PKL 10 Highlights: Ashu Malik leads Dabang Delhi to 35-25 win vs UP Yoddhas; Defence shines to give 52-34 win to U Mumba over Telugu Titans

Ashu Malik goes in the raid with less than 30 seconds on the mat which means it will be the last raid of the match. He waits enough to roll down the clock first and then does the clean-up act to come back with THREE TOUCHPOINTS with a SUPER RAID to all-out UP Yoddhas in the last raid! Delhi gets five points as it wins by 35-25! 

Anil, who was instructed to come back after putting a small 9-10 seconds raid, has been tackled by Delhi’s defence as the match is as soon as done for the home team!

Anil Kumar gets a running hand touch on Vikrant. 

The tackle brings Pardeep Narwal back on the mat. He goes in the raid only to get tackled one more time! Asish is the one who got the first touch on Narwal. 

Sumit, Ashu Singh and Harendra Kumar are only the three men on the mat for UP Yoddhas. Sumit gets an anklehold of Manjeet, who was in the do-or-die raid to get two tackle points. 

Ashish tackles Mahipal, who was very close to the midline but could not do so. 

Sumit gets another super tackle as he gets Ashu Malik. 

Vijay Malik has been tackled by Ashish. 

Manjeet has been ushered off by Sumit, who gets two super tackle points. 

Another bonus for Vijay Malik. 

A quick bonus for Vijay Malik. 

Manjeet gets a running hand touch on Nitesh Kumar. 

Pardeep Narwal, who comes in the do-or-die raid has been sent away after Yoegesh tackles him with an anklehold. 

Meetu Sharma loses his balance and goes into the lobby without a touch in the do-or-die raid. A freebie point to UP Yoddhas. 

Another point for Delhi in defence. Ashish comes with a hefty dash on Mahipal. 

Ashu Malik uses his jump quite well to come back with a touchpoint of Ashu Singh. 

A bonus for Ashu Malik. 

A yellow card has been shown to UP Yoddhas’ Nitesh Kumar on disciplinary grounds and he will have to go out for two minutes. 

The young defender duo of Ashish and Yogesh SUPER TACKLED Pardeep Narwal, who was in the do-or-die raid. 

Meetu Sharma gets a bonus in the do-or-die raid. 

Vikrant dives on Pardeep but cannot get any hold. Another point for the UP Yoddhas captain in the do-or-die raid. 

Ashu Singh tackles Manjeet as it is only a four-point lead for Delhi. 

Vishal Bhardwaj goes for a solo tackle on Pawan but the raider manages to find his way back. 

Manjeet uses a kick and goes to the lobby to assert his dominance. He gets the point of Vijay Malik. 

Manjeet rolls down the clock as we come to the end of the exciting first half. It is the visiting team which are in the five-point lead. 

A bonus for Manjeet. 

Pardeep Narwal goes in the do-or-die raid and comes back with a touchpoint after Yogesh makes a hasty take on him. 

Sumit gets an anklehold on Ashu Malik to send the opposition captain away, who came in the do-or-die raid. 

Surender Gill picks up Ashish in the raid. 

Vijay Malik makes an error on Manjeet by going too early to give him his touchpoint. 

Nitesh Kumar dives on Meetu Sharma to get a hold of his ankles and it will be the first tackle point for the local team in 13 minutes. 

Vijay Malik gets his first point. A bonus for him in the raid. 

Meetu Sharma gets a bonus. 

Vikrant levels his personal score with Pardeep Narwal as he tackles the opposition captain for the second time! 

A bonus for Surender Gill but he has been ushered off the mat by Manjeet. Dabang Delhi gets an early all-out on UP Yoddhas!

Ashu Malik picks Kiran Magar to reduce UP Yoddhas with only Surender Gill, one more time. 

Surender Gill will need more than a bonus as he is the lone survivor for UP. He gets exactly the same to come back with a touchpoint of Yogesh and a bonus. 

Meetu shows agility to come back with two touchpoints of Nitesh Kumar and Vijay Malik as Surender Gill is the only man left for UP Yoddhas on the mat. 

Vikrant finally gets one back as he tackles Pardeep Narwal to make it three-point lead for Delhi. 

The stand-in captain, Ashu Malik, delivers big when needed the most as he gets a SUPER RAID! A bonus with two touchpoints of Sumit and Gurdeep. 

Manjeet touches Ashu Singh to reduce the UP lead by only one point. 

Pardeep Narwal gets his fourth point as he removes Yogesh. 

Ashu Malik removes the dangerous Surender Gill in the raid. 

A bonus for Pardeep Narwal. 

The vintage dubki is back as Pardeep Narwal escapes Vikrant for the second time. 

Ashu Malik removes Sumit with a sliding toe touch. 

Pardeep Narwal throws the kick on Vikrant and it lands to give Narwal a point in the first raid. 

Dabang Delhi won the toss and selected the court as UP Yoddhas will start the raid. 

UP Yoddhas: Pardeep Narwal, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Vijay Malik, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit

Dabang Delhi: Ashu Malik, Manjeet, Mohit, Vikrant, Meetu Sharma, Yogesh, Ashish

Kunal gets a touch on Hamid Nader to end the drubbing of Telugu Titans as U Mumba completely annihilated a Pawan Sehrawat-less Telugu. 

Sombir super tackles Prafull Zaware!

Kunal goes into the raid and touches Omkar R. More. 

Prafull Zaware gets another. He leapt in the air to come back with a touchpoint of Jai Bhagwan. 

Prafull Zaware touches Heiderali Ekrami. 

Hamid Nader tackles Shivam but less than one minute on the clock means the writing are already on the wall for Telugu. 

Robin Choudhary touches Sombir and Surinder Singh to come back with two points. 

Jai Bhagwan comes quickly after touching Sandeep Dhull. 

Robin Choudhary touches Surinder Singh. 

Jai Bhagwan does the clean-up act with a SUPER RAID that sent Sandeep Dhull, Parvesh Bhainswal and Hamid Nader back to the bench. A five-point raid gives Mumba another all-out on Telugu.

Omkar R. More has been tackled by Rinku.

The first point for Surinder Singh as he tackled Robin Choudhary. 

Rinku pounces on Rajnish to single-handedly take the raider down as it is another SUPER TACKLE!

Heidarali Ekrami goes into the do-or-die raid and Sandeep Dhull tackles the Iranian for a point. 

Rinku this time got ample support from Sombir and Mahender Singh as they SUPER TACKLE PRafull Zaware. 

Rinku and Mahender Singh SUPER TACKLED Robin Chaudhary for another two points. 

Jai Bhagwan goes out of bounds in the raid and he gifts a freebie point to Telugu. 

Jai Bhagwan and Rinku SUPER TACKLE Rajnish for two points. 

A bonus for Jai Bhagwan in the do-or-die raid. 

Rajnish goes into the do-or-die raid and gets a kick on Girish Maruti Ernak to reduce Mumba with only two men on the mat. 

Sandeep Dhull further reduces Mumba’s lead after tackling Zafardanesh. 

Rajnish makes a mini-comeback for Telugu after delivering a SUPER RAID as he picks Sombir, Mahender Singh and Surinder Singh. 

Amirmohammed Zafardanesh comes back with a touchpoint of Robin Chaudhary. 

Sombir tackles Prafull Zaware for his sixth point in defence. 

Guman Singh completes his Super 10 by escaping Ajit Pawar’s tackle. 

Prafull Zaware gets a faint touch on Rinku. 

A bonus will take Guman Singh to nine points. 

Robin Choudhary gets a backkick on Amirmohammad Zafardanesh and also escapes the last-minute tackle attempt from Mumba skipper Surinder Singh to come back with two points. 

Prafull Zaware gets a bonus before Sombir tackles him to complete his high-five as Telugu has been all-out for the second time by U Mumba. 

Prafull Zaware, the last man for Telugu, takes the bonus, but he will be alone and can he make a difference when he goes back to defence? The first half comes to an end as it is U Mumba which has shown dominance over the 12th-placed team. 

Zafardanesh touches Sandeep Dhull to reduce Telugu to one man. 

Prafull Zaware gets a bonus to deny a point in the do-or-die raid. 

Guman Singh tries for a pursuit in the do-or-die raid and lures Milad Jabaari to get back with a quick touchpoint. 

Rajnish runs into Rinku’s chain to get tackled. 

Guman Singh looks much more confident and menacing today. He gets a SUPER RAID to touch Ajit Pawar, Omkar R. More and Hamid Nader, all three in a single raid. 

Rajnish comes back with a point of Sombir after delivering a scorpion kick on the defender. 

An easy point for Amirmohammad Zafardanesh in the raid after he touched Ajit Pawar. 

Rajnish goes in the raid and Mahender Singh tried to usher him out with a dash. Surinder Singh was also involved in the unsuccessful dash as Rajnish goes back with two crucial touches. 

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh does the clean up act as he removes Milad Jabbari and Parvesh Bhainswal. U Mumba inflicts first all-out on Telugu Titans.

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh takes out Robin Choudhary to reduce Telugu with two men on the mat. 

A bonus for Robin Choudhary to restore parity. 

Milad Jabbari and Parvesh Bhainswal combined to SUPER TACKLE Visvanath V for two tackle points. 

A bonus for Rajnish. 

Amirmohammed Zafardanesh goes in the do and he has created havoc in Telugu’s defence with a SUPER RAID! He takes out Omkar R. More, Sandeep Dhull and Prafull Zaware

Robin Choudhary pulls one back with a touchpoint of Surinder Singh in the do-or-die raid. 

Guman Singh goes in the do-or-die raid and comes back with not one but two raid points of Ajit Pawar and Hamid Nader. 

Rinku goes out of bounds after Prafull Zaware was tackled by Sombir. Another set of one point each to both teams. 

Omkar R. More dashes Amirmohammed Zafardanesh out but the defender also goes out of bounds as one point each awarded to both teams. 

Sombir is just unstoppable in the defense today. He tackles Robin Choudhary for his third point in defence. 

Hamid Nader tackles Guman Singh for the second time in succession. 

It is a do-or-die raid for Telugu Titans after two consecutive empty raid. Prafull Zaware goes in the raid but Sombir tackles him to make it four-all. 

Ajit Pawar tackles Visvanath V to put Telugu Titans in the lead. 

Sandeep Dhull tackles Amirmohammad Zafardanesh to restore pairty. 

Hamid Nader sends the danger man -- Guman Singh -- with a quick running handtouch. 

A bonus for Guman Singh. 

Sombir gets an anklehold on Rajinish to put U Mumba in lead. 

Prafull Zaware gets back the point after touching Visvanath V. 

Guman Singh goes in the raid. He escapes the dash from Ajit Pawar to start the proceedings of the game with a point. 

Telugu Titans: Robin Choudhary, Omkar. Ajit Pawar, Rajnish, Hamid Nader, Prafull Zaware, Sandeep Dhull

U Mumba: Guman Singh, Amirmohammed Zafardanesh, Surinder Singh, Mahender Singh, Visvanth V, Sombir, Rinku

With 1 win and 6 losses, Telugu is twelfth on the PKL Season 10 points table with 8 points.

On the other hand, Mumba is seventh after winning 4 matches and losing 2. It has a total of 21 points.

The previous contest between Telugu and Mumba ended in the favour of Telugu as it won 32-26.

Telugu Titans

With 76 raid points in 7 matches, Pawan Sehrawat leads the raiding department for the Titans. He picked up 13 points in his last appearance.

Meanwhile, Titans’ defensive duties will be shouldered mainly by Ajit Pawar, who has scored 16 tackle points in 6 matches of PKL Season 10.

All-rounder Sanjeevi S is also a player to watch out for, after amassing 14 points. 

U Mumba

Guman Singh has been the top raider for U Mumba in Season 10. He has amassed 44 raid points in 6 matches.

Mahender Singh is the top defender from the squad, claiming 16 tackle points in 6 matches.

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh is the top all-rounder in the Mumba squad, scoring 56 points in 6 outings.

In PKL history, Telugu Titans and U Mumba have played each other 16 times.

With 9 wins against Telugu, Mumba is ahead in the head-to-head record. Telugu has won 5 times, and 2 matches ended in a tie.

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