Hello and welcome to the LIVE blog of Wednesday's matches in the Pro Kabaddi League 2018 at the Pataliputra Sports Complex in Patna.
Puneri Paltan takes on Dabang Delhi in a Zone A fixture. The Paltan comes on the back of a defeat to Gujarat Fortunegiants on Tuesday. Later in the evening, host Patna Pirates meets the Bengaluru Bulls and two in-form raiders - Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal - clash.
The matches are streamed live on Hotstar .
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Second-Half:
41-43 Manjeet is tackled by the defence in a do-or-die ride, as Pawan comes back with a bonus point with the final raid of the match and that wins the match for Bengaluru, which condemns Patna Pirates to its second consecutive loss in two days.
41-41 Rohit Kumar waits at the centre line to finish the 30 seconds of his raid time and plays it safe.
41-41 A bonus point won by Pardeep Narwal and taking out Kashling Adake gets the host back on level terms. Just 80 secs left in the match.
39-41 Rohit Kumar goes out after Patna Pirates executes a super tackle!
36-41 Bengaluru extends its lead after the defence takes out Manjeet out of the game.
36-40 Kashiling waits until the 30 seconds are over to go back with an empty raid.
36-40 Pardeep Narwal has been taken down! It's been a rough night for Pardeep.
36-39 Super Raid! Pawan Sehrawat picks up 3 points on a raid.
36-36 The match is set for exciting final few minutes! With an all-out Patna Pirates levels the score.
30-35 Manjeet gets two more raid points for his time, but Patna opts for a review to see if the raider has claimed a bonus point and gets it.
27-35 Kashiling Adake comes back with a bonus point.
27-34 Deepak Narwal gets Patna's first point in five attempts.
26-32 First all out of the match goes to Bengaluru! Pawan Sehrawat takes out the remaining three Patna players despite pinned to the ground.
26-27 Manjeet tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Pawan Sehrawat.
26-26 A super raid by Rohit Kumar, brings Bengaluru back into the game.
26-23 Kashiling Adake is taken out the Patna defence after he tags two players in the centre.
25-23 Deepak Narwal is taken out by Bengaluru defence on the left corner.
23-21 What a leap that was from Rohit Kumar! The Bengaluru man executes a flip over the Patna defender to reach the half line.
22-20 Rohit Kumar touches the bonus line on his way and Pardeep does the same for Patna.
21-19 Rohit Kumar comes back with a raid point with the first raid of the second half.
First-Half:
21-18 Mahender tries to take Pardeep Narwal head on the left side, but the Patna raider easily reaches the line.
20-17 Pawan Sehrawat is taken out of the lobby by the Patna Pirates defence, Deepak Narwal manages to stay inside the line and saves a point.
18-17 Deepak Narwal gets Sumit Singh to snatch back the lead for Patna.
15-16 Manjeet gets another raid point as he takes out Kashiling Adake.
13-15 Kashiling Adake comes back with an empty raid. But Vikas Kale gets Rohit Kumar in the next raid.
12-9 Deepak Narwal escapes Ashish Sangwan's lunge at him at the centre line to maintain the lead for his team.
8-9 Super tackle for Patna Pirates. Rohit Kumar tries to leap over Ravinder, who latches on to the raider's foot to win two points for his team.
5-5 Pardeep looks uneasy while raiding and is carrying bandage around his ankle, comes back with an empty raid. Just one raid point from four attempts for the star raider.
4-3 Narwal is tackled successfully by the Patna defence.
2-4 Rohit Kumar shows supreme awareness to take out a second Bengaluru player on his way back.
1-2 Pardeep Narwal is pinned down by Pawan Sehrawat on the right corner on his second raid.
Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls: Head-To-Head (Overal)
Matches – 12 | Patna Pirates – 9 | Bengaluru Bulls – 2 | Tie - 1
Patna Pirates and Bengaluru Bulls have played each other 12 times in PKL. This will be their first meeting of PKL 6. Patna lead the head-to-head 9-2 with one match ending in a tie.
- Patna Pirates is on an 8 games unbeaten streak against the Bulls. (7 wins; 1 tie)
- Bengaluru last defeated Patna in PKL 2.
- Bengaluru Bulls are one of two teams (along with Puneri Paltan) against whom Patna has won the most number of games (9) and has the best win percentage (75%).
- In PKL 5, the Patna Pirates won two and tied one in the three matches against Bengaluru Bulls.
- Patna are unbeaten in their last 5 meeting versus Bengaluru Bulls (4 wins and 1 tie).
- Patna Pirates PKL 6: 3 wins, 5 losses. Lost last match against Telugu Titans by 21 points. Patna on a 3-match losing streak.
- Bengaluru Bulls PKL 6: 3 wins, 1 loss. Won their last match against Haryana Steelers by 8 points.
FULL-TIME
27-31 That's it! Puneri Paltan sees the game through and gets the win here. Delhi will take a point as consolation for a loss by less than seven points.
25-31 Puneri Paltan makes another good tackle and the players believe they've got the game in the bag.
25-30 Naveen Kumar does extremely well to pick up two touches and stay within the lines. Delhi might just find a way back.
23-30 Chandran Ranjit is slow on the turn and Girish Ernak brings him down. Puneri Paltan leads by seven points now.
23-29 Meraj Sheikh goes in for another raid but this time he's taken down!
23-28 Meraj Sheikh makes a great tackle. What an impact he has made! With four minutes to go, Puneri Paltan has a slender lead of five points. Slender because the game has already seen too many twists and turns and the only prediction possible at this stage is that it's going to be an exciting finish.
22-28 Naveen gets a point from a raid but also gives away a point as he steps out of the line into the lobby.
21-25 Meraj Sheikh comes on and picks up an important raid point, bringing the lead down to four points.
19-24 Ravinder Pahal makes a superb tackle to bring Vishal Mane down.
17-23 Daband Delhi picks up two points from a raid, escaping through a huge gap in the Pune defense.
15-23 Pune gets the first points of the second half.
HALF-TIME
15-22 Quite a turnaround in final moments of the half which Puneri Paltan go into the break with a sizeable lead. But the way the game has gone so far, it's very hard to predict which way it'll go in the second half.
15-21 Puneri Paltan is building on the momentum and has a six-point lead now.
15-19 Monu picks up 2 points leaving Delhi with just one man, who picks up a bonus point at the other end but is floored by Pune and the tables have turned yet again.
13-13 Super raid! Ravinder Pahal makes a foolish tackle and Monu picks up 3 points for Puneri Paltan. It's all level again.
13-9 Chandran Ranjit reached 100 raid points in PKL with his super raid earlier. Delhi has a slight upper hand in the game now.
10-8 And all of a sudden Delhi has gone into the lead after inflicting an all-out on Puneri Paltan.
6-7 Puneri Paltan is down to just two men on the mat as Dabang Delhi finds a way back into the game.
4-4 Chandran Ranjit pulls of a Super Raid! He picks up 3 touches on the way to the halfline and brings his team level.
1-4 Ravinder Pahal makes a quick tackle to give Dabang Delhi its first point of the match
0-4 Pune's defense is living up to its name and opens up a four-point lead.
0-2 Puneri Paltan is first to score. GB More's bonus point is followed by a good tackle at the other end.
Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan: Head-To-Head (OVERALL)
Matches – 12, Puneri Paltan – 7, Dabang Delhi K.C. – 4, Tie – 1
Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi have played 12 matches against each other in PKL out of which Puneri Paltan have won 7 and Dabang Delhi have won 4. Puneri Paltan were on an 8-game unbeaten streak against Dabang Delhi K.C. (7 Wins & 1 Tie), but the streak was broken when Delhi defeated them in their first meeting this season 41-37. A combined team effort from Delhi with Vishal Mane scoring a HIGH 5 saw them get the win.
The young raiders Chandran Ranjit, Pawan Kadian and Naveen Kumar combined scored 20 raid points. Chandran Ranjit needs just 3 raid points to reach 100 raid points in PKL.
Nitin Tomar is the leading raid point scorer in PKL 6 so far and became the first raider this season to reach 100 raid points in Tuesday’s last match against Gujarat. He scored 6 raid points in this match, but left the match in the second half after picking up a knee injury. His availability and fitness is going to be very important for Pune.
This will be the second meeting between the two teams in PKL 6.
Dabang Delhi PKL 6: 2 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie. Lost last match to UP Yoddha by 2 points.
Puneri Paltan PKL 6: 5 wins, 5 losses, 1 tie. Lost last match to Gujarat Fortunegiants by 10
points.
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