Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 21 of PKL 5

#5 Pendulum swings dramatically in the dying minutes

Jasvir Singh had the referee to thank for his team's win against the Yoddha

The low scoring match moved at a snail’s pace in comparison to the one that took place before it between Pune and Patna. But it all heated up in the last couple of minutes in a way not many could have predicted. Jasvir Singh went into raid with the teams tied at 19-19 and everyone wondered why he, instead of the young Nitin Rawal who had impressed everyone on the night with his ability, went in for the all-important raid.

It almost went all wrong for Jasvir when Sagar Krishna and Hadi Tajik, the only two UP men on court, seemed to have inflicted a super tackle on him. The referee, however, was up to the task and handed Jaipur a point as Krishna had pulled Singh by his shirt, enough for the referee to send him out for foul play.

In the next raid, Hadi Tajik owing to an error by Jasvir, went home with two points to put the Yoddha in lead again. The next raid by Jasvir was even more dramatic as Tajik and another defender had managed to keep Jasvir from crossing the mid-line. Yet the referee ruled in Jaipur’s favor, much to Tajik’s dismay whose protest elicited a green card for him. The next raid from Yoddha saw Jaipur inflict the all out and complete the formalities for the win.