Telugu Titans lost to Haryana Steelers 37-39 in the 18th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Haryana Steelers was Meetu Sharma. He was ably supported by Ravi Kumar. Siddharth Sirish Desai's efforts went in vain tonight.
Haryana Steelers were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 23 to Telugu Titans's 26. When it came to tackling Haryana Steelers scored 11 points to Telugu Titans's 6 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Haryana Steelers captain Vikas Kandola scored 1 where as Telugu Titans captain Rohit Kumar picked 0. The mainstay of the Haryana Steelers was Surender Nada staying on the mat for 100% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Meetu Sharma (14 points), HS
Best Defender : Surender Nada (3 points), HS
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | TT 0 - 1 HS | Rohit Gulia (HS) | Rohit Gulia pockets a bonus point. |
| Raid 14 | TT 6 - 7 HS | Siddharth Sirish Desai (TT) | Siddharth Desai goes out after Haryana Steelers executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 15 | TT 6 - 9 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Meetu Sharma gets his man! He's been targeting Surinder Singh for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Dubki. |
| Raid 20 | TT 7 - 10 HS | Rakesh Gowda (TT) | Rakesh Gowda comes back with a bonus point. |
| Raid 23 | TT 10 - 13 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Adarsh T, Rakesh Gowda has to leave as Meetu Sharma gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 24 | TT 11 - 16 HS | Siddharth Sirish Desai (TT) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Siddharth Desai out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 29 | TT 13 - 20 HS | Rohit Gulia (HS) | Rohit Gulia gets another raid point as he takes out Surinder Singh, C. Arun. |
| Raid 30 | TT 15 - 20 HS | Siddharth Sirish Desai (TT) | Siddharth Desai muscles his way past Jaideep, Mohit and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 44 | TT 19 - 26 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Surinder Singh, Adarsh T errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Meetu Sharma. |
| Raid 45 | TT 20 - 26 HS | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Ankit Beniwal comes back with a bonus point. |
| Raid 46 | TT 20 - 27 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | This just isn't working for Sandeep Kandola. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Meetu Sharma gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 47 | TT 21 - 30 HS | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Ankit Beniwal out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 53 | TT 24 - 32 HS | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Super Raid! Ankit Beniwal raids successfully, gets Ravi Kumar, Rohit Gulia out in addition to a bonus point. |
| Raid 56 | TT 24 - 34 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Meetu Sharma locks horns with Sandeep Kandola, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 60 | TT 26 - 36 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Meetu Sharma locks horns with Surinder Singh, Adarsh T, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 66 | TT 30 - 37 HS | Rohit Gulia (HS) | Rohit Gulia tackled by defense. |
| Raid 72 | TT 31 - 38 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Meetu Sharma gets another raid point as he takes out Sandeep Kandola. |
| Raid 73 | TT 32 - 38 HS | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Ankit Beniwal comes back with a bonus point. |
| Raid 82 | TT 37 - 39 HS | Rohit Gulia (HS) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Rakesh Gowda to take out raider Rohit Gulia. |
