Sports News | U Mumba, Jaipur Pink Panthers Win in PKL

Bengaluru, Oct 14 (PTI) U Mumba defeated Tamil Thalaivas 39-32 to register their second straight victory in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 at the Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium here on Friday.

Raiders Guman Singh, Ashish and Jai Bhagwan amassed 30 points between them to hand the Mumbai side a scintillating victory.

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Narender chipped in with a few raids as Tamil Thalaivas took the lead at 6-4 in the seventh minute.

Guman Singh led the charge for U Mumba through some fantastic raids, but the Thalaivas kept inching ahead.

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In the 13th minute, the defence unit stepped up for the Tamil Nadu side and further widened their lead at 10-7.

Moments later, Narender pulled off another brilliant raid to reduce U Mumba to three players on the mat.

But, soon after, Jai Bhagwan effected a multi-point raid to help the Mumbai side level the scores at 12-12.

However, the Thalaivas managed to keep their noses in front at 16-15 at the end of the first half.

Guman Singh pulled off a multi-point raid in the opening minutes of the second half and soon after the U Mumba team inflicted an ALL OUT to take the lead at 20-17.

Bhagwan effected two raid points in the 27th minute as the Thalaivas were reduced to three players on the mat.

Moments later, Ashish carried out a fabulous raid as U Mumba inflicted another ALL OUT and took a massive lead at 31-22.

Raiders Ashish, Guman and Bhagwan kept picking up points and eventually closed out a comprehensive victory for U Mumba.

In another match, Jaipur Pink Panthers rode on a brilliant performance from raider Arjun Deshwal to earn their second win in the tournament, beating Haryana Steelers with a 44-31.

Deshwal, who was in top form, earned 14 points to win, while Rahul Chaudhari, and Sunil Kumar also made useful contributions for Jaipur.

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