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Pro Kabaddi 2019 is currently ongoing in its new destination Mumbai with intriguing matches. The seventh edition commenced on 20th July 2019 with an exciting start to the tournament as U Mumba defeated Telugu Titans in their home leg at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad 31-25 in the opening encounter.
The home team Telugu Titans failed to book a single victory in the entire home leg as they got defeated by Tamil Thalaivas (39-26), Dabang Delhi K.C. (34-33), and Patna Pirates (34-22) in the next few games.
'Bahubali' Siddharth Sirish Desai bagged the Ultra-tech number one player of the home team with 25 raid points in 4 matches. But sadly he failed to win a single match for his new team Telugu Titans.
Manjeet Chhillar bagged two consecutive High 5s with 11 tackle points to his name and became the most successful defender of the leg. Gujarat Fortune Giants and Dabang Delhi K.C. emerged as the most successful teams of the Hyderabad leg with two wins each.
After the culmination of the Hyderabad leg, let's take a look at the three exciting highlights of the first week of Pro Kabaddi Season 7.
#3 Record-breaking PKL debut by Suraj Desai
Siddharth Desai's elder brother Suraj Desai set a new record of scoring most raid points on a PKL debut. He surpassed Siddharth's record of scoring 15 raid points on debut against Puneri Paltan in Pro Kabaddi Season 6. Suraj clinched 18 raid points on his debut against Dabang Delhi K.C.
His raid strike rate was 120%. Suraj scored one super raid in the match, including a bonus point. He had a brilliant game but sadly his team ended up losing.
Army player Suraj was a part of Jaipur Pink Panthers back in Season 2, but with the Services board disallowing the participation of the players in the PKL, he had to miss out. Suraj was picked by Dabang Delhi in Season 5 for ₹52.5 lakhs but missed out due to injury.
#2 Four consecutive losses for Telugu Titans on their home mat
Hosts of the Hyderabad leg, Telugu Titans had a very disappointing home leg in their league history. They did not win a single match at their home, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.
For the first time in their history, the Titans went empty-handed from Hyderabad. Earlier, Tamil Thalaivas had the worst home leg. They suffered 6 consecutive losses at their home Chennai in Pro Kabaddi Season 5.
In the league opener, U Mumba defeated the Titans 31-25. Against the Tamil Thalaivas, Telugu Titans suffered a 26-39 loss in the southern derby.
Even a successful debut from Suraj Desai could not help the Titans to win the match, and hence they lost a close encounter 33-34. Patna Pirates beat Telugu Titans 34-22 in the last match at Hyderabad.
Though Siddharth Desai became the top raider of the leg, his loss of form at the crunch moments put the Titans close to defeat. The Abozar Mohajermighani-led Titans' defense was also in shambles. Their failure cost the Titans badly.
#1 Biggest win for the Bengal Warriors in their history
In the seventh match at the Hyderabad leg, Bengal Warriors cruised past UP Yoddha with a new record to their name. Bengal Warriors beat UP Yoddha 48-17.
They recorded their biggest win in the history of Pro Kabaddi League. Bengals' all-round show made UP Yoddha surrender in front of them.
UP Yoddha had a good start with a lead of 4-0, but Bengal skipper Maninder Singh's two-point raid turned the tables. With this, Bengal inflicted their first all-out on the UP and led the first half 17-9.
In the second half, Bengal inflicted three all outs on the UP Yoddha. UP had no answer to Bengals' game. Hence the Warriors crushed the Yoddhas with a huge margin of points.
Bengals' skipper Maninder Singh had 9 raid points to his name. Iranian Mohammad Nabibakhsh had a blockbuster debut, with a Super 10. In the defense, Baldev Singh took 7 tackle points. All of them combined to lead the Bengal Warriors to their biggest win of PKL history.
