Calicut vs Hyderabad Highlights: Prime Volleyball League – Calicut Heroes picked up their second win of the second season of the Prime Volleyball League at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru. With M Ashwin Raj and Jerome Vinith leading the scoring charts, the Calicut Heroes beat the Hyderabad Black Hawks 15-14, 15-12, 15-11, 4-15, 15-14. Ashwin was named the Player of the Match. Follow Prime Volleyball League 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
A near-perfect day for @CalicutHeroes in their last match of the Bangalore leg 💪
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With the threat of Jerome Vinith and Jose Antonio Sandoval looming, Hyderabad began cautiously, focusing on avoiding block errors. Setter Lal Sujan kept providing the ball to skipper Guru Prashanth as Hyderabad built pressure on Calicut’s blockers.
The more Hyderabad attacked the middle, the more Calicut skipper Matt Hilling faltered with serve reception. But the tide shifted when Calicut switched the game towards the sidelines, and suddenly the Hawks had no answers to Hilling’s blocks and Vinith spikes.
Calicut vs Hyderabad Highlights: Ashwin Raj & Jerome Vinith star as Calicut Heroes beat Hyderabad Blackhawks 3-1 in Prime Volleyball League, Watch PVL 2023 Highlights
Hyderabad’s struggles with blocks continued on the night. To make matters worse, spike errors from Hemanth and John further proved costly for Hyderabad.
Sandoval became more dominant in the middle, as he not only started scoring block points but also started setting up Vinith and Ashwin for spikes. With accurate counter-attacking shots, Ashwin kept up the pressure on the Black Hawks. Hilling strategized well to keep Lal Sujan away from the ball, so he could not provide for Guru.
🔝 of the table feeling 🙌@CalicutHeroes have thrown down the gauntlet 📊
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Trent found a footing late in the game as he started matching Sandoval block-for-block. But it was too little, too late for Hyderabad, and Calicut won the contest 4-1 win to climb to the top of the table.
Mumbai Meteors will be up against Bengaluru Torpedoes. Kolkata Thunderbolts will be up against Kochi Blue Spikers on the final match day of the Bengaluru leg.
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