Presentation:
Raider of the Match: Deepak Niwas Hooda
Defender of the Match: Manjeet Chhillar
Moment of the Match: Ajay Thakur
Marathon man on the mat: Deepak Niwas Hooda
What a turnaround this has been by the Paltan’s! They were trailing by a margin of 9 points at half-time, Manjeet Chhillar masterminded one of the best comebacks in the Pro Kabaddi League history! He also sets up a new record for inflicting most number of tackles in a single match (11 tackles).
FT: Puneri Paltan 36-33 Bengaluru Bulls
40’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (36-33): Nitin Tomar uses his full quota of 30 seconds and comes back empty handed! Manjeet Chhillar completes another tackle to equal the record for most number of tackles in a single match (10), previously held by Bulls’ Surender Nada! And he breaks the record in the next try! Great performance from the Pune’s skipper!
38’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (34-31): Rohit Kumar gets a bonus point while Ajay Thakur gets a touch point following a do-or-die raid! Rohit Kumar gets a touch point to get dangerman Deepak Hooda out! A brilliant ankle-hold by Surender Nada to get Ajay Thakur out!
ALL OUT!! 36’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (32-27): Rohit Kumar is blocked in his stride via an amazing ankle hold from Manjeet Chhillar and Pune complete their 2nd all out of the match on the Bulls! Rohit gets a bonus point though!
35’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (29-24): Yogesh Hooda gets blocked by an alert Pune defence following a do-or-die raid! Deepak Niwas Hooda gets 2 touch points in the do-or-die raid! Deepak Hooda gets another touch point to reduce the Bulls down to just 1 man and on the verge of another all out!
32’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (25-24): Nitin Tomar comes back empty handed! Ajay thakur gets two points in the subsequent raid to bring Pune back in the lead! Yogesh Hooda gets a touch point in the next raid! Deepak Hooda gets another touch point!
ALL OUT!! 28’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (22-23): And now Pune complete their first all out of the match on the Bulls, again Manjeet Chhillar into the heart of action here! He has been sensational in the second half!
28’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (19-23): Yogesh Hooda gets blocked by an alert Pune defence! Deepak Hooda gets a touch point to reduce the Bulls down to just 1 man!
26’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (17-23): Manjeet Chhillar gets Rohit Kumar via a great double ankle hold! He himself for the next raid, gets tackled by 3-men Bulls defence, 2 points for a super tackle!
23’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (16-21): Yogesh Hooda starts the proceeding for the second half, gets tackled by the Pune defence! Deepak Hudda comes back empty handed in the subsequent raid! Deepak Hooda gets another touch point in the next raid to reduce the margin while Pawan Kumar gets tackled by Manjeet Chhillar!
What a turnaround this has been by the Bangalore-based franchise at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi! Most expensive player in the history of the game, Mohit Chhillar has made his mark on this game, claiming a total of 6 points (4 tackle points and 2 touch points) in the first half!
HT: Puneri Paltan 12-21 Bengaluru Bulls
20’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (12-21): Yogesh Hooda and Deepak Niwas Hooda score touch points in their respective raids! Nitin Tomar is well blocked by Mohit Chhillar in his tracks! Yogesh Hooda gets another touch point to increase Bulls’ lead to 8 points! Ajay Thakur is also blocked well by Mohit Chhillar! Most expensive player in the Pro Kabaddi history making his mark here!
ALL OUT!! 16’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (10-16): Rohit Kumar gets a touch point and Bulls complete their first all out of the match on the Paltans! What a turnaround!
15’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (10-13): Rohit Kumar gets a touch point to get Pune’s best player on the court out in Deepak Niwas Hooda! Ajay Thakur is well blocked by the Bulls defense to reduce the Pune-based franchise down to 3 men! Rohit Kumar gets another touch point reduce the Paltans down to just 2 men! What a turn around!
12’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (10-9): Mohit Chhillar with an amazing raid, gets a touch point as well as a bonus point! Sumit Singh gets 2 touch points and saves the Bulls from a certain all-out! Nitin Tomar is well blocked again by an alert Bulls defence, Sumit with a brilliant ankle hold, 2 points as it is a Super Tackle!
9’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (8-3): An Amazing ankle hold by Joginder Narwal to get Rohit Kumar out, Rohit gets a bonus point though! Deepak Hudda is well blocked by 3 -man Bulls defence to complete a Super tackle, 2 points! Nitin Tomar gets the big fish in Surender Nada with a running hand touch! Rocket of a start here by the Pune-based franchise!
6’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (5-1): Deepak Hooda gets another touch point to take Pune in the lead again, Nitin Tomar gets a bonus point in the subsequent raid! Pawan Kumar is well blocked by an alert Pune defence following a do-or-die raid! Nitin Tomar gets his first touch point of the night!
3’ Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls (1-1): Ajay Thakur starts the proceeding for the first half, comes back empty handed! Ashish Sangwan returns the favor with an empty raid of his own! Yesterday’s hero Deepak Hooda gets Mohit Chhillar via a back kick to open the scoring for this match! Rohit Kumar too gets their right corner with a running hand touch to level the score!
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Here is Anup Kumar cheering for his former team members ahead of the crunch tie between Puneri Paltan and Bengaluru Bulls!
Good evening everyone..
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of first of tonight’s double header between Puneri Paltan and Bengaluru Bulls at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi in the ongoing Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League season 4.
The Pune-based franchise can all but cement their place at the 4th spot and qualify for the semi-finals with a win tonight against the Bulls, irrespective of what happens in the last match featuring U Mumba and Dabang Delhi. The Paltans’ received a welcome boost ahead of their important clash with their skipper Manjeet Chhillar making a return from a knee injury in their last encounter against the Eagles. Manjeet was instrumental in organising Pune’s defence to perfection against the home side and kept their semi-finals hopes alive as they are level on points with U Mumba but have a much better ‘Score difference’ which will help them to secure the 4th spot if they went on to win their last game against the Bulls.
On the other hand, Bengaluru Bulls currently sit in the 6th place in the league standings and will be playing their last match of their season 4 campaign as their semi-finals hopes were all but gone after their dismal home leg performance in which they lost all 4 of their home matches to claim an unwanted record. However, their star raider Rohit Kumar has been sensational in his inaugural season with the Bulls and has gathered a mammoth total of 84 raid points (4th highest) so far this season.
The two sides have met each other on 7 occasions in the PKL history with the Bulls winning the encounter on 4 of those occasions while the Pune-based franchise winning it on 3 occasions.
Players to watch out for:
Puneri Paltan – Deepak Niwas Hudda, Ajay Thakur
Bengaluru Bulls – Rohit Kumar, Mohit Chhillar
Head to Head
Played – 7, Puneri Paltan – 3, Bengaluru Bulls – 4, Draw – 0
Last Match
Puneri Paltan – Won 39-34 against Dabang Delhi, Match 54
Bengaluru Bulls – Won 28-27 against U Mumba, Match 49
Game Plan
Puneri Paltan – This game is like a virtual quarter-final for Puneri Paltan. They are up against the Bengaluru Bulls who has got nothing to lose. The star raider of Pune, Deepak Hooda will face the challenge of Mohit Chillar in the right corner and this little match-up will decide the winner of this match because if Deepak finds his rhythm early then he is unstoppable.
Bengaluru Bulls – Bulls have nothing to lose but they would like to end this season with a win. Ace Raider, Rohit Kumar has been their lone warrior in raiding. Tonight he will be taking on Pune's left corner, Joginder Narwal and right cover, Somvir Shekhar. Rohit should aware of the fact that both defenders are struggling and Manjeet Chillar might play at the left corner.
