Puneri Paltan Vs Patna Pirates 26 December 2023

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Pankaj Mohite's Super 10 and Abinesh Nadarajan's High 5 guides Puneri Paltan to an emphatic win over the Patna Pirates. Pune strengthen their grip over the number 1 spot in the standings with this victory. Meanwhile, Patna will try to work on their mistakes and bounce back stronger in their next match against Haryana Steelers. 

REVIEW UNSUCCESSFUL: 1 point to Patna Pirates. 

40' DECISION OVERTURNED! Raider Kunal is safe because Shadloui crossed the midline.

Patna Pirates 28 - 46 Puneri Paltan

40' Gaurav Khatri sends substitute Kunal Mehta back to the bench with a perfect ankle hold!

Patna Pirates 27 - 47 Puneri Paltan

40' Pankaj Mohite completes his SUPER 10 with an easy touch on Manish.

Patna Pirates 27 - 46 Puneri Paltan

40' Aslam Inamdar shines in the defense again! This time he tackles down Sandeep Kumar.

Patna Pirates 27 - 45 Puneri Paltan

40' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Mohit Goyat beats a block to score a raid point.

Patna Pirates 27 - 44 Puneri Paltan

38' Do-or-die raid for Patna Pirates, Sandeep Kumar escapes an advanced ankle hold from Shadloui to score a point.

Patna Pirates 27 - 43 Puneri Paltan

37' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Sachin Tanwar dives on Pankaj Mohite's ankles and completes a SUPER TACKLE!

Patna Pirates 26 - 43 Puneri Paltan

35' Aslam Inamdar floors Manjeet with a fantastic tackle from the corner!

Patna Pirates 24 - 43 Puneri Paltan

34' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Pankaj Mohite gets 2 points for his team. In the next do-or-die raid for Patna Pirates, Sachin gets a touch on Shadloui!

Patna Pirates 24 - 42 Puneri Paltan

32' Aslam Inamdar beats a block attempt from Mohit to earn a raid point. In the next raid, Abinesh Nadarajan completes a High 5 with a dash on Sandeep.

Patna Pirates 23 - 40 Puneri Paltan

31' Sandeep Kumar scores a bonus point.

Patna Pirates 23 - 38 Puneri Paltan

30' ALL OUT!! Sudhakar M scores a bonus, but Shadloui grabs his legs and Pune hunt him down!

Patna Pirates 22 - 38 Puneri Paltan

30' Sudhakar M gets a bonus, Mohammadreza Shadloui goes for another pursuit and beats Mohit's ankle hold attempt.

Patna Pirates 21 - 35 Puneri Paltan

REVIEW UNSUCCESSFUL: 3 points to Puneri Paltan.

REVIEW: Patna Pirates challenge the decision. They think Mohammadreza is self out. 

29' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Mohammadreza Shadloui executes a pursuit. SUPER RAID!! He gets a touch on Ankit and then beats a chain tackle on his way to the midline.

Patna Pirates 20 - 34 Puneri Paltan

28' Manjeet Dahiya scores a bonus and then Abinesh Nadarajan dashes him like a beast!

Patna Pirates 20 - 31 Puneri Paltan

26' Gaurav Khatri and Aslam Inamdar dash Sachin Tanwar out of the mat!

Patna Pirates 19 - 30 Puneri Paltan

25' Krishan Dhull's fine tackle attempt receives proper support from others and floors Pankaj Mohite!

Patna Pirates 19 - 29 Puneri Paltan

25' Sachin Tanwar tries a bonus, Mohit Goyat goes for an ankle hold, but the raider escapes.

Patna Pirates 18 - 29 Puneri Paltan

25' Aslam Inamdar scores a bonus point.

Patna Pirates 17 - 29 Puneri Paltan

24' ALL OUT! Sudhakar scores a bonus and then the Puneri Paltan defense hunts him down as a unit.

Patna Pirates 17 - 28 Puneri Paltan

24' Mohit Goyat gets a touch on Krishan Dhull. Patna Pirates down to 1 man.

Patna Pirates 16 - 25 Puneri Paltan

23' Do-or-die raid for Patna Pirates, Sudhakar M gets a bonus.

Patna Pirates 16 - 24 Puneri Paltan

23' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Mohit Goyat gets an easy point after an advanced tackle attempt from Patna Pirates' Manish.

Patna Pirates 15 - 24 Puneri Paltan

21' Sachin Tanwar tries for a running bonus again but Abinesh Nadarajan executes an ankle hold to tackle him down.

Patna Pirates 15 - 23 Puneri Paltan

Pankaj Mohite's 5-pointer raid and the subsequent all-out has been the difference between Puneri Paltan and Patna Pirates thus far. Pune lead by 7 points after the 1st 20 minutes. Patna showed signs of making a comeback, but Pune have maintained the lead. It will be interesting to see if the Pirates can bounce back in the next 20 minutes. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for the 2nd half!

20' Sachin Tanwar scores a bonus in the final raid of the 1st half.

Puneri Paltan 22 - 15 Patna Pirates

20' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Patna's defense of 3 dashes Aslam Inamdar out of the court!

Puneri Paltan 22 - 14 Patna Pirates

19' Do-or-die raid for Patna Pirates, Nadarajan tries an advanced tackle and pulls off a successful tackle on Manjeet.

Puneri Paltan 22 - 12 Patna Pirates

17' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Neeraj and Ankit tried an advanced tackle on Pankaj, but the raider escapes!

Puneri Paltan 21 - 12 Patna Pirates

16' Sudhakar steps out of the backline while trying to outsmart the defense!

Puneri Paltan 19 - 12 Patna Pirates

15' Sudhakar opens his account with an unbelievable jump over Shadloui!

Puneri Paltan 18 - 12 Patna Pirates

14' Ankit gifts a touch point to Mohit Goyat by trying an advanced ankle hold.

Puneri Paltan 18 - 11 Patna Pirates

14' Aslam Inamdar steps in the lobby without any touch. Self out!

Puneri Paltan 17 - 11 Patna Pirates

13' Shadloui's ankle hold and Nadarajan's dash helps Pune tackle down Sachin! Nadarajan is also out because he landed outside the lobby. 

Puneri Paltan 17 - 10 Patna Pirates

12' Mohit Goyat executes a fine hand touch on Neeraj Kumar.

Puneri Paltan 16 - 9 Patna Pirates

12' Manjeet takes out Shadloui with a fantastic kick.

Puneri Paltan 15 - 9 Patna Pirates

11' Aslam Inamdar scores a bonus for Puneri Paltan.

Puneri Paltan 15 - 8 Patna Pirates

10' ALL OUT!! Sachin scores a bonus and then Pune hunt him.

Puneri Paltan 14 - 8 Patna Pirates

9' SUPER RAID!!!! Patna Pirates almost tackled down Pankaj Mohite, but the raider took advantage of a small gap between 5 defenders and crossed the midline.

Puneri Paltan 11 - 7 Patna Pirates

8' Do-or-die raid for Patna Pirates, Aslam Inamdar goes for a double ankle hold. Mohammadreza comes to support him, but Manjeet uses his tall height and crosses the midline!

Puneri Paltan 6 - 7 Patna Pirates

7' Do-or-die raid for Puneri Paltan, Mohit Goyat fails against a defense of 3! SUPER TACKLE! 2 points to Patna.

Puneri Paltan 6 - 5 Patna Pirates

5' Substitute Sandeep Kumar scores a bonus, then avoids an advanced block from Gaurav Khatri and escapes towards his half!

Puneri Paltan 6 - 3 Patna Pirates

4' Mohit Goyat easily gets a touch on Ankit. Patna Pirates are down to 2 men.

Puneri Paltan 6 - 1 Patna Pirates

3' Pune's defense tackles down Sudhakar in his 1st raid! Another successful tackle!

Puneri Paltan 5 - 1 Patna Pirates

3' Mohit Goyat executes a flawless flying handtouch on Krishan!

Puneri Paltan 4 - 1 Patna Pirates

2' Mohammadreza blocks Manjeet and then Gaurav Khatri completed the tackle for Pune.

Puneri Paltan 3 - 1 Patna Pirates

2' A chain tackle helps Patna Pirates hunt down Pankaj Mohite!

Puneri Paltan 2 - 1 Patna Pirates

1' Mohit Goyat leads a tackle and pushes Sachin Tanwar out!

Puneri Paltan 2 - 0 Patna Pirates

1' Aslam Inamdar gets off the mark with a quick toe touch on Manish.

Puneri Paltan 1 - 0 Patna Pirates

Today is the first time Sachin Tanwar will play against Mohammadreza. Both played together for Patna Pirates in the last 2 season!

SUBSTITUTES: 

Patna Pirates: Kunal Mehta, Rohit, Thiyagarajan Y, Naveen Sharma, Sandeep Kumar , Sanjay , Zheng-Wei Chen

Puneri Paltan: Akash Shinde, Aditya Shinde, Badal Singh, Dadaso Pujari, Tushar Dattaray Adhavade, Vahid RezaEimehr, Nitin R

STARTING VIIs: 

Patna Pirates: Sachin Tanwar, Manjeet, Neeraj Kumar, Krishan, Sudhakar M, Manish, Ankit

Puneri Paltan: Mohit Goyat, Mohammadreza Shadloui, Pankaj Mohite, Abinesh Nadarajan, Aslam Inamdar, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant

Only 1 match is scheduled to happen in PKL 10 today. Although the home team Tamil Thalaivas will not be in action today, fans have turned up in numbers to watch the Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan match live at the SDAT Multi purpose Indoor Stadium in Chennai. 

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of Match 42 of PKL 10, where three-time champions Patna Pirates will take on Puneri Paltan.