Action shifted from the nation’s
capital to the garden city of Bengaluru in Pro Kabaddi League 2015. We had a
single game played out yesterday and it was between home side, Bengaluru Bulls
and table toppers, U Mumba. The game had a dull start after which U Mumba took
a 3-1 lead but Ashish Chhokar, known as the future Ajay Thakur, made a
successful raid to close the gap to a single point. In the seventh minute,
Rishank Devadiga (do-or-die raid specialist) came in for a do-or-die raid and
successfully managed to earn a point for his side. U Mumba quietly slipped into
a 4 point lead and again it was Rishank Devadiga coming in to raid. He was successfully
tackled by the remaining two Bengaluru Bulls’ defenders for a super tackle.
Hold On Though! A video referral was called for by U Mumba captain, Anup Kumar
and he was successful as well. One of the defenders had stepped out of court
before coming back in to tackle Rishank Devadiga. As a result of this referral,
a point was awarded to U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls were down to their last man.
This lone man was the 40 year old defender, Dharmraj Cheralathan who had the
task of reviving his teammates but was not successful as the resurgent U Mumba
defense tackled him to inflict an all-out on the Bengaluru Bulls. In the final
minute of the first half, Rishank Devadiga came in to raid. He had managed to
get a defender along with him very close to the mid-line but was pulled back by
the Bengaluru Bull defenders. During this scuffle, his jersey was also pulledoff ruthlessly but Rishank Devadiga still could not manage to get his hand
across the mid-line. U Mumba went into halftime with a 5 point lead. Manjeet
Chillar, pointless till now, started off the proceedings in the second half but
returned back empty handed. It was in the thirtieth minute of the game that he
managed to pick up a point from a successful tackle. Raiders are being guilty
of being greedy for more point. Rishank Devadiga already showed it in the first
half. Now it was Ajay Thakur’s turn. His team trailed by 6 points and in he
came to raid. Having pulled a U Mumba defender along with him to the mid-line,
he waited while looking for more raid points but was pulled back by the same
defender. By the 36th minute, U Mumba had built a 10 point lead. Dharmaraj
Cheralathan was again the last man standing and this time he managed to not
only get a bonus point but also a touch point. This helped revive Manjeet
Chillar. Bhupinder Singh,, in for Shabeer Bapu, came in for the kill and looked
to inflict an all-out on Bengaluru Bulls. He was extremely successful as well
as he managed to wriggle out of the tackle to barely get his hand across the
mid-line. U Mumba slipped into a mammoth lead of 12 point with only 3 minutes to
go in the game. Into the last minute and with the game lost, Manjeet Chillar came
in to reduce the margin to 7 points in order to help his side get atleast a
point from this game. He was aggressive in his raid and managed to do just the needful
as the game ended 36-29 in favour of U Mumba. This game was won by U Mumba’s
defense as they earned a total of 19 defense points as well as kept the attack
of Bengaluru Bulls in check. U Mumba went back into top spot of the Pro Kabaddi2015 points table to take a lead of 5 points with a game in hand. Bengaluru
Bulls remain in third spot and still look set to qualify for the semi-finals.
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