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Dabang Delhi KC and PuneriPaltan game ends in a tie 27-27

Dabang Delhi KC and PuneriPaltan game ends in a tie 27-27

India Blooms News Service | | 28 Jun 2016, 09:58 pm
New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS) A closely fought game between the two teams produced the first tie of Star Sports Pro Kabaddiseason 4.

In a cliffhanger of a game, Dabang DelhiKC and PuneriPaltan produced the first tie of the fourth season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi. In a see saw of a game which saw both sides exchange leads several times, it was ManjeetChhillar who had an extremely quiet game in defence but came up with a crucial tackle in the last minute to tie the game.

It was a relief for PuneriPaltan as they were staring at their second successive defeat. Dabang Delhi KC would be disappointed as they squandered a great opportunity to record their first win of the season. PuneriPaltan remains at top of the league with 14 points while Dabang Delhi KC occupies the sixth place with three pointsin their tally.

PuneriPaltan began extremely slowly and they trailed 0-5. But they got their act together and made a comebackwhen SonuNarwal scored a raid point. PuneriPaltan got their defensive act together to inflict an all out in the 12th minute to edge two points ahead. They extended their lead by four points with seven minutes left in the first half.

Chhillar had two raid points and zero defence points in the first half. With less than five minutes to go, Dabang Delhi KC forced a super tackle to cut the deficit to four points. Dabang Delhi’s Selvamani came on for Sachin Shingade and immediately made an impact by scoring three raid points. KashilingAdake had two points whereas MerajSheykh couldn’t score a single point in the first half. PuneriPaltan led 14-10 at the end of the first half.

Selvamani scored another raid point at the start of the second half as Dabang Delhi KC began mounting their comeback. PuneriPaltan had several chances for a super tackle in the initial moments but failed to capitalize on it. MerajSheykh finally opened his account in the fifth minute of the second half with a quick raid point and followed it with a do-or-die raid as Dabang Delhi trailed by two points. Adake struggled in the second half offensively as he scored two points from 14 raids.

Delhi leveled the score at 18-18, however, with an all-out looming Chhillar scored two points to restore PuneriPaltan’s lead to two points. Dabang Delhi inflicted an all out with less than eight minutes to go and led 22-20. As both teams looked to close in on a victory, PuneriPaltan scored three points with a raid and tackle to lead 23-33 in the 14th minute of the second half.

PuneriPaltan made a defensive error at a crucial time as Deepak Narwal made a super raid to get three points as Dabang Delhi crept back into the lead 26-25. Sachin Shingade had a five tackle points. Chhillar, however, chose the last two minutes to make a critical impact as he scored with a raid and a tackle point as the match tied at a 27-27 score line.

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