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Why have the sides settled for a tie? Manjeet had a lot of time to trigger a do-or-die raid for Delhi and catch him on the back foot. But they stay safe and finish with a tie. Was this too safe an approach from Patna? In a way, they’ll be happy to not have an entry in the loss column. Much to dissect about this game. 

OH SACHIN LEVELS THE SCORES. He wriggles out of Vishal Bharadwaj’s ankle hold and gets another person on his way. Incredible effort. 100 points in PKL 10. What an effort from Sachin

Too hasty from Patna. Neeraj went in by himself for a dash. Too close to the midline. 

Sachin takes out Mohit and a bonus point. And now the lead is down to a single point! Under 1 and a half minutes left in this game.

Delhi head coach Rambir Khokar is handed a green card for disrupting the game and he is warned 

Delhi 3

Patna 9

Sachin gets one more point for Patna. Quick raid, touch point and out. Lead is down to just three points. Rambir Singh Khokar is telling his boys that the entire team is on the mat and the match is still very much in their favour. 

Neeraj has dashed out Meetu who is technically the last man on the mat, given Ashish is seeing out his 2 minutes for the neckholding. Hefty penalty as the ALL OUT IS INFLICTED.

Sachin manages to slip out of an ankle hold. Delhi down to two men

WHAT A SUPER TACKLE. Ashish gave the Patna raider no time to even settle into the raid. A neck holding warning and the referee takes out the yellow card. He needs to sit out for 2 whole minutes. Under 5 minutes left in this game. 

Ashu Malik is finally brought down. Ankit brings sown the Delhi captain. Delhi seems to think they have a super raid and they review asking for four points. The first replay we saw didn’t seem to show him crossing the midline. His finger is ON the midline but no part of his fingers are seen beyond the midline. Good work from Patna. REVIEW UNSUCCESSFUL.

Ashu negotiates a raid safely. Sandeep comes in and manages to take out Manjeet with a pacey move around the right corner. 

Ashu gets a running hand touch on Neeraj Kumar. So effective is Ashu. Incredible. Delhi then brings down Sandeep, but has Yogesh gone out of bounds? Raider is safe! Yogesh has to go. 

Sandeep Kumar takes out Vikrant with a big kick. Lovely balance as Vikrant is left befuddled. 

Meetu tried to use his speed to touch and run, but Patna’s Neeraj blocks him and he has help in containing Meetu

Manjeet takes his time as he tempts the defence along with him. He gets a running hand touch on Ashish

He speaks specifically to Manjeet. Go for shorter raids, get more bonus points. Make them play on the do-or-die raids

Dabang Delhi has a ten-point lead heading into the last 10 minutes of this game. What can Patna do to find a way back in this game? 

Sachin is brought down by Yogesh again. Desperation on the Patna skipper’s face. 

My word. Ankit Jaglan pushed Meetu out like a wave crashing on the shore. Massive dash this and a big sound produced too. 

Aashish brings down Sandeep, Sachin took a backseat to allow the raider with rhythm to maximise but Aashish’s anklehold does the trick as he’s brought down on the left flank. 

Bonus point for Meetu, meanwhile Sandeep lunges out and gets a touch on Vikrant as he’s turning back to return to his side

Sandeep gets a running hand touch on Mohit. Clean work. 

Meetu has found rhythm. Neeraj makes a mistake by pursuing Meetu so far ahead 

Sachin is so animated. He takes out a defender and is vehemently asking for a point

DELHI 7

PATNA 14

Yogesh comes in with the advanced tackle on Manjeet. Gets as hold on his ankle as reinforcement comes in from the left corner and cover. Manjeet gets a bonus but Delhi reaps higher dividends. 

Feeble ankle hold on Ashu as Manjeet is again reduced to the last man standing

Manjeet gets bonus plus a point to stall the inevitable 

Manjeet is the lone man standing, after Ashu reduces Patna to one man. 

SUPER 10 FOR ASHU. His sixth of the season. Patna follows it up with a bonus

Manjeet comes in on a do-or-die raid and is happy with a bonus

Meetu is not taking risks and isn’t going deep to try going for points. Something Delhi has to work with him on. Ashu comes in, but goes back without adding to the scoreboard. Meetu returns on a do-or-die raid. He’s moving side to side and is almost blocked, but he pushes past, gets that pace in his run back and gets a point for his side. Lovely speed. Pushes Krishan Dhull off. 

Vikrant gets a hold on Sachin’s leg and brings him down. That is the end of the first half. Six point lead in favour of Dabang Delhi.

Ashu gets Ankit Jaglan for his 300th point in PKL. Lovely work. 

Sachin sends the right corner out of bounds without making any contact. 

Sachin is incredibly agile. He manages to get a touch on the right corner, tumbles off to safety to give his side a point. Oh but hold on, referee gives two points, one touch and a defender out of bounds. The touch is what Sachin gets on Yogesh, who he wrestles to go out. Delhi reviews. Is there a second point here? ONLY ONE POINT. Dabang Delhi reviews successfully.

Meetu walks into the chain. 

Sudhakar nearly cleans up a whole bunch of Delhi players but the defence steps up. Fans are seen disappointed. 

Ashu Malik gets a bonus

Sudhakar comes in, as the last man. They want him to keep trying, but he is surrounded eventually and Vikrant leads the tackle. That brings up the first all out of this game. Bonus for the Pirates

Meetu has left Patna with one man left on the mat. Running hand touch on the right corner. 

Vikrant comes in with a frontal block and leaves Manjeet stranded deep in the Delhi half. 

Manjeet can defend and he proves it to us. Ashu tries to go aerial. Manjeet catches his ankles mid air and brings him down. He has Manish for assistance. Brilliant SUPER TACKLE.

Here is the definition of a solo effort that nearly won a team its match

Dabang Delhi K. C. have faced Patna Pirates 18 times in the history of PKL. 

Dabang Delhi K. C. lead the head-to-head record, winning 9 times while Patna Pirates have returned with a victory on 8 occasions. One match between these teams ended in a tie.

The last Dabang Delhi K. C. vs Patna Pirates match saw the former come out on top with a 38-37 victory earlier in Season 10. 

With 7 wins, 3 losses, and a tie, Dabang Delhi K. C. are third on the PKL 10 points table with 40 points.

On the other hand, Patna Pirates are eighth after winning 5 matches and losing 6 times. They have a total of 29 points.

Ashu while going for a touch on the left corner sends him out of bounds and then gets a touch on Sachin. Manjeet gets a touch on Aashish and keeps the Pirates in the game. Pirates down to two men. The teams gets a breather. 

Ashu Malik’s speed is incredible and Neeraj Kumar coming in from the right to stop him will not deter the Delhi skipper. 

Sachin gets a touch on the left corner as he keeps his focus on the scoreboard 

Manish tries to block Ashu Malik and it looks like his hand has gone past the midline, but we need to see if his hand has gone through or over the midline. OH WAIT. SUPER RAID. THREE POINTS TO THE SKIPPER! Incredible raid this. Patna Pirates reviews this I am assumin they believe that no part of the body is in the lobby. But we see Ashu is safe. REVIEW UNSUCCESSFUL. Bonus plus three points. FOUR POINT RAID IT IS. They’ve given off another with this review.

Manjeet gets a bonus down the centre 

Meetu gets a running hand touch on Neeraj Kumar. 

What was Manjeet trying to do? He tries a backhold on Sudhakar who tumbles out of his reach. Neither side is taking risks. 

Ashu Malik takes out Krishan Dhull in the right corner to level points

Sudhakar was waiting for his moment and gets a solid toe touch on Yogesh who did not see that touch coming at all. 

Neeraj Kumar brings down Manjeet and that allows Sachin to return to the mat. Sedate start to this 999th fixture of the Pro Kabaddi League

Manjeet enters the lobby without a touch. A little sloppy here early on from the young raider

After a few empty raids, Patna’s defence brings down Ashu Malik. Delhi repays the favour by using all its manpower to bring down Sachin along the flanks. Went a bit too deep there, Patna’s skipper. 

Here are the lineups for this game

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

Patna Pirates: Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Manish, Sudhakar M, Manjeet, Krishan, Ankit

Haryana closes out its seventh win of the season. Plenty of notes for the Thalaivas. 

Rahul Sethpal quietly pushes the Thalaivas raider down to close out a solid lead. Vinay’s empty raid brings the curtains down on a frustrating game for the Thalaivas. 

The Haryana raider is brought down. All out inflicted by the Thalaivas. Too little too late. Haryana gets a bonus

Can the Thalaivas manage a point from this game? They need to keep the lead under 7. Nitin does it after some struggle from Haryana’s defence. 

Mohit has to go after Nitin gets a solid kick on him

Vishal has the chance to clean up the Steelers but the side puts in an incredivle super tackle. Vishal is brought down. Rahul Sethpal goes under Vishal and blocks him. If that grip was not ironclad, it could have gone wrong for the Steelers

Vinay pushed out with a team effort by the Thalaivas. Umpires say raider is out, but also award a bonus to Vinay. Thalaivas review. And it looks like a straightforward point each. 

Vishal gets a massive kick on Jaideep Dahiya who is in the left corner. Six points the deficit with under 3 minutes left on the clock. 

Haryana needed so much energy to get Ajinkya Pawar down. Pawar tries to back kick Rahul Sethpal but Ashish came in to block him and did the job to hold him back. SUPER TACKLE.

Shivam Pathare gets his first raid of the night despite being out for a good 15 minutes. Sagar his eyes on him and goes for both legs and brings him down. The deficit is now a very handleable 5 points. Can the Thalaivas manage it?

Vishal crawls out of a double ankle hold from Mohit and quickly gets another point for the Thalaivas. 

Vishal is held back but manages to lunge while on the ground to the midline to get a point. 

Vinay was on the verge of a super 10. Sahil Gulia and Mohit the only men for the Thalaivas. For 30 seconds, it is a wrestling bout here as the trio try to get the points in their team’s favour. Herculean effort by the Thalaivas defenders to keep Vinay back. So physical this especially between Vinay and Sahil Gulia. Longest 30 seconds of the league easily. Haryana reviews, asking for a jersey pull appeal but the review is unsuccessful. MILESTONE as this is the 150th SUPER TACKLE of the PKL Season 10.

The right corner tries a frontal block on Vinay. He pushes the defender and gets past. Haryana’s second Mohit adds to their tally by bring down the Thalaiva sraider.

Nitin creates a flutter in the defence and the umpires immediately tell Rahul Sethpal that he’s out of bounds. Manpreet is on his feet as he assesses the situation. Oddly enough, nothing comes off it and a strategic time out is called. 

Safe bonus this by Nitin. But the deficit is still massive. A little over 10 minutes to go in this game.

Three men on the mat for the Thalaivas. Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi gets hold of the raider’s legs and brings him down. 

Ajinkya Pawar is castled with a double thigh hold. Solid defence this

Manpreet is animated. We see that Sagar has dashed out the raider, Vinay. Umpires believe raider is out, but Haryana believes one defender is also out. The contention is that Sagar’s leg was not grounded when dashing Vinay out, but the replays show Sagar’s foot is consistently on the ground. Now, referees need to see if there was a moment when his entire body was off the ground and we see a moment where that happened. Coach Manpreet Singh spotted that off the bat. Brilliant review. SUCCESSFUL. One point each. 

Bonus and a touch on Rahul Sethpal for Ajinkya Pawar

Amirhossein Bastami has been pushed out of the mat, we find him out of bounds. Vishal is looking at the commotion and Vinay sees that and goes and gets a touch. Lovely work by Vinay

Vishal returns the favour getting a solid toe touch on a do-or-die raid for the Thalaivas. Went deep down the right corner here to get the point for his side. 

Vinay comes in on a do-or-die raid and invites Sahil to catch his ankles and he bites the bait but cannot hold on at all. Errors errors errors. 

20 minutes have gone by in a jiffy and Thalaivas look extremely frustrated. Two minutes, after the breather, changed the face of this game and saw the Thalaivas concede 6 points, with their defence looking slippery there. Ashan Kumar can be heard speaking to his boys - “ Koi baat nahin, koi baat nahin” (it’s okay) he says as he discusses strategy with the side. What can Thalaivas do to keep Haryana and Vinay in particular quiet? Find out in the second half. 

Vinay is four points away from a super 10.

Ajinkya Pawar clears the defender clutter and comes away with two points

Vinay’s speed carries him close to Amirhossein Bastami to begin with, but he runs back along the win and gets Mohit on the way back. Sahil did well to save himself from a suicidal touch. Sagar is unhappy from the bench and is asking his team to refer if it goes against them heavily. 

Ajinkya Pawar lunges and gets a touch on the left cover, Jaideep has to go. He bit the bait and is unhappy. 

Sagar tries to hold Chandran Ranjit’s ankle and brings him down, but he comes down with all the pressure oh his left shoulder. He is wincing in pain but he has done the job for his team. Three points! He has moved off the mat and is getting treated. Two defenders fell on him. This can’t be easy.

Ajinkya Pawar gets a fast touch on Jaideep and Thalaivas move beyond that 8-point mark after getting stuck there for a while there. 

Chandran Ranjit has a touch and keeps his team’s score ticking

Mohit dashes out Nitin Singh. No luck so far for the Thalaivas and suddenly a massive lead has been gifted to the Steelers

Sagar and Sahil are the only men left and Vinay scalps them both. Brainfade in a matter of seconds for the Thalaivas as they concede six points in a minute. ALL OUT THALAIVAS.

Ajinkya Pawar is too quick for his own good and is brought down

Oh slippery this, Sahil went for his ankle but his grip wasn’t great on Vinay. Abishek also throws himself at Vinay and gets taken along to the midline. Sloppy. 

Sathish Kannan can’t get a point for his side as he’s brought down by Rahul Sethpal. Teams take a breather.

Prapanjan got a bit slow on the turn and showed his back tgo the Thalaivas left corner Sahil Gulia and Sahil did what one would expect him to do, caught hold of the legs and brought down the Haryana raider. Rookie mistake this. Scores level. 10 minutes to go in the first half.

Vinay is trying to cagily negotiate the right corner but Sagar goes for his legs and brings him down. He gets assistance from his teammates too. Vinay has to go to the bench. This is followed by an empty raid from Sathish Kannan. 

Chandran Ranjit is too quick as he pulles out Mohit and Abishek - the two covers. Brilliant response this from Haryana

Narender sneaks through the chain of Mohit and Prapanjan close to the midline and gets across the line. TWO POINTS

Vinay comes in to raid and Abishek has dashed him out. It looked a bit like Vinay got his hand through in a split second. Umpires decide a point each for the two sides. Thalaivas review that the defender is not of bounds and that only the raider is out. The replays show that Sagar’s right foot is out of bounds, beyond the endline. It looks deliberate. We need to see if there was a touch from Vinay, which then allows him to step out of the playing area. Vinay’s hand has not crossed the midline. REVIEW SUCCESSFUL. Only raider out. Well done, Thalaivas defence. Narender is revived. 

This is an area the Thalaivas need to work on. Reviving their main raiders

Ajinkya Pawar tries to get out of the right corner, but Mohit has his legs secured while Jaideep comes in with the frontal block. They are one of the best defensive units in the league and it shows. 

Prapanjan is claiming a touch on Thalaivas’ Sathish Kannan. Thalaivas can challenge it but don’t.

Chandran Ranjit gets a bonus down the right cover area, which is followed by an empty raid from Ajinkya Pawar

Jaideep goes after Narender and dashes him out of the mat. Mohit comes in as backup but it wasn’t needed

A safe bonus attempt from Vinay to get Haryana’s account going here

Monstrous move from Sahil as he and Sathish brought down Chandran Ranjit close to the midline. Looked like Ranjit got the point but we see the Thalaivas have contained him. Terrific. 

Narender opens proceedings for Thalaivas and comes away with a safe bonus

Haryana Steelers: Chandran Ranjit, Vinay, K Prapanjan, Mohit Nandal, Jaideep Dahiya, Rahul Sethpal, Mohit

Tamil Thalaivas: Narender, Ajinkya Pawar, Sathish Kannan, M Abishek, Mohit, Sagar, Sahil Gulia

Haryana Steelers have faced Tamil Thalaivas 10 times in the history of PKL. 

Haryana Steelers lead the head-to-head record, winning 5 times while Tamil Thalaivas have returned with a victory on 2 occasions. Three matches between these teams have ended in ties. 

The last Haryana Steelers vs Tamil Thalaivas match saw the former come out on top with a 42-29 victory earlier in Season 10. 

With 6 wins, 4 losses, and a tie, Haryana Steelers are sixth on the PKL 10 points table with 34 points. 

Tamil Thalaivas, meanwhile, have 19 points and are eleventh on the points table. They have won 3 and lost 8 times.

UP Yoddhas 27-46 Tamil Thalaivas 

Puneri Paltan 29-26 Tamil Thalaivas 

Tamil Thalaivas 37-38 Bengaluru Bulls 

Tamil Thalaivas 30-33 Gujarat Giants 

Tamil Thalaivas 29-42 Haryana Steelers

U Mumba 44-44 Haryana Steelers 

Bengal Warriors 35-41 Haryana Steelers 

Haryana Steeler 34-45 Jaipur Pink Panthers 

Patna Pirates 46-33 Haryana Steelers 

Tamil Thalaivas 29-42 Haryana Steelers

Today, in the Pro Kabaddi League at SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur, Haryana Steelers take on Tamil Thalaivas in the first game of the night, while Dabang Delhi takes on Patna Pirates in the second game. You can watch the Pro Kabaddi League on the Star Sports Network and the Disney+ Hotstar app.