Pro Kabaddi: Puneri Paltan tame Bengaluru Bulls for second win of season
Living dangerously after having dominated their rivals for more than three-quarters of the match hosts Puneri Paltan managed to put it 29-27 across the Bengaluru Bulls in the concluding tie of the first leg in Season 3 of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.
Puneri Paltan had landed in trouble by allowing their rivals to come back into the match after trailing 10-18 at the break. Bengaluru Bull’s Shrikant
For Pune super
The first half saw Puneri Paltan successfully employing their plans as Surendra Singh (5 raid points with a 3-point super raid) did his job admirably and Ajay Thakur too contributed on expected lines. But the Bengaluru Bulls were handicapped by the ineffectiveness of their Captain Surjeet Narwal who couldn’t garner more than three points.
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Their second prime raider Amit Rathi had just two and he took no further part in the match after twisting his ankle in early in the second half. Left-corner Prashant Chavan’s poor form exploited to the hilt by Shrikant
They have managed to climb to the fifth spot in the table with 19 points but an unsure defense will cause them a lot of headaches in the crucial early stages of the second leg. Bengaluru
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Report Courtesy: PKL Media
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