Bengaluru Bulls defeated UP Yoddha 31-26 in the 87th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Bengaluru Bulls was Pawan Kumar Sehrawat. He was ably supported by Aman. Shrikant Jadhav's efforts went in vain tonight.
Bengaluru Bulls were dominant in the raiding department at the scoring 14 to UP Yoddha's 13. When it came to tackling Bengaluru Bulls scored 15 points to UP Yoddha's 13 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 1 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat scored 9 where as UP Yoddha captain Nitesh Kumar picked 6. The mainstay of the Bengaluru Bulls was More G B staying on the mat for 95% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Bharat Naresh (5 points), BB
Best Defender : Aman (7 points), BB
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | BB 0 - 0 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep is risking his team into a Do-or-Die Raid. Risky Strategy! |
| Raid 5 | BB 1 - 2 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Saurabh Nandal, Aman trap raider Pardeep, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 19 | BB 6 - 5 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav is tackled successfully by Bengaluru Bulls defense. |
| Raid 20 | BB 7 - 5 UP | More G B (BB) | More G B locks horns with Sumit, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 31 | BB 10 - 7 UP | Mohammad Taghi Paeinmahalli (UP) | There's not much Md. Taghi P can do as the Bengaluru Bulls defense completely closes in on him. |
| Raid 32 | BB 10 - 9 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat goes out after UP Yoddha executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 34 | BB 15 - 9 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | This just isn't working for Nitesh Kumar, Ashu Singh. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Pawan K Sehrawat gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 46 | BB 19 - 15 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully and gets Saurabh Nandal, Mohit Sehrawat out. |
| Raid 47 | BB 21 - 15 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat brings Bengaluru Bulls 2 points as he evades Gaurav Kumar's tackle and gets the bonus too. |
| Raid 55 | BB 23 - 16 UP | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Perfect team play, defense ushers raider Bharat Naresh out of the mat. |
| Raid 56 | BB 24 - 16 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Aman to take out raider Surender Gill. |
| Raid 62 | BB 24 - 18 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Saurabh Nandal errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Shrikant Jadhav. |
| Raid 63 | BB 24 - 19 UP | Deepak Narwal (BB) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Sumit to take out raider Deepak Narwal. |
| Raid 64 | BB 26 - 19 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | SUPER TACKLE! Aman, More G B makes a fantastic tackle on Shrikant Jadhav |
| Raid 75 | BB 30 - 23 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat goes out after UP Yoddha executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 81 | BB 31 - 26 UP | Bharat Naresh (BB) | There's not much Bharat Naresh can do as the UP Yoddha defense completely closes in on him. |
