Pro Kabaddi 2022 Live Score, U.P. Yoddha vs Telugu Titans - PKL 8 Live Updates & Commentary

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FULL TIME!

U.P. Yoddha 39-35 Telugu Titans

The Titans squander away a healthy lead and perish as they crash to yet another loss this season. They will hope to regroup and come back stronger in the next game while U.P. make their way into the top-six with his win!

40' Surender Gill runs down the clock and goes for a bonus. As soon as he does that, he is surrounded and tackled comprehensively. 

40' Last nail in the coffin for the Titans as Rajnish runs straight into the double thigh hold attempt from the right cover defender. 

39' ALL OUT! Prince does not pick a bonus point and is tackled as he unsuccessfully attempts to leap over the right corner's double ankle hold.

U.P. Yoddha 37-34 Telugu Titans

39' Surender Gill picks up Sandeep Kandola and reduces the Titans to one man. 

38' Do-or-die raid for the UP outfit and Surender Gill fetches a couple of points! Corners to four defenders and forces Surinder Singh to come for an ankle hold. Extends his hand and gets a touch point on the Akash as well. 

37' Do-or-die raid for the Titans and Adarsh T perishes this time around! Tries to run around the dashing left corner chain once again but a double ankle hold from the defenders pin him down. 

36' Surender Gill gets a point on Rajnish as he goes in for an ankle hold from the left-in position. Does not get a grip and gifts Gill a point.

U.P. Yoddha 30-34 Telugu Titans

TIMEOUT!

35' Do-or-die raid for the Titans and Adarsh picks up a point again! The left corner chain comes around but Adarsh runs around them. Gets a hand touch on the left-in defender and trots back to his half. 

34' Ankit Beniwal from the left-in comes around for a block and catches Surender Gill off guard but the latter is far too powerful and bulldozes his way to his half. 

34' Do-or-die raid for UP now and Pardeep Narwal is granted the bonus point as the defense stays back.

U.P. Yoddha 28-33 Telugu Titans

33' Do-or-die raid for the Titans and Adarsh T sends back both the corners! Sumit goes for the ankle hold and Nitesh comes for assistance. However, Adarsh extends his arm and crosses the mid-line. 

TIMEOUT!

10' Do-or-die raid for UP now and Shrikant Jadhav perishes! Gets a running hand touch on the left corner but a powerful dash from Rajnish sends him packing. However, Rajnish had gone out of bounds as well. One point to each side!

30' Do-or-die raid for the Titans and Galla Raju comes in for it. Gets a running touch on Gurdeep in the covers and extends the lead to four points.

28' A formidable wrist-hold from Prince on Surender Gill and support from Galla Raju ushers Surender Gill out of bounds. SUPER TACKLE!

U.P. Yoddha 26-29 Telugu Titans

28' The Titans raider goes in and is granted the bonus point as the defence hangs back. 

28' Shrikant Jadhav comes in for a do-or-die raid. Gets a running hand touch on Surinder Singh and Ankit Beniwal has to make his way back as well as he had come around for a dash.

U.P. Yoddha 26-26 Telugu Titans

27' Adarsh T attempts a bonus and as soon as he does that, the cover defenders combine and send the raider spiralling out of bounds.

25' Sunil puts in a powerful ankle hold and sends back Rajnish, who limps back to the bench.

U.P. Yoddha 23-26 Telugu Titans

24' Surender Gill escapes the left corner's ankle hold and fetches himself a point. 

24' Ankit Beniwal repeats Rajnish's heroics as he uses the lobby to great effect to cross the mid-line as both cover defenders had come around for a dash. 

23' Adarsh T steps out of bounds and gifts the U.P. Yoddha an extra. 

22' Shrikant Jadhav gets a running hand touch on Sandeep Kandola and sends the latter packing. 

22' Rajnish escapes the left corner's ankle hold and gets another point on the assisting cover defender as well.

U.P. Yoddha 19-24 Telugu Titans

21' The right corner defender puts in an ankle hold ahead of the baulk line and all Surender Gill has to do is lie on the mat and stretch his hand to cross the mid-line. 

HALF TIME!

U.P. Yoddha 18-22 Telugu Titans 

What an encounter we have on our hands! A bottom-placed Telugu Titans performing like a top-six side! Even without any star players in the raiding department, the Titans' players chipped in with single point contributions and managed to get the lead going into the second half. The lead kept changing hands and one could never be sure as to which side will go into the second half with a lead. A tad poor from the U.P. outfit and they are leaking too many points in the defensive scheme of things. However, we can certainly not count them out of this contest. Which side will finish on top? Stick around to find out!

20' ALL OUT! Shrikant Jadhav picks up a bonus point and a powerful block from Surinder Singh inflicts the all-out on the UP side. 

20' Gaurav on the left corner attempts an ankle hold but Adarsh is alert enough to escape. 

19' Shrikant Jadhav is granted the bonus point as the defense hangs back. 

19' A kick on Nitesh by Adarsh T sends the right corner packing to reduce UP down to two men. 

18' Ankit Beniwal from the left-in puts in a formidable ankle hold and Surinder Singh uses his raw power to block Gill. 

18' Rajnish tumbles and escapes the left corner's ankle hold. The right cover runs around for assistance but Rajnish just about manages to cross the mid-line. 

17' The cover defender attempts a block but Rajnish uses his sheer strength to bulldoze his way back to the mid-line.

Telugu Titans 14-16 U.P. Yoddha

17' A sliding reverse toe-touch from Surender Gill sends back Sandeep Kandola. 

16' An advance tackle from the Titans as the covers combine and go for a thigh hold on Pardeep. The raider's hand is on the mid-line but just misses crossing it by millimetres. 

15' Adarsh T picks up a bonus point and looks to jump over Sumit's ankle hold. However, support from the rest of the defense brings him down.

Telugu Titans 12-15 U.P. Yoddha

14' A bold attempt from the right corner but Surender Gill uses his height to escape to his half. 

13' The raider goes far too deep in the left corner and an ankle hold tackles him. 

13' A running hand touch from Shrikant Jadhav on Prince D fetches him a point. 

12' Do-or-die raid for the Titans and Rajnish perishes! The left corner puts in a diving ankle hold and instant support from Gurdeep completes the tackle.

Telugu Titans 11-9 U.P. Yoddha

11' Surender Singh uses the toe-touch to good effect and sends back Sandeep Kandola. 

10' Pardeep Narwal goes far too deep in the left corner and the right corner chain runs around to put in a formidable dash.

Telugu Titans 11-7 U.P. Yoddha

10' Rajnish picks up a bonus point and as soon as he does that, Sumit goes for an ankle hold. Does not get a grip on the ankle and the raider gets a couple of points. 

9' Rajnish shoves the dashing cover defender aside and escapes to the mid-line.

Telugu Titans 8-7 U.P. Yoddha

8' Pardeep Narwal gets a hand touch on Surinder Singh in the right corner as he ventures deep. 

8' The Titans defender picks up a bonus point in front of the left corner defender. 

8' Surender Gill runs straight into the double thigh hold of Sandeep Kandola and is completely immobilised. SUPER TACKLE! 

7' Do-or-die raid for the Telugu Titans and substitute raider Galla Raju comes in for it. Relies on the bonus point and it has been granted as well.

Telugu Titans 4-6 U.P. Yoddha

5' The right corner leaves the chain and goes for an ankle hold. However, Gill leaps and crosses the mid-line. The right-in had stepped out of bounds and has to make his way back to the bench as well. 

4' Manish goes for an advance thigh hold but Jadhav tumbles and crosses the mid-line with his extended hand.

Telugu Titans 3-4 U.P. Yoddha

4' A powerful dash from the cover chain sends Rajnish out of bounds.

4' Surender Gill picks up a bonus point in front of the left corner. 

3' Rajnish sends back Sumit as the latter fails to get a grip and is enticed into going for the ankle hold.

Telugu Titans 3-1 U.P. Yoddha

3' Do-or-die raid for Pardeep Narwal and a kick on the left cover's fore-arm fetches him a point. 

2' The Titans raider picks up a bonus point in front of the left corner defender. 

1' Ankit Beniwal opens the Titans' account with a swift toe-touch on Sumit.

Telugu Titans 1-0 U.P. Yoddha

Teams:

U.P. Yoddha: Pardeep Narwal, Gurdeep, Shubham Kumar, Shrikant Jadhav, Surender Gill, Nitesh Kumar (c), Sumit. 
Substitutes: Mohammad Taghi, Aman, Gaurav Kumar, Ankush, Nitin Panwar. 

Telugu Titans: Rajnish, Surinder Singh, Manish, Prince D, Ankit Beniwal, Akash Choudhary, Sandeep Kandola (c). 
Substitutes: Adarsh T, Galla Raju, Ruturaj Koravi, Hyunsu Park, Mohammed Shihas.

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Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the Pro Kabaddi League, 2022. UP Yoddha will take on the Telugu Titans in Match 96 of the tournament at the Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, Bengaluru.

U.P. Yoddha have had a decent season so far and are currently placed eighth with 42 points to their name from sixteen encounters. The Yoddha outfit has not had the greatest of runs recently and are on a four-match losing streak. It will be up to the raiding trio of Surender Gill, Shrikant Jadhav and Pardeep Narwal to take them to another win over a demoralised Titans side. The Telugu Titans also have not picked up a win for a duration of four games after registering their first win of the tournament earlier this year. They are reeling at the bottom of the table with 22 points from 15 matches and will certainly need something nothing short of magical from here on to take them to the playoffs.

Right then, we have an interesting contest on our hands. Will we see a resurgent Titans team or will they let U.P. roll over them? Let's find out! All you need to do is sit back, relax and enjoy as I, Maanas Upadhyay, take you through all that unfolds over the course of this contest!