Bengaluru: Surender Gill shone as your raid UP Yoddha spanking Puneri Paltan 50-40 in a high-scoring match of Pro Kabbadi League Season 8 on Mondays.
Gill (21 points) and Pradeep Narwal (10 points) scored Super 10 runs for Yoddha in a match that contained several defensive errors.
Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat had Super 10s for Pune, but they were not helped by a stuttering defense that conceded too many points.
The first half was a high-scoring affair with just one empty raid in the first five minutes. Pradeep Narwal started the proceedings with a three-point super raid and certainly set the tone for the other attackers.
Inamdar and Goyat together helped Pune get their first all out in the 10th minute, but Yoddha made a quick comeback.
It was raining super raids from both sides and Gill’s three-point effort with seven minutes to spare helped the Yoddha get an ‘all out’.
Both the left corners – Pune’s Vishal Bhardwaj and Yoddha’s Sumit – had an error-prone night and got too many points in the first half to end 20-20.
Yoddha started the second half brilliantly and Gill got off to an aggressive start in his raid. His four-figure Super Raid in the fifth minute paved the way for another ‘All Out’ to help Yoddha take a seven-point lead.
He and Pradeep Narwal took away points from Pune and were eventually ‘all out’ in the 10th minute.
Yoddha scored a massive 20 points in the first 10 minutes after the restart and took a 15-point lead. Narwal and Gill both crossed their Super 10s while Goyat did the same for Pune.
Inamdar made a three-figure super raid in the 12th minute of the second half to make a comeback. But the Pune defenders were spending a night to forget Gill with easy points picking up.
Despite best efforts from Inamdar and Goyat, Pune could not close the gap as Yoddha secured a valuable victory.
Gill (21 points) and Pradeep Narwal (10 points) scored Super 10 runs for Yoddha in a match that contained several defensive errors.
Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat had Super 10s for Pune, but they were not helped by a stuttering defense that conceded too many points.
The first half was a high-scoring affair with just one empty raid in the first five minutes. Pradeep Narwal started the proceedings with a three-point super raid and certainly set the tone for the other attackers.
Inamdar and Goyat together helped Pune get their first all out in the 10th minute, but Yoddha made a quick comeback.
It was raining super raids from both sides and Gill’s three-point effort with seven minutes to spare helped the Yoddha get an ‘all out’.
Both the left corners – Pune’s Vishal Bhardwaj and Yoddha’s Sumit – had an error-prone night and got too many points in the first half to end 20-20.
Yoddha started the second half brilliantly and Gill got off to an aggressive start in his raid. His four-figure Super Raid in the fifth minute paved the way for another ‘All Out’ to help Yoddha take a seven-point lead.
He and Pradeep Narwal took away points from Pune and were eventually ‘all out’ in the 10th minute.
Yoddha scored a massive 20 points in the first 10 minutes after the restart and took a 15-point lead. Narwal and Gill both crossed their Super 10s while Goyat did the same for Pune.
Inamdar made a three-figure super raid in the 12th minute of the second half to make a comeback. But the Pune defenders were spending a night to forget Gill with easy points picking up.
Despite best efforts from Inamdar and Goyat, Pune could not close the gap as Yoddha secured a valuable victory.
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