Sports News | SUPER 10 Heroes Maninder, Nitin Help Bengal Warriors Beat Dabang Delhi in PKL
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Skipper Maninder Singh grabbed 11 points and his protege Nitin Kumar earned 13 to help Bengal Warriors beat Dabang Delhi 45-38 in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Skipper Maninder Singh grabbed 11 points and his protege Nitin Kumar earned 13 to help Bengal Warriors beat Dabang Delhi 45-38 in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Friday.
A strong start for the home team saw them take the lead in the first half, but they were pegged back by an all-round Bengal Warriors performance despite Ashu Malik's own Super 10.
Maninder, the Bengal Warriors' star raider, gave his team the ideal start. The defence of the Bengal Warriors built on this start but skipper Ashu Malik stole crucial points for the Dabang Delhi side with consecutive raid points.
The Delhi team built on their early start to get the Bengal Warriors ALL OUT just eight minutes into the game.
With a tight two-point deficit, the Warriors restarted in style as their talisman Maninder and Vishwas S kept up with the in-form Dabang Delhi.
However, Ashu did not let the score settle, constantly pushing their opponents onto the backfoot. Dabang skipper continued his scintillating form as his team got the Bengal Warriors ALL OUT for a second time in the first half.
The second ALL OUT meant that the Warriors had a deficit of six points at the start of the second half.
The Bengal Warriors got off to a flier in the second half, working hard to reduce their deficit from the first session.
They earned their first ALL OUT just three minutes into the second 20 minutes after Ashu Malik completed his SUPER 10. This took them closer to the home side, after which Akshay Kumar tackled the opponent captain and gave his team the lead.
Maninder led his team from the front, and his resilience bore fruit with another ALL OUT, giving his team a cushion to lean on. He was ably supported by the young Nitin, who reached his SUPER 10 before his captain.
Two more ALL OUTS followed for Dabang Delhi, as the Warriors raced to a big victory.
The two SUPER 10s from Maninder and Nitin were enough to close out the game for the Warriors.
Meanwhile, the home team faced their first defeat in four games, as the two teams chase a place in the PKL Season 10 Playoffs, to be held from February 26.
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