PKL 11: UP Yoddhas register a win finally, U Mumba survive Thalaivas

The UP Yoddhas ended Telugu Titan’s four-game winning streak by a scoreline of 40-34 to register their first win in five matches, at the Noida Indoor Stadium on Sunday.

Bhavani Rajput and Bharat Hooda scored Super 10s for the home team, while Vijay Malik scored a Super 10 for the Titans

It was a watchful start from the two sides as they waited for the other to make a significant move. It was no surprise that the High-Flyer Pawan Sehrawat took the initiative, scoring four of the first six points for the Telugu Titans to give them a two-point lead.

However, a Super Tackle on Pawan Sehrawat managed to level things up for the UP Yoddhas. A flurry of points gave the Yoddhas a three-point lead, before a massive four-point Super Raid from Vijay Malik decimated the UP Yoddhas momentarily, putting the Titans in the lead once more. They quickly extended their lead to three points after inflicting an ALL OUT on the UP Yoddhas. 

UP Yoddhas managed to close the gap to a couple of points in the first half, but the Telugu Titans stormed right back with a Super Tackle by Ankit, once again extending their lead to four points to close the first half with a score of 20-16.  

The UP Yoddhas came storming out of the blocks at the start of the second half to close the gap and make things even. They were 25-all.

The two teams were going toe-to-toe as they headed into the final 10 minutes of play in this contest. That was before the UP Yoddhas took the onus upon themselves and regained a four-point lead. They quickly shut the door for any possibility of a Telugu Titans comeback after Bhavani Rajpat completed his Super 10, inflicting another ALL OUT on the Telugu Titans to extend UP Yoddhas’ lead to eight points.

U Mumba prevail over Tamil Thalaivas

Riding on Manjeet’s 10 points, U Mumba managed to survive a late scare to prevail over Tamil Thalaivas as they secured a 35-32 victory at the Noida Indoor Stadium on Thursday. Ajit Chouhan scored eight raid points.  

The first half of the clash saw a dominant performance from U Mumba. In the 6th minute, U Mumba executed a successful ALL OUT, taking out all of the Tamil Thalaivas players on the mat. This gave the Sunil Kumar-led team a significant advantage early in the game as their aggressive and effective play allowed them to take control of the match in the opening period.

U Mumba continued to apply pressure throughout the half. In the 18th minute, U Mumba's Ajit Chouhan pulled off a SUPER RAID, taking out two Tamil Thalaivas defenders. This allowed U Mumba to further extend their lead. By the end of the first half, the score stood at 23-12 in favour of U Mumba, giving them a substantial lead.

The second half saw U Mumba maintain their lead and control of the match, extending it to 10 points with five minutes remaining in the game. It took Sachin Tanwar 24 minutes in the match to score his first point of the match, taking out U Mumba's Amirmohammad Zafardanesh.

Chouhan and Manjeet worked in tandem to continue the U Mumba’s dominance in the second half.

With the match coming to an end, the Tamil Thalaivas’ Moein Shafaghi turned to a raider in this game and earned a Super Raid to get Sunil Kumar, Sombir and Manjeet to inflict the ALL OUT on U Mumba. But it was a little too late in the match as U Mumba went on to secure a close three-point win.

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