Bengaluru Bulls defeated Bengal Warriors 36-35 in the 14th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Bengaluru Bulls was Pawan Kumar Sehrawat. He was ably supported by Mahender Singh. Maninder Singh's efforts went in vain tonight.
Bengaluru Bulls were dominant in the raiding department at the scoring 26 to Bengal Warriors's 22. When it came to tackling Bengaluru Bulls scored 6 points to Bengal Warriors's 9 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat scored 18 where as Bengal Warriors captain Maninder Singh picked 17. The mainstay of the Bengaluru Bulls was Mahender Singh staying on the mat for 93% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Maninder Singh (17 points), BW
Best Defender : Aman (2 points), BB
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | BB 0 - 1 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Bharat Naresh has to leave as Maninder Singh gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 10 | BB 2 - 3 BW | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Parveen has to leave as Chandran Ranjit gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 11 | BB 2 - 4 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | This just isn't working for Saurabh Nandal. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Maninder Singh gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 15 | BB 3 - 11 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Super Raid! Maninder Singh takes out 4 Bengaluru Bulls players despite pinned to the ground. |
| Raid 21 | BB 4 - 13 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Mayur Jagannath has to leave as Maninder Singh gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 29 | BB 7 - 15 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | TAKEN OUT! Mahender Singh strikes once again and it's the big man Maninder Singh who's taken out. |
| Raid 32 | BB 16 - 15 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Super Raid! Pawan K Sehrawat takes out 5 Bengal Warriors players despite pinned to the ground. |
| Raid 43 | BB 19 - 18 BW | Akash Pikalmunde (BW) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Aman to take out raider Akash Pikalmunde. |
| Raid 44 | BB 19 - 19 BW | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Sachin V. to take out raider Chandran Ranjit. |
| Raid 49 | BB 20 - 19 BW | Akash Pikalmunde (BW) | Akash Pikalmunde tackled by defense. |
| Raid 50 | BB 21 - 19 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat eliminates Darshan.J Devang with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 54 | BB 24 - 20 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Abozar Mighani errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Pawan K Sehrawat. |
| Raid 56 | BB 28 - 21 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets his man! He's been targeting Md. E Nabibakhsh for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 57 | BB 28 - 23 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | This just isn't working for Aman, Saurabh Nandal. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Maninder Singh gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 61 | BB 29 - 26 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | Md. E Nabibakhsh gets his man! He's been targeting Mahender Singh for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 63 | BB 30 - 27 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | Mohit Sehrawat has to leave as Md. E Nabibakhsh gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 64 | BB 31 - 30 BW | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Chandran Ranjit out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 65 | BB 31 - 32 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh raids successfully and gets Aman, Ankit out. |
| Raid 70 | BB 32 - 33 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Pawan K Sehrawat out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 71 | BB 33 - 33 BW | Akash Pikalmunde (BW) | Akash Pikalmunde thrown out of lobby by Bengaluru Bulls defense, Mohit Sehrawat manages to stay inside the line and saves a point. |
| Raid 72 | BB 35 - 33 BW | Dong Geon Lee (BB) | Dong Geon Lee raids successfully and gets Abozar Mighani, Parveen out. |
