Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Highlights: Mohit powers Puneri Paltan to a 43-32 victory over U Mumba after Naveen, Ashu help Dabang Delhi beat Bengaluru Bulls 38-31

Its all over tonight. Puneri win the Maharashtra Derby.

Puneri Paltan 43-32 U Mumba

Mumba gets a bonus point. 

Another team tackle by Puneri. They are relentless. 

Mumba gets a tackle right. 

Puneri sends another Mumba raider to the bench with a team effort. 

Mumba says bonus plus two points. Review successful, its a SUPER RAID. 

two pointer for Mumba. 

Another ALL OUT for Puneri. Mumba is in all sorts of trouble with only two and a half minutes remaining. 

Puneri takes a challenge, they think Mohit is inside, not out. Review successful. 

Super tackle by Mumba. 

Puneri sends Visvant to the bench with a brilliant team tackle. Its 13 tackle point for them. 

Time out taken by Puneri. 

Puneri with a team tackle. 

Mumba finally tackles Mohit and its a SUPER TACKLE. 

Zafardanesh goes to the bench again after getting a bonus point. 

Rinku is self out again. It has been a bad day for him. 

Mumba opens the account in the first raid of final 10 minutes with a two point raid. 

Its a time out. Puneri is leading by 13 points in the second half. 

Chiyaneh gets a point with a fast pursuit. 

Puneri’s defence with another chain tackle. Mumba down to four men. 

Mohit gets another point, its 10 points in total for him tonight. 

Rinku goes out of the mat. 

Puneri ALL OUT after Aslam gets a bonus, he’s sent to the bench. 

Haider Ali gets a touch point. Last man standing for Puneri. 

Bonus point to Puneri. 

Super tackle for Puneri again but a defender is out of the mat. 

Puneri gets a bonus point. 

Zafardanesh gets Chaiyaneh with a quick attack. 

Mohit with a brilliant hand hold on Pranay for SUPER TACKLE. 

Pranay gets another blistering running handtouch. 

Second half under way. 

First 20 minutes comes to an end. 

Puneri 21-13 Mumba

Pranay Ranes gets a running handtouch. 

Mumba gets a raid point. 

Aslam is send to the bench by Rinku. 

Zafardanesh goes to the bench again. 

Haider Ali gets a point in a do-or-die raid. 

Puneri sends another Mumba player to the bench. 

Zafardanesh opens his account with a kick. 

SUPER TACKLE for Mumba. 

Pranay almost takes out the entire Puneri team but Puneri’s defence just puts him off. 

Mohit sends Suninder to the bench. 

Puneri gets another raid point to extend its lead to 11. 

Its a breather for Mumba, which needs to regroup. 

Puneri sticks another perfect chain tackle. 

Puneri defence takes out Zafardanesh. 

Bonus point for Puneri. 

ALL OUT Mumba. Puneri has made a brilliant start to the Maharashtra derby. 

Pankaj makes a brilliant raid. All three Mumba defenders are out of bound. SUPER RAID. 

Guman gets another raid point. 

Mohit takes out Surinder with his blistering raid. 

Mohit touches Pranay. 

Two pints raid from Pranay Rane. 

Puneri gets another point, this time its a team tackle. 

Mumba defender is out of bound. 

Pankaj gets two points with a dubki. 

Zafardanesh’s first raid is an empty raid. 

Guman starts with a multipoint raid. 

Paltan won the toss and elected court. Mumba to start the raiding proceeding.

Its Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba. 

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Pranay, Guman Singh, Mahender Singh, Rinku, Surinder Singh, Visvanath V 

Abinesh Nadarajan, Aslam Inamdar, Gaurav Khatri, Mohit Goyat, Pankaj Mohite, Sanket Sawant, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh

Puneri Paltan - Aslam Inamdar will be the prime raider for Paltan this season after racking up 10 raid points in 1 match. 

Paltan’s defence will be led by Abinesh Nadarajan who has pocketed 2 tackle points in 1 game in PKL 10. 

All-rounder Mohammadreza Chiyaneh is also a player to watch out for after amassing 5 points so far.

U Mumba - Guman Singh will be Mumba’s main raider. He has accumulated 15 raid points in 2 matches. 

Mahender Singh is the top defender from the squad, claiming 7 tackle points in 2 matches so far. 

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh is the top all-rounder in the U Mumba squad having scored 22 points in 2 outings.

The last Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba match saw the latter emerge victorious with a 34-33 win in Season 9.

In PKL history, Puneri Paltan and U Mumba have played each other 20 times. With 10 wins against Puneri Paltan, U Mumba are ahead in the head-to-head record. Puneri Paltan have won this encounter 8 times while 2 matches ended in ties.

Played - 20

Puneri - 8 | Mumba - 10 | Tie - 2

Puneri Paltan - Abhinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Akash Shinde, Badal Singh, Aditya Shinde, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyanneh, Vahid Rezaeimehr, Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar, Ishwar, Hardeep

U Mumba - Surinder Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Rinku, Heidarali Ekrami, Shivam, Shivansh Thakur, Pranay Vinay Rane, Rupesh, Sachin, Girish Maruti Ernak, Mahendra Singh, Guman Singh, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Alireza Mirzaeian, Rohit Yadav, Kunal, Visvanath V, Saurav Parthe

Its full time

Bengaluru 31 - 38 Delhi

Bulls gets a point. 

Birthday boy Ashu gets another touchpoint with ease. 

Bulls takes another time out. They need to do something special to comeback from a 7 point deficit in the last 2 minutes. 

Delhi sends another Bulls raider to the bench. 

Delhi sends Bharat Hooda to the bench. 

Delhi’s defence increase its lead. 

TIME OUT takes by Bulls

Naveen is going strong, he has gone past the Super 10 again, its a two point raid. 

Sushil gets another raid point for Bulls. 

SUPER RAID from Bharat. 

Another raid point for Delhi. 

Bharat gets a bonus point. 

Bulls sends Ashu to the bench. 

Bulls challenge again. They are claiming one touchpoint. Review unsuccessful. 

Delhi keeps up its speed. 

Bharat gets a point 

Ashu Malik gets a raid point with a lightning quick raid. 

Strategic Time out. 

Delhi’s defence completes another ALL OUT. 

Naveen gets another point. 

Akshit gets a bonus point in a do-or-die raid. 

Naveen gets a running handtouch in a do-or-die raid. 

Bulls gets a bonus point from a raid. 

Ashu makes a great escape from an ankle hold. 

Delhi defence gets them another point. Neeraj is caught. 

Naveen gets a point in this latest raid. 

Bharat is caught by Delhi three man defence. 

The scores are all square again. Bulls have made a brilliant comeback after half time.

Bulls are back, Sushil gets a multi point raid. 

All OUT Delhi. Naveen is caught by Bulls. 

Bharat uses the lobby and gets two points raid. 

Another bonus point for the Express. 

Second Half begins with Naveen’s raid with bonus point. 

Nail biting contest in the last minute of the first half

Bengaluru Bulls 12 - 17 Dabang Delhi 

Bulls are claiming jersey pulling in the tackle on Bharat. Revie successful, 1 point to Bulls. 

Yellow goes to Vishal. 

Dabang Delhi’s defence just gets Bharat Hooda from crossing the mid line. 

Bulls gets Meetu Sharma in a do-or-die raid. 

Bulls gets a raid point. 

Ashu Malik goes to the bench. Bulls gets a SUPER TACKLE. 

Naveen Express gets another raid point. 

Delhi defence is contributing big time. 

Ashu gets a running handtouch. 

Bharat goes to the bench. Naveen’s single thigh hold. 

Bharat makes the home crowd roar again. 

Ashu Malik gets another raid point. 

Bulls finally get a point from a raid. 

Another bonus point for Delhi.

Delhi inflicts ALL OUT to Bulls. 

Naveen gets another raid point with ease. Bulls down to last man.

Bulls takes the first strategic time out of the match. 

Sushil gets a bonus point in a do-or-die raid. 

Ashu gets a raid point in a do-or-die raid after couple of empty raids from both teams. 

A brilliant team tackle from Delhi. 

Ashu gets a running handtouch on Surjit. 

Niraj makes an early visit to the bench. 

Its all square again. 

Meetu is taken out. 

Bharat gets another raid point. 

Bharat Hooda gets a raid point with great agility. 

Naveen gets a bonus and gets a raid point. The Naveen Express is on. 

Vikash starts for Bengaluru, its an empty raid. 

Delhi won the toss and elected court. Bengaluru to start the raiding proceeding.

We’re moments away from LIVE action. Both teams are on the mat.

The Bengaluru leg of PKL 2023 is about to begin as home team Bengaluru Bulls will face a steep challenge from Dabang Delhi KC. 

Meetu Sharma, Himmat Antil, Vishal Bhardwaj, Yogesh, Naveen Kumar (C), Mohit, Ashu Malik

Bharat, Aman, Vishal, Surjeet Singh, Neeraj Narwal, Saurabh Nandal (C), Vikash Kandola

Bengaluru Bulls - With 11 raid points in 2 matches, Bharat leads the raiding department for Bulls. He picked up 5 raid points in his previous appearance this season. 

The defence is led by Vishal who has pocketed 7 tackle points in 2 games in PKL 10. All-rounder Sachin Narwal is also a player to watch out for after amassing 3 points for the Bulls in Season 10.

Dabang Delhi KC - Naveen Kumar has been the top raider for Dabang Delhi K.C. in Season 10. He has accumulated 14 raid points in 1 match, including 1 do-or-die raid point. 

Vishal Bhardwaj will lead the defence for Dabang Delhi K.C. and has scored 2 tackle points in 1 match so far.

The last time match between Bengaluru Bulls and Dabang Delhi K.C. in Season 9 saw the former come out on top with a 56-24 victory.

Bengaluru Bulls have faced Dabang Delhi K. C. 20 times in the history of PKL. Both teams have won 9 matches each in this head-to-head, while 2 encounters between these sides ended in ties.

Played - 20 

Bengaluru Bulls - 9 | Dabang Delhi KC - 9 | Tie - 2

Bengaluru Bulls - Neeraj Narwal, Bharat, Saurabh Nandal, Yash Hooda, Vishal, Vikash Khandola, Ran Singh, Md. Liton Ali, Piotr Pamulak, Ponparthiban Subramanian, Sunder, Surjeet Singh, Abhishek Singh, Banty, Monu, Ankit, Sushil, Rakshit, Rohit Kumar

Dabang Delhi KC - Naveen Kumar, Vijay, Manjeet, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sunil, Ashu Malik, Meetu, Nitin Chandel, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Akash Prasher, Vikrant, Felix Li, Yuvraj Pandeya, Mohit

The Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 matches will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

Match 1: Bengaluru Bulls vs Dabang Delhi KC - 8 PM, IST

Match 2: Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba - 9 PM, IST

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Pro Kabaddi League matchday 7 where Bengaluru bulls takes on Dabang Delhi KC and Puneri Paltan faces U Mumba at the Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru on Friday. Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates.