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Second-Half:
29-27 Ran Singh pulls one point back for Bengal Warriors with the last raid of the match, but it is not enough as the full-time hooter goes off. With this win, the defending champion goes to the top of the Zone B with 23 points. Bengal Warriors remain in the fifth position with 19 points.
29-26 Kuldeep Singh might have just won the match for Patna, as he brings down Mahesh Goud on his way back.
27-26 Mahesh Goud manages a touch on Tushar Patil on his way to get a point for Bengal.
27-25 Manish tackles Jang Kun Lee, who tries to turn on the right side. The raider looks in pain with the weight of four defenders on his shoulders.
25-25 Teams are level after Vikas Jaglan gifts away a point by stepping out of the line while defending!
25-24 Mahesh Goud takes out Vijay with the first raid after the Time-Out.
25-23 Tushar Patil tries to jump over Baldev but the right cover catches the raider mid-air.
25-22 Jang Kun Lee gets Jaideep on his way out and reduces the gap to three points.
24-21 Tushar Patil tricks Surjeet into stepping out of the lobby and nicks a point for Pirates.
23-20 Mahesh Goud lunges at Deepak Narwal after breaking the chain on the right side and fails to get the tackle.
22-19 Jaideep tries an ankle hold in vain, but Mahesh Goud is close to the half line by that time.
22-18 Shrikant Tewthia is given out after he oversteps the lobby area while tackling Deepak Narwal.
21-18 Jang Kun Lee runs straight into Jaideep on his way back and pinned to the ground by the Patna defence.
19-18 Jang Kun Lee is fortunate to get away with it! He slips on the mat on his way back, but Patna's defence does not attack him and the raider has a point.
19-16 Vikas Kale completely misses Ran Singh on his way back. Surjeet gets a green card for few exchanges with Ran Singh.
18-15 Deepak Narwal gets a point after he slips through the ankle hold of Jang Kun Lee.
17-15 Amit walks off the pitch after Vijay takes him out on the right corner.
16-14 Patna gifts aways a technical point after two players step into the lobby at the same time.
16-13 Bengal loses a review after Patna gets a bonus point on a do-or-die raid.
15-13 Mahesh claims to have a toe touch on Manjeet and gets the point in a do-or-die raid.
15-12 Manjeet comes back with an empty raid despite Surjeet allowing him huge space in the left corner.
First-Half:
15-12 Vijin is taken out by Vijay on the left corner with the final raid of the half-time. So far so good for the host, but will it sustain the lead after buckling under pressure for two consecutive games?
14-12 Jang Kun Lee is unable to get out of the Patna defence in a do-or-die raid.
13-12 Deepak Narwal tries to jump over two defenders but is caught mid-air by Shrikant and Amit Kumar.
13-11 Ran Singh manages to gets his fourth raid point of the match as he manages to get a touch on Tae Deok Eom.
12-9 Mahesh Goud tries to go for the bonus line but he gives Jaideep enough to time to get an ankle hold on him.
11-8 Manjeet takes out Surjeet yet again with a clever toe touch.
9-7 Ran Singh gets a bonus, but he is tackled by Vijay and Patna gets its first all out.
6-6 Deepak Narwal reduces Bengal to just one player with his latest raid.
5-4 Manjeet gets Shrikanth Tewatia to give the host lead for the first time in the match.
4-4 The host gets four points in a row without conceding as Jang Kun Lee is tackled by Vijay on the right corner.
3-4 Surjeet gets a hold on Manjeet but Ran Singh hesitates for a moment and the raider takes the star man out.
2-4 Tushar Patil picks his team's first point of the match, Tae Deok Eom comes up with an ankle hold to add to the Pirates' scoreline.
0-4 Jang Kun Lee comes back with yet another point, as Patna looks depleted in the absence of Pardeep.
0-2 Manjeet is tackled by the Bengal defence, the visitor takes an early lead.
0-0 Deepak Narwal comes back with an empty raider in the absence of injured skipper Pardeep Narwal.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Overall: Matches –12| Patna Pirates – 7 | Bengal Warriors – 2 | Tie - 3
- Patna Pirates have a 7-2 edge in the head-to-head over Bengal Warrior with 3 matches ending in a tie.
- In 12 games, just once the score difference has been of more than 7 points.
- The fourth meeting was in Qualifier 2 in the Playoffs which Patna won by 3 points.
- Patna Pirates PKL 6: 3 wins, 6 losses. Lost last match against Bengaluru Bulls by 2 points. Patna has now lost 4 matches in a row.
- Bengal Warriors PKL 6: 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie. Won their last match against Jaipur Pink Panthers by 11 points.
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