UP Yoddha defeated Telugu Titans 39-35 in the 96th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for UP Yoddha was Surender Gill. He was ably supported by Sumit. Rajnish's efforts went in vain tonight.
UP Yoddha were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 23 to Telugu Titans's 23. When it came to tackling UP Yoddha scored 9 points to Telugu Titans's 10 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
The mainstay of the UP Yoddha was Shubham Kumar staying on the mat for 93% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Surender Gill (12 points), UP
Best Defender : Shubham Kumar (2 points), UP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | UP 0 - 0 TT | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep is risking his team into a Do-or-Die Raid. Risky Strategy! |
| Raid 5 | UP 1 - 2 TT | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Manish errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Pardeep. |
| Raid 11 | UP 6 - 3 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill locks horns with Ankit Beniwal, Akash Choudhary, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 14 | UP 6 - 4 TT | G Raju (TT) | G Raju pockets a bonus point. |
| Raid 15 | UP 6 - 6 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill goes out after Telugu Titans executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 20 | UP 7 - 10 TT | Rajnish (TT) | A bonus point won by Rajnish taking out Sumit. |
| Raid 26 | UP 9 - 11 TT | Rajnish (TT) | Shubham Kumar strikes, gets rid of Rajnish. |
| Raid 29 | UP 12 - 11 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill gets the better of Akash Choudhary. |
| Raid 30 | UP 15 - 12 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Sumit, Gurdeep, Surender Gill trap raider Adarsh T, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 36 | UP 16 - 16 TT | Rajnish (TT) | Sumit, Shubham Kumar has to leave as Rajnish gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 38 | UP 16 - 18 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Adarsh T eliminates Nitesh Kumar with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 40 | UP 17 - 19 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Gaurav Kumar errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Adarsh T. |
| Raid 41 | UP 18 - 22 TT | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Shrikant Jadhav out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 44 | UP 19 - 24 TT | Rajnish (TT) | This just isn't working for Sumit, Gurdeep. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Rajnish gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 48 | UP 21 - 26 TT | Ankit Beniwal (TT) | Shubham Kumar, Gurdeep errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Ankit Beniwal. |
| Raid 55 | UP 26 - 26 TT | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav raids successfully and gets Surinder Singh, Ankit Beniwal out. |
| Raid 57 | UP 26 - 29 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | SUPER TACKLE! Prince , G Raju makes a fantastic tackle on Surender Gill |
| Raid 62 | UP 26 - 30 TT | G Raju (TT) | This just isn't working for Gurdeep. He tries to be clever but it backfires as G Raju gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 68 | UP 27 - 33 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Sumit, Nitesh Kumar has to leave as Adarsh T gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 69 | UP 28 - 33 TT | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 74 | UP 29 - 34 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Nitin Panwar has to leave as Adarsh T gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 80 | UP 31 - 34 TT | Adarsh T (TT) | Adarsh T thrown out of lobby by UP Yoddha defense, Shrikant Jadhav manages to stay inside the line and saves a point. |
| Raid 81 | UP 33 - 34 TT | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill raids successfully and gets Surinder Singh, Akash Choudhary out. |
| Raid 83 | UP 34 - 34 TT | Shrikant Jadhav (UP) | Shrikant Jadhav gets the better of Sandeep Kandola. |
| Raid 84 | UP 37 - 34 TT | Prince (TT) | Nitesh Kumar waits and waits and waits and finally swoops in with a massive tackle. He dives at Prince 's ankles and the raider has nowhere to go. |
