Day 3 of the Hyderabad leg at
Gachibowli Indoor stadium in Pro Kabaddi League 2015 and we have two
mouth-watering clashes. First up, Bengal Warriors were up against the Bengaluru
Bulls. Bengal Warriors, having never won a single game against the Bengaluru
Bulls were looking to reverse this trend. Prakash Raj was waving at the camera
as the game started. Mahendra Ganesh Rajput was slotted directly into the starting
line-up after his terrific performance against the Telegu Titans and he
continued from where he had left off by getting the first raid point of the
match. Ajay Thakur was doing the bulk of the raiding for Bengaluru Bulls and
earned a mammoth 7 points in the first half as his side lead 16-10. They went
on stretching their 6 point lead and in the35th minute enforced an all-out on
Bengal Warriors. The score was 28-17 in favour of Bengaluru Bulls and they had
virtually put the game out of Bengal Warriors’ reach. As soon as the team was
back on court, Ajay Thakur stepped in and earned 3 points for his side with a
super raid. The game ended at 33-22 and the Bengaluru Bulls had convincingly
defeated the Bengal Warriors again. Ajay Thakur led the march for the Bulls
with 12 points and was brilliantly supported by his captain Manjeet Chillar. Chillar
and his men registered their sixth win and now sit comfortably in 3rd
spot in the Pro Kabaddi League 2015 standings.
The second match of the day was
between home side, Telugu Titans, and a Rakesh Kumar-less Patna Pirates. After
total annihilation of the Bengal Warriors, they looked to repeat that on the
Patna Pirates. Sandeep Narwal started the game and was looking as his usual energetic
self. That energy was subdued as he was tackled in less than 10 seconds for
probably the fastest tackle of Pro Kabaddi League 2015.
Pullela Gopichand was
also seen enjoying the action. Patna Pirates were off to a dismal start and were
all-out at the 5-minute mark and trailed 5-11. Things only got worse for the
Patna Pirates as they were all-out for the second time at the 9 minute mark. Sandeep
Narwal stepped into the lobby looking to fool the Telugu Titans into following
suit but they were smarter than given credit for. This led to the second all
out and Patna Pirates trailed the Telugu Titans by 15 points. Meraj Sheykh was
captaining the Telugu Titans and looked to join in the fun. He got two successful
raids in the first half and both were astonishingly, super raids of 4 pointseach. 18 year old raider, Sandeep, also known as the baby-faced assassin was
also in supreme touch as he got an ankle hold on Patna Pirates’ Deepak Narwal.
This ankle hold enforced the third all-out on Patna Pirates. Mind you, we were
still in the first half and three minutes remained on the clock. Telugu Titans
went into half-time leading 38-12. Only one minute into the second half and
Patna Pirates were all-out for the fourth time which is most likely, a record
for most all-outs for a single team in a game. Patna Pirates inflicted an
all-out of their own on the Telugu Titans but it was too little too late as
Telugu Titans ran away with the game. They won by a thumping 22 point margin
and this was probably the best display of attacking Kabaddi by a team in Pro
Kabaddi League 2015. Meraj Sheykh did a back-flip at full time and was clearly
over the moon as his side won. Rahul Chaudhari was given the green arm-band, a
sign of being the best raider so far in Pro Kabaddi League 2015, before the
match and showed why he was the right person to don it. He earned a massive 11
points and so did Meraj Sheykh as they took Patna Pirates to the cleaners.
Although the attack of Telugu Titans has been on song, they have been capitalizing
on the mistakes of their opponents. This will be tested when they face U Mumba
again who are a side that make less mistakes. I believe these two will be the
finalists of Pro Kabaddi League 2015 unless Bengaluru Bulls can do something
about it.
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