Puneri Paltan lost to Bengaluru Bulls 29-40 in the 29th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Bengaluru Bulls was Pawan Kumar Sehrawat. He was ably supported by Saurabh Nandal. Aslam Inamdar's efforts went in vain tonight.
Bengaluru Bulls were dominant in the raiding department at the scoring 24 to Puneri Paltan's 17. When it came to tackling Bengaluru Bulls scored 11 points to Puneri Paltan's 10 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
The mainstay of the Bengaluru Bulls was Saurabh Nandal staying on the mat for 92% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (12 points), BB
Best Defender : Saurabh Nandal (4 points), BB
Key Moments in the Match
Raid 1 | PU 1 - 0 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | There's not much Pawan K Sehrawat can do as the Puneri Paltan defense completely closes in on him. |
Raid 5 | PU 2 - 3 BB | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Super Raid! Chandran Ranjit takes out 3 Puneri Paltan players despite pinned to the ground. |
Raid 26 | PU 11 - 7 BB | Aslam Inamdar (PU) | Aslam Inamdar muscles his way past Aman and picks up the point of the game. |
Raid 28 | PU 12 - 8 BB | Aslam Inamdar (PU) | Aslam Inamdar muscles his way past Mayur Jagannath and picks up the point of the game. |
Raid 29 | PU 15 - 9 BB | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Chandran Ranjit out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
Raid 34 | PU 15 - 12 BB | Pawan kumar kadiyan (PU) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Mohit Sehrawat to take out raider Pawan Kadiyan. |
Raid 45 | PU 19 - 16 BB | Aslam Inamdar (PU) | Super Tackle for Bengaluru Bulls. Aslam Inamdar tries to leap over Aman, Mohit Sehrawat, who latches onto the raider's foot to win two points for his team. Invaluable! |
Raid 51 | PU 19 - 18 BB | Shubham Shelke (PU) | Saurabh Nandal waits and waits and waits and finally swoops in with a massive tackle. He dives at Shubham Shelke's ankles and the raider has nowhere to go. |
Raid 52 | PU 19 - 19 BB | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Bharat Naresh gets his man! He's been targeting Abhineesh Natarajan for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
Raid 54 | PU 19 - 20 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat locks horns with Vishal Bharadwaj, but manages to get across the line. |
Raid 56 | PU 20 - 21 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets another raid point as he takes out Karamvir. |
Raid 57 | PU 21 - 24 BB | Pawan kumar kadiyan (PU) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Pawan Kadiyan out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
Raid 58 | PU 21 - 26 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets another raid point as he takes out Abhineesh Natarajan. |
Raid 66 | PU 22 - 31 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat raids successfully and gets Baldev Singh, Aslam Inamdar out. |
Raid 68 | PU 23 - 35 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat locks horns with Abhineesh Natarajan, but manages to get across the line. |
Raid 82 | PU 28 - 40 BB | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Sanket Savan errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Bharat Naresh. |