Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Highlights: Gujarat beats Bengaluru 34-31 in thriller before Ajinkya Pawar’s one-man show leads Tamil to 42-31 win over Delhi - PKL 10 matchday 2 updates

A game which turned its course several times only to finish in the favour of the home team as Gujarat got the second win in two days and is off to a wonderful start under new and experienced captain Fazel Atrachali. 

A do-or-die raid for Gujarat and Sonu makes sure to roll down the clock to secure a win for his team while getting out in the last raid of the match. 

Aman makes an empty raid with just 15 seconds to go and this move is confusing as the Bulls have nothing to lose from here and Aman should have gone hard for it. 

Sonu dives ahead to hold Neeraj Narwal who was flummoxed by the three-man defence as Gujarat extends its lead to four points with another SUPER TACKLE!

Rakesh and Sourav Gulia combined to SUPER TACKLE the dangerous-looking Bharat to get two points this time. 

Rakesh goes into the raid and picks up Surjeet Singh. 

Bengaluru Bulls asks for a timeout. 

Bharat goes in the raid and he picks up the captain Fazel Atrachali to extend the lead to two points. 

A bonus for Rakesh. 

Bharat forces mistakes from Gujarat as Sombir goes out of bounds. 

Nabibaksh goes in the raid and has to go out after Neeraj Narwal tackles the Iranian. 

Bharat picks Rohit Gulia with a running hand touch to equalise the scoreline at 27-all. 

Aman gets hold of Sonu’s ankle and Saurabh Nandal comes from the other corner to do the rest and tackle the man in form for Gujarat. 

The right cover Sourav Gulia offered an easy point to Bharat after going for a weak double anklehold attempt. 

Sonu, in return, takes back a point in the do-or-die raid to complete his second super-10 in succession. He picks up Ponparthiban Subramanian. 

Vikash Kandola has been given the responsibility to go ahead in the do-or-die raid and he gets the job done with a touchpoint of Arkam after the latter lost his patience and went for an unnecessary backhold. 

A strategic timeout taken with just 10 minutes on the clock.

Sonu goes in the raid and he takes another touchpoint, this time of Bulls’ left corner Surjeet Singh. 

Bharat goes in the raid and Sombir gets the better of the tall raider as he blocks him for a point in defence. 

Surjeet Singh gives his touchpoint to Sonu as Gujarat Giants gets its revenge with an ALL-OUT in return to come into the lead. 

Fazel, with a solid anklehold, removes Abhishek Singh to reduce Bengaluru with one man on the mat. 

Sonu escapes the advanced tackle attempt of Vishal to reduce the lead. 

Arkram Shaikh has been tremendous as he tackles Vishal Kandola, who came in the do-or-die raid with a backhold. 

SUPER TACKLE: Vishal, Monu and Saurabh Nandal combined to tackle Mohammad Nabibakhsh and get two points in defence. 

Bharat has been tamed yet again as Arkram comes early with a chain to reduce Bengaluru’s lead to just three points now. 

SUPER RAID: Sonu makes it count yet again as he delivers for the home team when needed the most! Sonu makes way for himself after powering through the chain of Saurabh Nandal and Neeraj Narwal. Aman also gets in the tussle to give Sonu his third point in this raid. 

Vikash gets a tag on Nabibaksh for a point in the second half. 

Gujarat Giants was not up to the mark in offence which proved costly to the home team as it trails by six points at halftime. Bengaluru meanwhile looked much more compact in both offence and defence today. Good early signs for the Bulls this season. 

Vikash Kandola tumbles but not before going back with a point of Sombir while in the raid. The lead extends to six points for Bengaluru. 

Bharat initiates a tackle on Rohit Gulia and gets him too! A point for the lanky raider in the defence. 

Finally a point for Rohit Gulia in the raid as he picks up opponent captain Saurabh Nanda. 

The mistakes continue to mount as Arkam Shaikh gets picked up by Neeraj Narwal. 

Sonu makes a failed back-kick attempt while raiding as Surjeet Singh comes from the left corner to dash him out. 

Bharat goes in the do-or-die raid and manages a bonus but Arkam Shaikh pounced on him to tackle and get a crucial point in defence. 

Rohit Gulia picks Vishal in the raid. 

Saurabh Nandal extends Bengaluru’s lead by tacking Sonu. 

Parteek Dahiya, the last man could not do much as he takes a bonus before getting tackled by Surjeet Singh as BULLS FINALLY GETS THE ALL-OUT!

SUPER RAID: Vikash goes in the raid and does the clean-up act with three touchpoints of Sombir, Rohit Gulia and Arkam Shaikh. This is a FIVE-POINT RAID AS BULLS INFLICTS FIRST ALL-OUT ON GIANTS! What a way to make a comeback as the Bulls straightaway goes in a four-point lead after trailing by a point in a single raid.

Wait wait wait, forget everything. The review by Gujarat was successful as the verdict has been overturned as only two points of Sombir and Rohit Gulia are given now.

A bonus for Rohit Gulia. 

SUPER TACKLE: Sombir initiated another super tackle to Bharat and Rohit Gulia came on time to restore parity in the scoreline, yet again. Third super tackle for the home team. 

Aman gets the second tackle point after thumping the man in form, for Gujarat, Sonu down. 

Bharat picks Fazel Atrachali this time. 

SUPER TACKLE! The deadly duo of Sombir and Fazel Atrachali combined well to tackle Neeraj Narwal for two points. 

Now it is a do-or-die raid for Gujarat Giants but Rakesh could not replicate Vikash and has been tackled led by captain Saurabh Nandal. 

A do-or-die raid for Bengaluru Bulls and it is their specialist Vikash Kandola, who goes in the raid. He picks Nabibakhsh for a crucial point in the raid after the Iranian failed to keep him on his half. 

Sonu restores parity with a multi-point raid to send Surjeet Singh and Aman to the bench. 

SUPER TACKLE! Mohammad Nabibaksh, you beauty! He gets Bharat’s ankles and puts his life to drag him back and Sonu comes on time to tackle the lanky raider. 

Sonu gets a bonus to open the home team’s account in this match. 

Bharat goes in the raid and he makes sure to take the touchpoint of Arkam Shaikh. Gujarat is on the brink of getting all-out. 

Rohit Gulia goes to bench after Vishal leads the tackle in defence. 

Neeraj Narwal goes in the first raid for Bengaluru Bulls and he gets not one but two touchpoints of Fazel Atrachali and Sombir. 

Rakesh starts the proceedings with the raid but the home team concedes the first points as Aman tackles the raider with ease. 

Bengaluru Bulls won the toss and selected the court. Gujarat will start the raid. 

Gujarat Giants: Rakesh, Rohit Gulia, Mohammad Nabibaksh, Sombir, Fazel Atrachali, Akram Shaikh, Sourav Gulia

Bengaluru Bulls: Vikash Kandola, Surjeet Singh, Vishal, Bharat, Neeraj Narwal, Saurabh Nandal, Aman

There was no match to Ajinka Pawar today as he got 21 points to lead Tamil Thalaivas to an easy win with his all-round performance. 

Pawar finished the game with 21 points as Himmat Antil failed to get a hold of him just before the full-time whistle. 

Ashu Malik gets Himanshu but it is too late too little for the Dabang Delhi as just seven seconds are left of the clock. 

Pawar is unstoppable as the last man for Thalaivas picks another point in the raid to deny Delhi three all-out points. 

Naveen Kumar picks M. Abishek to reduce Tamil to one-man on the mat. 

A bonus for Pawar. 

Sahil Gulia tries his best to tackle Ashu Malik single-handedly but cannot do so as the raider gets a point in the raid. 

Yogesh tackles Narender with a backhold but the latter consumes good 25 seconds. 

Sagar goes for an advanced tackle but Ashu Malik is agile enough to go back with a touchpoint. 

Naveen picks Nitesh Kumar in the raid. 

Dabang Delhi takes a timeout with 2 minutes and 37 seconds on the clock. 

Anjinkya Pawar initiates the tackle and gets much-needed support from others to make sure he gets his 18th point of the match as Manjeet has to go back to the bench. 

Another mistake from Himmat Antil as Narender gets another point in the raid. 

Himanshu was caught napping when Naveen slid his way down in the right corner to pick Himanshu’s touchpoint. 

A bonus for Narender and he looks much better in this half now. 

Naveen this time gets a multi-point raid as he picks M. Abishek and Sahil Gulia to complete super 10. 

SUPER RAID: Sunil makes an error while going for an anklehold of Narender, who goes back with three points courtesy of a bonus and another touchpoint of Himmat Antil while going back. 

A quick bonus for Naveen. 

Naveen gets a toe-touch of Himanshu in the raid. 

Narender picks up the third point after escaping a weak dash of Himmat Antil. 

Ashu Malik, the last man for Delhi has been tackled led by M. Abishek in the defence as TAMIL FORCES SECOND ALL-OUT ON DELHI! A bonus for Ashu. 

Pawar reduces Delhi to one man with a point of Ashish in the raid. 

Naveen Kumar goes in the do-or-die raid but he has been thrashed out by Nitesh Kumar. Delhi is on the brink of getting all out for the second time. 

A do-or-die raid for the superman Pawar and he makes it count with another multi-poit raid. He reduces Delhi to three-man with two touchpoints of Sunil and Vishal Bhardwaj. 

Ashu Malik keeps Delhi in the hunt with single points in the raid. He gets Narender this time. 

Another multi-point raid for Pawar. He gets two points from Himmat Antil Mohit!

Ashu Malik gets a touchpoint of Sahil Gulia. 

SUPER RAID: Ajinkya Pawar, the last man for Tamil, goes in the raid. Can he salvage at least a bonus? No, he says, he gives something better to his fans! He delivers a super raid to come back with two touchpoints and a bonus as Tamil somehow denies the all-out. Vishal Bhardwaj and Sunil go out. 

Naveen Kumar has been SUPER TACKLEDby a three-man defence of Tamil but hang on, there is a twist! Nitesh Kumar and Sagar had to go out after the former went out of bounds and joined the latter in the tussle against Naveen. 

A bonus for Pawar. 

Ashu Malik gets a touchpoint of Amirhossein Bastami while in the raid. 

Ajinkya Pawar gets his eighth point. Takes out Sunil with a back kick. 

Amirhossein Bastami, Nitesh Kumar and Ajinkya Pawar make sure to stay safe against Naveen, who makes the first raid in the second half. 

Naveen comes back empty-handed as the first half comes to an end. 

Rusty-looking Narender goes back to the bench just after he was revied as Himmat Antil tackles him for a point. 

SUPER TACKLE: Naveen Kumar has been tackled by the three-man defence of Tamil this time and it is the man in-form for Tamil, Ajinkya Pawar who gets his point. 

SUPER RAID: Naveen, who lured the left corner goes back with three touchpoints of Sagar, Sahil Gulia and Himanshu to reduce Tamil’s lead within a flash. A super raid in fact for the Delhi captain. 

Narender is in the raid and has been tackled this time with a much more determined Delhi’s defence. 

Manjeet substitutes Vishal Bhardwaj as the last man goes for the raid but he has been tamed down by solid-looking Tamil’s defence led by M. Abishek this time. TAMIL INFLICTS THE FIRST ALL-OUT ON DELHI!

Pawar goes in the raid against a two-man defence and makes it one-man after coming back with a touchpoint of Himmat Antil. 

Delhi’s captain has been tamed as Himashu gets the tackle point. Tamil is making inroads at the end of the first half with consistent points in both offence and defence. 

Narender goes in the raid and he gets his first point of the match and this season. He comes back with not one but two touchpoints of Sunil and Yogesh. 

Sahil Gulia holds Ashu Malik’s ankles and gets ample support to hunt the quick raider down. 

Vishal Bhardwaj blocks strong Pawar single-handedly to pull one point back. 

Meetu Sharma goes too deep while looking for a desperate point in the raid but he has been thumped down with a chain combination tackle initiated by captain Sagar. 

A bonus for Pawar. 

Ashu Malik goes in the raid and he puts Delhi in the lead after landing a back kick on Mohit. 

A couple of empty raids from both teams. 

Timeout taken as little more than 9 minutes left on the clock of the first half. 

Ajinkya Pawar gets his third point after Yogesh makes a mistake while going for a premature tackle. 6 apiece now. 

A sliding toe touch on Narender fetches Navin a point while in the raid. 

Sahil Gulia initiates the tackle on Meetu Sharma to restore parity in the scoreline. 

Ajinkya Pawar gets a lovely point in the raid with a timely back kick on Yogesh. 

Navin has to go in the do-or-die raid, there is no bonus on offer but Navin gets a faint touch on Himanshu to induce further damage on the men in yellow. 

Himanshu gets a bonus. 

Narender goes in the raid, only to get tackled by the Delhi’s defence led by Vishal Bhardwaj. 

Meetu Shamra gets a sliding toe touch on M. Abishek for a point in his first raid. 

Ajinkya Pawan goes in the raid and is confident of a touchpoint of Himmat Antil but the referee thinks otherwise. Sagar consults with Pawan before going for the review but the replay shows nothing conclusive to overturn the decision as Tamil loses its only review very early in the match. 

Tamil vice-captain Ajinkya Pawan goes in his first raid and he makes quick footwork to touch Vishal Bhardwaj for a point in the raid. 

Himanshu makes a half-hearted backhold attempt at Ashu Malik but the latter was quick to get back to the midline with a point in hand. 

Narender is in the raid and Delhi’s defence has engulfed him but Yogesh goes out of bounds first as Tamil opens account with this mistake. 

Sahil Gulia was left stunned as Navin Kumar got the first point in his first raid of the match with a bac kkick on the left corner. 

Narender goes on the raid and goes deep in the left corner eyeing for a bonus but comes back empty-handed in the first raid of the match. 

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

The first matchup between Tamil and Delhi is about to begin now as players from both teams are there in the middle. 

It is the battle of the two equals. Both Gujarat and Bengaluru have won five games each in the 11 times they have faced each other; the other game resulted in a 30-30 tie.

Total: 11 | Gujarat: 5 | Bengaluru: 5 | Tie: 1

Gujarat Giants: Manuj, Sonu, Rakesh, Rohan Singh, Parteek Dahiya, Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Arkam Shaikh, Sombir, Vikas Jaglan, Sourav Gulia, Deepak Rajender Singh, Ravi Kumar, More GB, Jitender Yadav, Nitesh, Jagdeep, Balaji D

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

Tamil Thalaivas: Narender, M. Abhishek, Mohit, Himanshu, Ajinkya Pawar, Sagar (C), Sahil Gulia

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

Tamil Thalaivas: With 243 raid points in 23 matches under his belt from his debut season last year, Narender will once again lead the raiding department for the men in yellow in the upcoming campaign.

Meanwhile, Thalaivas’ defensive duties will be shouldered mainly by Sagar, who has scored 157 tackle points in 52 PKL matches. 

Dabang Delhi: Naveen Kumar will be the top raider for Delhi in PKL Season 10. He has accumulated 934 raid points in 85 PKL matches, including 86 do-or-die raid points.

Vishal Bhardwaj is the best defender in the Dabang Delhi K. C. squad having claimed 288 tackle points in 99 matches.

The last match between Tamil Thalaivas and Dabang Delhi in Season 9 ended in a tie.

Total: 8 | Tamil Thalaivas: 5 | Dabang Delhi: 1 | Tie: 2

Tamil Thalaivas: Ajinkya Pawar, Sagar, Himanshu, M Abhishek, Sahil, Mohit, Aashish, Narender, Himanshu, Jatin, Himanshu Singh, Selvamani K, Ritik, Masanmutu Lakshnanan, Satish Kanan, Amirhossein Bastami, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi

Dabang Delhi: 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: Tamil Thalaivas vs Dabang Delhi - 8 PM, IST

Match 2: Gujarat Giants vs Bengaluru Bulls - 9 PM, IST

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