Bouncing back with vigour following a victory against the Telugu Titans, the Jaipur Pink Panthers will take on the Bengaluru Bulls for their second match at home this season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League. After a loss to U-Mumba, the Panthers found their way on the mat to take home their first win in two matches.
Bengaluru Bulls will also be upbeat, but are still young this season, having played only one match against the Bengal Warriors which they won by a small margin.
The Live Streaming for the game between the Jaipur Pink Panthers and Telugu Titans will be available on starsports.com from 20:00 IST. The match will be telecasted live from Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, and will be aired on Star Sports 2 (HD) in English and Star Sports 3 (HD) in Hindi.
Playing their first home game this season, the Jaipur Pink Panthers found some luck on their side, as some costly errors by the Telugu Titans saw the game shift towards them in the dying minutes of the game. Until the last few minutes of the first half, both teams dealt equal blows, with neither team awarding easy points to the other.
Rajesh Narwal proved to be the stand-out player for the Panthers with seven points against his name, while Shabeer Bapu, who threatened to take the game away from U-Mumba in the first match was slightly off-colour against the Titans. In the absence of skipper Rahul Chaudhari, Jasmer Singh Gulia was given the job to shoulder the responsibilities as captain.
Bengaluru Bulls, led by the wily Surender Nada will be looking to register their second win and keep the momentum on their side. After a quiet start against the Bengal Warriors, a mistake by their ex-skipper Surjeet Narwal in the first half saw them scoring their first point of this season.
Relying heavily on their defence, the Bulls were surely going to match the defence of the Warriors. Thirteen minutes into the game, not a single raiding point was given to either team with 5 points on the board coming from the respective defence units. Once Rohit Kumar broke the deadlock scoring the first raid point, foreign import Jang Kun Lee produced the first super raid in the game to take the lead to the Warriors into the second half.
With just half a dozen minutes remaining, the Bulls suffered an all-out and squandered the lead to the Warriors. All eyes were on Rohit Kumar, and he made it count, scoring quick raid points to bring the deficit down to just one. With just seconds remaining in the game, the Bulls captured lone man Nitish Madane during his raid to trigger wild celebrations and cap off a thrilling victory in favour of the Bulls.
When it comes to the battle between the Panthers and the Bulls, it will be interesting to see who comes out on top, with the Bulls relying on their defence and the Panthers banking on their raiders.
