PKL: Gujarat Giants beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 34-27; Dabang Delhi, Haryana Steelers register victory. More sports news – Times of India

Bengaluru: Gujarat Giants Jaipur beat Pink Panthers 34-27 Pro Kabbadi League match here on Thursday
In another match, Dabang Delhi beat Puneri Paltan 41-30 with Naveen Kumar scoring 16 points. In the last match of the day, Haryana Steelers beat Patna Pirates 22-18.
In the first match, Girish Maruthi Ernak scored seven tackle points and was accompanied by teammate Parvesh Bhainswal (4 raid points) as Gujarat secured a crucial victory to open their campaign.
Jaipur did not have the raiding strength against a good Gujarat defence, but would be positive from a cleverly contested match.
The match started as expected and both the defenses foiled the raider. The first 10 minutes of the match saw no multi-point raids despite both sets struggling to make an impact.
The first moment of the match shift came through a brilliant tackle from Gujarat’s left corner Girish, who pinned Nitish Narwal to the floor from a difficult angle.
Riding on the energy, Rakesh raided Pink Panthers in the 10th minute to score the first “all out”, taking the score 13-17 in Gujarat’s favour.
But pink cheetah With new rookie Arjun Deshwal impressed in the raid, he quickly returns to the match.
Rakesh of Gujarat missed out on a bonus point in the ‘Do or Die’ raid and Panthers got the advantage.
Jaipur scored their first all out in two minutes at half time and reduced Gujarat’s lead to just one point.
The first half ended with Gujarat leading 19-17. He kept up the intensity to score home full points in the second half.

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