In the end, Rishank brought all his experience into play in the final raid, the DO OR DIE raid and picked an important running hand touch to help Maharashtra seal a spot in the finals! What a game!
What an encounter this has been. Maharashtra ran away with the lead in the first half but Karnataka came out all guns blazing in the second half to tie scores with just under five minutes left in the game.
With the scoreline reading 22-11 in favour of Maharashtra at half-time, Karnataka will have a lot to ponder upon if they plan to make a comeback in the second half.
The raiding and defence department has worked in cohesion for the team from the North while Karnataka's woes have been compounded with Shabeer Bapu's inefficiency to pick points at pace although he has been thrust to go in for a majority of the raids.
Second ALL-OUT on Karnataka! Poor poor defending or should I say, excellent raiding from Nilesh?
Goes in deep on the right corner, evades the diving ankle hold and brushes off the dash from the left chain to collect three points to his total and five total points for Maharashtra!