UP Yoddha defeated Telugu Titans 39-33 in the 56th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for UP Yoddha was Pardeep Narwal. He was ably supported by Nitesh Kumar. Rajnish's efforts went in vain tonight.
UP Yoddha were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 22 to Telugu Titans's 22. When it came to tackling UP Yoddha scored 15 points to Telugu Titans's 11 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 1 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
UP Yoddha captain Nitesh Kumar scored 7 where as Telugu Titans captain Rohit Kumar picked 1. The mainstay of the UP Yoddha was Nitesh Kumar staying on the mat for 76% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Pardeep Narwal (10 points), UP
Best Defender : Nitesh Kumar (7 points), UP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | UP 0 - 0 TT | Rohit Kumar (TT) | Rohit Kumar has done an empty raid. |
| Raid 5 | UP 1 - 2 TT | Rajnish (TT) | Rajnish muscles his way past Ashu Singh and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 8 | UP 2 - 3 TT | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav has been taken down! |
| Raid 26 | UP 10 - 9 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Prince has to leave as Surender Gill gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 27 | UP 13 - 10 TT | Rakesh Gowda (TT) | Pardeep, Shrikant Jadhav, Nitesh Kumar trap raider Rakesh Gowda, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 36 | UP 18 - 14 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill gets another raid point as he takes out Rohit Kumar. |
| Raid 47 | UP 21 - 18 TT | Rajnish (TT) | Sumit, Shubham Kumar errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Rajnish. |
| Raid 49 | UP 23 - 19 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Super Tackle for UP Yoddha. Ankit Beniwal tries to leap over Nitesh Kumar, Gaurav Kumar, Surender Gill, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 56 | UP 27 - 22 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill goes out after Telugu Titans executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 62 | UP 27 - 24 TT | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep thrown out of lobby by Telugu Titans defense, Ankit Beniwal manages to stay inside the line and saves a point. |
| Raid 63 | UP 27 - 26 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Ankit Beniwal gets the better of Shubham Kumar, Ashu Singh. |
| Raid 67 | UP 28 - 27 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | This just isn't working for Sumit. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Ankit Beniwal gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 68 | UP 30 - 27 TT | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav eliminates Sandeep Kandola with a Dubki. |
| Raid 69 | UP 32 - 27 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Super Tackle for UP Yoddha. Ankit Beniwal tries to leap over Shrikant Jadhav, Surender Gill, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 74 | UP 32 - 28 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Raid sees Surender Gill taken out by the Telugu Titans defense. |
| Raid 75 | UP 34 - 28 TT | Rohit Kumar (TT) | Super Tackle for UP Yoddha. Rohit Kumar tries to leap over Nitesh Kumar, Gaurav Kumar, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 77 | UP 34 - 30 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Adarsh T locks horns with Gaurav Kumar, Nitesh Kumar, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 79 | UP 35 - 31 TT | Akash Choudhary (TT) | Ashu Singh has to leave as Akash Choudhary gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 81 | UP 36 - 32 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | This just isn't working for Shubham Kumar. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Ankit Beniwal gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 82 | UP 38 - 32 TT | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep claims the point and gets it. |
| Raid 83 | UP 38 - 33 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Ankit Beniwal gets his man! He's been targeting Sumit for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
