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A crucial tie took place in the Kolkata leg of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 6 as the defending champions Patna Pirates faced off against the runners-up from last year, Gujarat Fortunegiants in an inter-zone wildcard match.
The two sides were playing their final match of the league stage but the stakes were high for the Patna Pirates. Patna had to get a win or at least a draw from the encounter to seal their spot in the final three playoff teams from the Zone B. A loss would open up the chance for UP Yoddha to win and go through ahead of them. Gujarat Fortunegiants, on the other hand, had cemented their top spot in the Zone A standings and decided to test a couple of their bench players tonight ahead of the Qualifier 1 match next week.
The first half of the match began with the Patna Pirates taking an early lead in the match courtesy a couple of strong raids from Pardeep Narwal. However, Rohit Gulia kept the scoreboard ticking for the Gujarat Fortunegiants as they crept back closing down the deficit. The Gujarat defence did well towards the end of the half to get a Super Tackle on Pardeep Narwal and went into a slight lead. The half ended with the scoreboard at 13-12 in favour of the Gujarat Fortunegiants.
The second half of the match saw the Gujarat side maintain their lead throughout as strong defence from Sunil Kumar and Lalit Chaudhary kept the Patna raiders in check. Pardeep Narwal got his Super 10 but was kept on the bench for a long time. Two Super Tackles on the star man towards the end of the match got Gujarat the win in the end. At the end of the final whistle, the scoreboard read 37-29 in favour of the Gujarat Fortunegiants.
Patna Pirates
Pardeep Narwal - (7.5/10)
The Patna Pirates skipper was in fine form in the first half scoring seven points including a couple of two-point raids and was tackled just once. He had a comparatively quiet second half spending a lot of time on the bench but got his Super 10 on the night.
Manjeet - (3/10)
The lanky raider had a tough time raiding tonight as he was tackled three times in the first half itself and just had one tackle point. He was substituted in the second half to be replaced by Tushar Patil.
Vijay - (3/10)
Vijay operated as the third raider tonight for the Pirates but was mostly used for the empty raids. He picked up one touch point in the second half of the match.
Vikas Jaglan - (5/10)
The all-rounder Vikas Jaglan did well in both attack and defence picking up a couple of points in the first half. He finished with a couple of raid points and three tackle points.
Ravinder Kumar - (2/10)
The right corner Ravinder Kumar was highly prone to errors with his tackle attempts and conceded a couple of easy raid points before being replaced by Vijay Kumar towards the end of the first half.
Jaideep - (2/10)
Jaideep was poor tonight for the Patna Pirates failing with his timing on tackles and was benched at the end of the half.
Vikas Kale - (2/10)
Another Patna defender who was guilty of committing errors on the mat was Vikas Kale and he was replaced by Manish after failing to get a tackling point.
Substitutes
Manish - (3.5/10)
The cover defender came on in the second half and picked up one tackle point with a strong thigh hold on Rohit Gulia.
Tushar Patil - (5/10)
The raider came on in the second half to replace Manjeet and did well to pick up five raid points for Patna at a time when Pardeep Narwal was tackled out.
Vijay Kumar - (3/10)
The right corner defender scored one tackle point in the second half with an ankle hold after coming on to replace Ravinder Kumar.
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Sunil Kumar - (7/10)
The young skipper of the Gujarat Fortunegiants played in various positions of the defence throughout the match and had one tackle point in the first half. He sprung into action in the second half scoring his 'High 5' including one Super Tackle towards the end of the match on Pardeep Narwal.
Parvesh Bhainswal - (4/10)
The top scoring defender of the league managing to get two tackle points tonight as he played on the left corner tonight.
Ajay Kumar - (7/10)
The former Bengaluru Bulls man was the secondary raider alongside Rohit Gulia tonight and did well to score eight raid points on the night. A couple of critical raids fetched him four points towards the end as the Gujarat side took the game away from the Patna Pirates.
Rohit Gulia - (7.5/10)
The lead raider for the night was in good form for the Gujarat Fortunegiants scoring six raid points in the first half including three bonus points. He got to his Super 10 in the second half and was the top scoring player for the Fortunegiants.
Lalit Chaudhary - (6/10)
The all-rounder Lalit Chaudhary was handy for the Gujarat side in both the attack and defence as he picked up four tackle points and had one raid point as well. He got a crucial Super Tackle towards the end of the match.
Amit - (4/10)
Amit started tonight on the right corner and picked up two tackle points with a Super Tackle on Pardeep Narwal in the first half of the match.
Vikram Kandola - (3/10)
The youngster was guilty of conceding a lot of raid points from the cover position and managed just one raid point tonight.
