKL 2022 Highlights – UP Yoddhas clinched a comprehensive 43-24 victory against Telugu Titans in the second match of the double header night on Monday, 31st October at the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9. In the first match of the day, Patna Pirates extended their win streak as they defeated Gujarat Giants 34-28. 1. Both matches of PKL 9 Day 21 were played at the Shree Shivchattrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune on October 31. Follow Pro Kabaddi League 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

Match 50 || Gujarat Giants BEAT Patna Pirates – 34-28

Match 51 || UP Yoddhas BEAT Telugu Titans – 43-24

Gujarat Giants vs Patna Pirates

The Pirates’ ship seems to be building up a head of steam 🏴‍☠️

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— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) October 31, 2022

Patna Pirates’ Sachin emerged as the best player for the Patna side with 13 points in the match. Sachin picked up a few raid points as the Patna Pirates took the lead at 4-2 in the 6th minute. Rohit Gulia also joined the party and helped the Pirates reduce the Giants to three players on the mat. Soon after, the Patna side inflicted an ALL OUT to take a massive lead at 10-5 in the 10th minute.

However, moments later, Parteek Dhaiya pulled off a SUPER RAID and kept the Giants in the game. But, Rohit kept picking up raid points as the Pirates attained a stronghold of the match at 15-9.

Gujarat Giants vs Patna Pirates Highlights: Patna Pirates continue winning run, defeat Gujarat Giants 34-28 in Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 – Check Highlights

Thereafter, Sachin effected a multi-point raid in the 16th minute to help Patna widen their lead. The Pirates kept raging on and inflicted another ALL OUT just before half-time to lead at 21-13.

Gulia continued to showcase prime form in the second half as the Patna side dominated the match at 23-15. The Pirates’ defense unit led by Captain Neeraj Kumar backed up their raiders and helped their team to keep moving forward. Gujarat’s Rakesh pulled off a couple of brilliant raids, but he couldn’t help his team catch up with Patna.

The Giants reduced the Pirates to three members on the mat in the 38th minute, but Sachin carried out a magnificent raid to help his team stay in the lead. The Patna side treaded carefully in the last minute and eventually closed out a comprehensive victory.

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UP Yoddhas vs Telugu Titans

U.P. Yoddhas produced an emphatic performance to register a 43-24 victory over Telugu Titans in the second game of the evening. Surender Gill (13 points) and Pardeep Narwal (9 points) were the best players for the Yoddhas.

A slow start to the game saw both teams trade raid points constantly. The bane of the Titans’ horrible run in the league has been their defence, and in the opening stages of this encounter, it didn’t seem like they had improved. Surender Gill and Pardeep Narwal were running riot through their ranks as they continued to pick up bonus points with ease.

Despite their ineffective defending, the Titans managed to keep things on an even keel for the most part. In the last five minutes of the first half though, the Yoddhas pulled away and Gill in particular was rampant. They got the first All-Out of the game with the clock ticking away, to extend their lead to 16-8. Their dominance in the final five minutes was stark as they scored 11 points compared to a mere one by the Titans in that period as they went into the break leading 20-9.

The Titans kicked off the second half with a Super Tackle as Mohit Pahal caught out Pardeep to give hopes of a resurgence. Those hopes were extinguished soon as the Yoddhas took complete control of proceedings and secured two more All-Outs in quick succession to surge into a 36-12 lead. From thereon, it was just a matter of time as the Yoddhas closed out a huge win to move up the points table.