All tied up. A closely contested back-and-forth game between the U Mumba and UP Yoddha finished with both teams sharing the spoils. The match was tied at 28-28 after 40 minutes in the 25th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. V. Ajith Kumar led the U Mumba with 9 points, while Surender Gill was the star of the show for the UP Yoddha, scoring 7 points.
U Mumba were behind par in the raiding department scoring 14 to UP Yoddha's 15 points. When it came to tackling U Mumba scored 14 points to UP Yoddha's 10 points. Raids became more fiercely contested in the 2nd half and eventually, the match ended in a tie.
U Mumba captain Fazel Atrachali scored 1 where as UP Yoddha captain Nitesh Kumar picked 1. The mainstay of the U Mumba was Harendra Kumar staying on the mat for 67% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : V. Ajith Kumar (9 points), UM
Best Defender : Sumit (6 points), UP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | UM 0 - 0 UP | Abhishek Singh (UM) | Abhishek Singh is risking his team into a Do-or-Die Raid. Risky Strategy! |
| Raid 5 | UM 1 - 1 UP | Abhishek Singh (UM) | TAKEN OUT! Sumit strikes once again and it's the big man Abhishek Singh who's taken out. |
| Raid 16 | UM 5 - 6 UP | Rohit Tomar (UP) | Super Tackle for U Mumba. Rohit Tomar tries to leap over Mohsen M, Rinku Hari, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 18 | UM 7 - 7 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Super Tackle for U Mumba. Pardeep tries to leap over Rinku Hari, Harendra Kumar, S Siddhgavali, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 23 | UM 9 - 8 UP | Abhishek Singh (UM) | Abhishek Singh raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 29 | UM 10 - 9 UP | Abhishek Singh (UM) | Abhishek Singh has been taken down! |
| Raid 30 | UM 10 - 11 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep gets the better of Fazel Atrachali, S Siddhgavali. |
| Raid 32 | UM 11 - 12 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep eliminates Rinku Hari with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 33 | UM 14 - 12 UP | V. Ajith Kumar (UM) | Super Raid! V. Ajith Kumar raids successfully, gets Surender Gill, Shubham Kumar out in addition to a bonus point. |
| Raid 36 | UM 16 - 12 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Rahul Sethpal, Mohsen M. Super Tackle! |
| Raid 39 | UM 16 - 13 UP | Abhishek Singh (UM) | Ashu Singh strikes, gets rid of Abhishek Singh. |
| Raid 41 | UM 16 - 14 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Mohsen M has to leave as Surender Gill gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 43 | UM 18 - 14 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill goes out after U Mumba executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 46 | UM 18 - 15 UP | V. Ajith Kumar (UM) | Sumit waits and waits and waits and finally swoops in with a massive tackle. He dives at V. Ajith Kumar's ankles and the raider has nowhere to go. |
| Raid 49 | UM 18 - 16 UP | Ankit (UP) | Rahul Sethpal errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Ankit. |
| Raid 50 | UM 19 - 19 UP | Shivam (UM) | Ashu Singh trap raider Shivam, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 57 | UM 21 - 24 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | SUPER Surender Gill WITH A SUPER RAID! He makes his way past half of the U Mumba defense and picks up 3 massive points for his side! |
| Raid 63 | UM 24 - 24 UP | Ankit (UP) | Ankit is taken out by U Mumba defense after he tags two players in the centre. |
| Raid 66 | UM 26 - 24 UP | V. Ajith Kumar (UM) | V. Ajith Kumar muscles his way past Shrikant Jadhav, Nitesh Kumar and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 72 | UM 26 - 27 UP | V. Ajith Kumar (UM) | It's Surender Gill again as he takes V. Ajith Kumar off his feet and pummels him to the ground. |
| Raid 75 | UM 27 - 27 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill has been taken down! |
