Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Highlights: Vinay, defence lead Haryana Steelers to 44-39 victory over Puneri Paltan after Zafardanesh, Visvanth help U Mumba beat Patna Pirates 42-40

Haryana steals the victory, Vinay with a final point. Puneri Paltan 39-44 Haryana Steelers

Puneri’s Mohit gets a two point raid. 

Haryana with another tackle point. 

Bonus plus a touch point picked by Shivam. 

Puneri takes a time out. One and a half minutes remaining

Haryana gets a tackle point.

Puneri ALL OUT. Haryana takes the lead. 

Shivam is sent to the bench by Haryana defenders. Puneri challenge for a bonus point. Revie unsuccessful. 

Vinay gets two point raid. Puneri down to two men. 

Mohit gets a raid point. The home crowd is ecstatic. 

Its time for a breather again. 

SUPER TACKLE from Puneri. They take a lead. 

Haryana gets a raid point. Puneri down to two men on the mat. 

Pune gets a raid point. 

Vinay gets another raid point. 

Aslam on a do-or-die raid is taken out by Haryana defenders. The scores are level. 

Haryana’s Shivam picks up a point and sends Shadloui to the bench. 

Haryana gets a tackle point. 

Vinay gets a bonus, its a SUPER 10 for him. 

Its a strategic time out. 

Puneri’s Mohit is taken out by Haryana’s Mohit. 

Shadloui sends Shivam to the bench. 

Shadloui gets Vinay with a double thigh hold. 

Puneri defender out of bounds. 

Haryana gets a bonus point. They need more. 

Haryana gets a tackle point. 

Vinay is taken out with a brilliant dash by Mohit. 

Puneri defenders takes out Shivam. 

Aslam gets a bonus. 

Shadloui gets a green card for coaching during raid. Puneri gets a bonus point. 

Vinay on a do-or-die raid gets a point. 

Haryana gets a tackle point. 

Puneri gets Siddharth again. He’s having a poor outing tonight.

Its the end of the first 20 minutes. 

Puneri Paltan 24-21 Haryana Steelers

Akash back kicks a defender. 

Haryana with a tackle point. 

Vinay gets a raid point. 

Akash Shinde gets a raid point for Puneri. 

Puneri sends Siddharth to the bench after he picks up a bonus. 

ALL OUT Haryana. Puneri takes the lead. 

Raider is out after not picking up anything on a do-or-die raid. 

Shadloui gets Siddharth with a quick pursuit. 

Siddharth with a SUPER TACKLE. Mohit goes out of bounds. Aslam goes to the bench. 

SUPER TACKLE by Haryana but a defender goes out of bounds. Haryana challenges. Review unsuccessful. 

Asish goes to the bench after being taken out by Puneri defence. 

After couple of empty raids from both teams, Aslam gets a point in a do-or-die raid. He goes past a attempted dash. 

TIME OUT - first of the night. 

Mohit gets a point in a do-or-die raid. 

Aslam forces two defenders to go out of bounds. Its all square. Haryana challenges. Review successful. Its just one point for Puneri. 

Puneri gets another point. Siddharth goes to the bench again. 

Asish with an ankle hold. 

Vinay gets another point. 

Puneri gets another raid point. 

Bahubaali goes to the bench again. Shadloui leads the dash.

Puneri gets a raid point, its Aslam again. 

Haryana inflicts ALL OUT. Its 9 point in 60 seconds for the Steelers. 

Puneri is down to last man. 

SUPER RAID from Haryana’s Vinay, its a four point raid. Total 5 points, a defender crosses the mid line while stopping Vinay. 

Aslam gets another touch point. 

Puner gets another raid point. 

Puneri sends Siddharth to the bench. He gets a bonus. 

Aslam gets another point for the home side. 

Haryana gets a raid point. 

Super Raid from the Pune captain Aslam. 

Haryana won the toss and elected court. Pune to start the raiding proceeding.

Vinay, Jaideep Dahiya, Rahul Sethpal, Siddharth Desai, Ashish, Mohit, Mohit Nandal

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

Stay tuned for the second match of the night. 

Puneri Paltan:

Mohit Goyat has been the prime raider for Paltan this season after racking up 15 raid points in 2 matches. He scored 9 raid points in his last match. 

Its defensive duties will be shouldered mainly by Abinesh Nadarajan, who has scored 5 tackle points in 2 matches in PKL 10. 

All-rounder Aslam Inamdar is also a player to watch out for after amassing 13 points in the ongoing season.

Haryana Steelers:

Siddharth ‘Bahubaali’ Desai will be their main raider. He has accumulated 21 raid points in 3 matches. 

Mohit will lead the defence for Haryana Steelers and has scored 10 tackle points in 3 matches.

Ashish is the best all-rounder in the team with 11 points in 3 matches.

The previous contest between Puneri Paltan and Haryana Steelers ended in favour of the former. They won 41-28 in Season 9.

In PKL history, Puneri Paltan and Haryana Steelers have played each other 12 times. Puneri Paltan lead the head-to-head record, winning 7 times while Haryana Steelers have returned with a victory on 4 occasions. One match ended in a tie.

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

Haryana Steelers - K Prapanjan, Vinay, Jaideep, Mohit, Naveen, Monu, Harsh, Sunny, Siddharth Desai, Chandran Ranjit, Hasan Balbool, Ghanshyam Magar, Rahul Sethpal, Himanshu Chaudhary, Ravindra Chauhan, Ashish, Mohit

The home team is in action next. 

U Mumba 42-40 Patna Pirates

Zafardanesh on do-or-die raid doesn’t go for the kill to hand his team a famous win. 

Zafardanesh rolling the clock down and Sudhakar gets a point. 

Patna gets a raid point. 

Patna gets a bonus point. Mumba trying to slow the game, the game is in their bank. 

Zafardanesh on a do-or-die raid gets a point. 

Mumba takes a time out with 2 minutes remaining. 

Sandeep gets a point. 3 minutes to go. 

Its time for a breather. 

Sachin in a do-or-die raid and is out. 

Visvanth gets a point in a do-or-die raid. Mumba on a roll. 

Surinder Singh with a SUPER TACKLE. 

Visvanth picks up another raid point. He’s been brilliant for Mumba. 

Sachin makes it all square. 

Guman goes to the bench. Patna defence with a tackle. 

Visvanth with a dash takes out Sudhakar, its a SUPER TACKLE. 

Patna sends Zafardanesh to the bench. Krishan with the block. 

Sachin gets a point. Its Sombir again. 

Its a time out. 

Guman with a toe touch. 

Sudhakar gets another touch point with his athleticism. 

Guman revives a palyer with a hand touch. 

Sachin gets another running hand touch. 

Zafardanesh is sent to the bench by Patna. 

Patna gets a bonus. 

Mumba gets a bonus. 

Patna gets a raid point. 

Zafardanesh inflicts ALL OUT on Patna. He’s been brilliant in the second half. 

Zafardanesh with one more. Mumba takes the lead. Super 10 for the Iranian. 

Sachin is sent to the bench by a team effort. Surinder Singh leads the tackle. 

Zafardanesh gets another point, he’s been very impressive tonight. 

Zafardanesh picks Neeraj. 

Sudhakar gets another touch point. 

Zafardanesh gets Ankit with a reverse toe touch. 

Sudhakar gets a point. 

Zafardanesh gets a touch point. Mumba hanging on. 

Patna’s chain tackle sends Guman to the bench. 

Sachin gets Surinder with his pace and reach. 

Guman opens with a successful raid. 

U Mumba 18-21 Patna Pirates

Sachin gets another raid point, he has been relentless tonight. 

Guman gets Sajin again. 

Sudhakar gets Rinku with his blistering pace. 

Guman picks up a point. Sajin goes to the bench again. He’s having a a bad day. He also gets a green card for Jersey pulling. 

Patna defence sends Zafardanesh to the bench. 

Manjeet gets a multi point raid. 

Patna inflicts ALL OUT on Mumba. 

Sachin gets a touch point. 

Heider Ali gets a bonus point and a touch point. Sajin goes to the bench. Mumba hangs on. 

Sachin gets Visvanth, Mumba down to last man once again. 

Visvanth gets a bonus for Mumba. 

Sachin gets a touch point with his strength. 

Patna gets the raider with a proper team tackle. 

Guman with an empty raid. Mumba gets a three point raid in the last three minutes. 

Manjeet claiming a couple of touches. The official says its a SUPER TACKLE for Mumba. Patna challenges. Review unsuccessful.

Visvanth gets two and a bonus. The first SUPER RAID of the match. 

First time out of the match. 

Sachin touches Mahinder. Mumba down to last man. 

Pranay Rane is sent to the bench by Patna’s chain tackle in a do-or-die raid. 

Sachin touches Zafardanesh in a do-or-die raid. 

Sachin for the Pirates finishes an rare empty raid. 

Mumba gets a bonus point.

Zafardanesh with a bonus point makes it all square. 

Manjeet picks a hand touch. 

Patna sends Guman to the bench with a chain tackle. 

Zafardanesh with a brilliant backhold on Sachin. The Patna talisman goes to the bench. 

Zafardanesh gets a point with a quick raid. 

Guman’s empty raid is followed by Patna’s Sudhakar which forces Rinku to fall out of bounds. 

Sachin gets a touch point for Patna. 

Zafardanesh gets a bonus point for Mumba. 

Sudhakar gets a point with a blistering raid. This young man is seriously fast. 

Guman with another hand touch. 

Manjeet gets a point with his raid. 

Guman gets Sajin to open the score for Mumba. 

Sachin for the Patna Pirates opens the raiding with an empty raid. 

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

Surinder’s Mumba and Neeraj’s Pirates square off in the first match of PKL 10’s third leg in Pune. Stay tuned for live updates.

Both teams have arrived at the venue. Pune is geared up for two high-octane Kabaddi action.

Ankit, Krishan, Neeraj Kumar (C), Sudhakar M, Manjeet, Sajin Chandrasekar, Sachin

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Guman Singh, Mahender Singh, Rinku, Surinder Singh (C), Visvanath V, Sombir

U Mumba - 11th position with 6 points in 3 matches

Patna Pirates - 6th position with 10 points in 3 matches

U Mumba:

Guman Singh has been the prime raider for Mumba this season after racking up 19 raid points in 3 matches. He picked up 4 raid points in his previous appearance. 

The defence will be led by Rinku who has pocketed 8 tackle points in 3 games of PKL 10. 

Amirmohammad Zafardanesh is the top all-rounder in the squad having accumulated 25 points so far.

Patna Pirates:

For Pirates, Sachin will be their main raider. He has notched up 32 raid points in 3 matches, including 9 do-or-die raid points. 

Neeraj Kumar is one of the top defenders from the side, claiming 8 tackle points in 3 matches.

Ankit is the top all-rounder in the Patna Pirates squad, scoring 9 points in 3 outings.

The last U Mumba vs Patna Pirates match saw the former come out on top with a 36-23 victory in Season 9.

U Mumba have faced Patna Pirates 18 times in the history of PKL. U Mumba lead the head-to-head record, winning 10 times while Patna Pirates have returned with a victory on 7 occasions. One encounter between these sides ended in a tie.

Played - 18

U Mumba- 10 | Patna Pirates - 7 | Tie - 1

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

Patna Pirates - Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Manish, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Manjeet, Zheng-Wei Chen, Daniel Odhiambo, Rohit, Sajin Chandrasekar, Krishan, Ankit, Deepak Kumar, Mahendra Choudhary, Sandeep Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Sanjay

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: vs U Mumba vs Patna Pirates - 8 PM, IST 

Match 2: Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers - 9 PM, IST

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Pro Kabaddi League matchday 13 where U Mumba and Patna Pirates face off before Puneri Paltan take on Haryana Steelers at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune. Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates.