Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: 5 talking points from Day 30 of PKL 5

Anup Kumar put up another impressive performance to get his team their second consecutive win
Anup Kumar put up another impressive performance to get his team their second consecutive win

#3 Sensational Sombir's super duper 10

After Vishal Bhardwaj, Titans have discovered another gem of a defender in young Sombir
After Vishal Bhardwaj, Titans have discovered another gem of a defender in young Sombir

The television commentators often quip how a raider's super 10 effort is equivalent to a century in cricket. Going by the same parameters, Telugu Titans defender Sombir’s effort on Friday can find a parallel in a bowler taking all ten wickets in an innings, which has happened only twice in International cricket.

One match ago, Sombir had produced a magnificent performance to notch eight points against U Mumba. But Friday’s Sombir was some other beast altogether. First, he helped the team come back from a 0-4 scoreline by putting in two super tackle efforts. Then he helped his team consolidate and stretch the lead in the second half of the game.

And when things got tense again with Thalaivas threatening a break in in the game’s dying moments, he did the job once again by bringing the best raider of Thalaivas down to end all hopes of the opposition of a comeback.

It was fitting that with that tackle, Sombir also brought up his 10th point. The match truly belonged to the 19-year-old.

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