Bengaluru Bulls lost to UP Yoddha 27-42 in the 44th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for UP Yoddha was Shrikant Jadhav. He was ably supported by Gurdeep. Bharat Naresh's efforts went in vain tonight.
UP Yoddha were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 18 to Bengaluru Bulls's 20. When it came to tackling UP Yoddha scored 22 points to Bengaluru Bulls's 7 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 1 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
UP Yoddha captain Nitesh Kumar scored 3 where as Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat picked 5. The mainstay of the UP Yoddha was Shrikant Jadhav staying on the mat for 83% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Shrikant Jadhav (12 points), UP
Best Defender : More G B (2 points), BB
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | BB 1 - 0 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Ashu Singh has to leave as Pawan K Sehrawat gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 7 | BB 3 - 2 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | UP Yoddha defense takes out Pawan K Sehrawat out of the game. |
| Raid 21 | BB 10 - 6 UP | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Nitesh Kumar, Sumit has to leave as Chandran Ranjit gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 25 | BB 12 - 7 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets his man! He's been targeting Ashu Singh for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 27 | BB 12 - 10 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Surender Gill, Shrikant Jadhav. Super Tackle! |
| Raid 29 | BB 13 - 12 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat goes out after UP Yoddha executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 33 | BB 13 - 15 UP | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Chandran Ranjit goes out after UP Yoddha executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 38 | BB 13 - 18 UP | Mohammad Taghi Paeinmahalli (UP) | Md. Taghi P gets the better of Aman, Saurabh Nandal. |
| Raid 40 | BB 14 - 22 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav eliminates Mohit Sehrawat with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 42 | BB 14 - 25 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully and gets Saurabh Nandal, Mohit Sehrawat out. |
| Raid 50 | BB 17 - 27 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully and gets Aman out. |
| Raid 61 | BB 23 - 29 UP | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Super Raid! Bharat Naresh takes out 3 UP Yoddha players despite pinned to the ground. |
| Raid 63 | BB 23 - 32 UP | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Super Tackle for UP Yoddha. Bharat Naresh tries to leap over Nitesh Kumar, Shubham Kumar, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 68 | BB 24 - 33 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 69 | BB 24 - 35 UP | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Super Tackle for UP Yoddha. Pawan K Sehrawat tries to leap over Shrikant Jadhav, Ashu Singh, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
| Raid 73 | BB 25 - 37 UP | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Bharat Naresh goes out after UP Yoddha executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 74 | BB 25 - 38 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 80 | BB 26 - 41 UP | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | This just isn't working for Mohit Sehrawat. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Shrikant Jadhav gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
