Wednesday 5 August 2015

Pro Kabaddi League 2015 - Manjeet Chillar inspires Bengaluru Bulls, Patna Pirates make it 2 home wins

In last year’s edition of Pro Kabaddi League, Bengaluru Bulls were responsible for preventing the Telegu Titans from appearing in the playoffs. Would this year be the same again? This was a match of two brilliant raiders, Ajay Thakur of Bengaluru Bulls and Rahul Chaudhari of Telugu Titans. The first half was pretty uneventful with the usual raids and tackles. Nothing notable as such was seen but Bengaluru Bulls had created a quiet lead of 3 points at 12-9. The second half was the complete opposite and the defensive bulldozer, Manjeet Chillar, was at his best. After 23 minutes, Deepak Niwas Hudda stepped in after completing 100 successful raids but was dashed off the court by Manjeet Chillar. Down to 3 men, Bengaluru Bulls had the opportunity of a super tackle and who better than Manjeet Chillar to capitalize on it. He made a full frontal block on Sukesh Hegde to earn 2 points for his side and increase their lead to 7 points. With the score at 27-18 in favour of Bengaluru Bulls, Ajay Thakur made a strong super raid to increase his side’s lead to 12 points. To rub salt into Telegu Titans’ wounds, their last man standing Ajay Thakur was tackled by Manjeet Chillar to earn 3 points for the Bengaluru Bulls and finish the game off at 35-21. Ajay Thakur was at his best earning 9 points for his side and Rahul Chaudhari looked a shadow of his former self. Ajay Thakur was complimented by Manjeet Chillar in defense who earned another 9 points for his side. Bengaluru Bulls kept charging the whole match and completely overthrew the Telegu Titans in this Pro Kabaddi League 2015 tie. 

The second match of the night was between Patna Pirates and Dabang Delhi. The big news of this tie was that Patna Pirates were without their captain, Rakesh Kumar. In his absence, the onus was on raiders like Ravi Dalal and 5-star all-rounder Sandeep Narwal. The first super raid of the match came from none other than Rohit Kumar Choudhary who took 3 points for his side. After 10 minutes, Patna Pirates lead the match by 4 points at 8-4. In the very next minute, Patna Pirates earned another 3 points thanks to a Dabang Delhi all-out. This all-out reflected in the form of a 6 point lead for the home side. In spite of having the best defender and raider of the Pro Kabaddi League 2015 in Ravinder Pahal and Rohit Kumar Chaudhary, Dabang Delhi have struggled this season and no other player apart from Kashiling Adake has played their part for the team. Deepak Narwal was really instrumental in the first half for Patna Pirates as they lead by a massive 15 points. The second half was pretty much the same as Patna Pirates carried on with their momentum to close this match by a humongous 17 points. Deepak Narwal stood out for the home side with his tally of 10 points and was ably supported by his captain, Sandeep Narwal. Patna Pirates were beaten to a pulp by Telegu Titans but have bounced back in a grand manner.

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