Telugu Titans on top
Telugu Titans on top. Wazir Singh’s Puneri Paltan almost pulled the rug from under the feet of Telugu Titans in a clash of nerves, but had to settle for a 29-29 draw in the Pro Kabaddi League at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Friday.
Hyderabad: Wazir Singh’s Puneri Paltan almost pulled the rug from under the feet of Telugu Titans in a clash of nerves, but had to settle for a 29-29 draw in the Pro Kabaddi League at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Friday.
But the result didn’t prevent the Hyderabad side from taking the pole position with 42 points in 11 matches after U Mumba’s unexpected loss to the Jaipur Pink Panthers. The three that they earned improved Pune’s position to seventh on the table with a tally of 13 points. Kolkata are now relegated to the eighth spot.
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Pune had the upper hand in the first eight minutes when they inflicted an all-out against the Titans to go up 12-4. It was a Wazir super raid worth three points that set them on that path. Pravin also contributed a couple of points.
But the Titans fought tooth and nail to draw level at 16-16. They did that in style by getting the rivals all-out in the 17th minute after Sukesh came up with a super three-pointer to reduce the margin from 9-15 to 12-15.
Rahul Chaudhari getting caught five times in the first half forced the Titans to trail 18-20 at half-time.If the Titans managed to salvage a draw the credit should primarily go to Sukesh Hegde. He scored 8 raid points with a bonus to boot. He came out successful in three do-or die –raids with one of them being a three point super raid.
