Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Highlights: Vikash, defence shine as Bengaluru beats Jaipur 32-30; Sahil, Narender lead Tamil to win over Pawan’s Titans in close encounter

What a match we just witnessed! Bengaluru ends its home leg with a win that would serve them well for the long run. The defence came good when it mattered the most to give the Bulls its second win on the trot. 

Aman initiates a tackle on Ajith Kumar and Surjeet comes on time to deny Jaipur a point also nailing a thrilling win at Kanteerava Stadium! 

Vikash Kandola has been tackled as it is a one-point game for the Bulls now but Jaipur gets the last raid!

Captain Saurabh Nandal tackles Bhavani Rajput to make it a two-point lead for the Bulls. 

A quick bonus for Vikash Kandola to put the home team in the lead. 

Arjun goes into the raid with just 72 seconds on the clock. Vishal leaks a point after making an error of getting lured by the raider. 

Ajith Kumar has been tackled by Monu. The home team is in the lead now. 

Bharat quickly restores parity with a sliding toe touch on Bhavani Rajput. 

A sliding toe touch on Aman fetches a point to Arjun Deshwal. 

Saurabh Nandal failed to get a hold of Ajith Kumar’s ankles as the scores are levelled, again. 

Vikash could not control his run and went into the lobby to give a freebie point to Jaipur. 

Bhavani Rajput has been tackled by Monu, who blocked him with a double thigh hold. 

It is the captain Saurabh Nandal who starts the tackle attempt on Arjun Deshwal and he will get it. Now Bengaluru is in the lead, yet again! 

Ankush initiates the tackle on Vikash Kandola and Sunil Kumar comes on time to tackle the man in form from Bengaluru. The scores are levelled again. 

V Ajith Kumar goes out of bounds in the raid. Bengaluru is in the lead now. 

Reza goes for an advanced dash and gives a point to Bharat. Score levelled! 

This time it is a do-or-die raid for the Panthers. V Ajith Kumar goes into the raid and pierces through the defence to come back with two touchpoints of Vishal and Surjeet Singh to put Jaipur in the lead. 

Vikash Kandola tried everything for a touchpoint in the do-or-die raid but a cautious Jaipur defence showed patience and tackled him in the dying minutes. Captain Sunil Kumar gets the point in defence. 

Bharat, with an anklehold of Arjun Deshwal, extends Bengaluru’s lead by a point. 

Vikash Kandola goes in the raid and comes back with a bonus along with a touchpoint of Rahul Chaudhari. 

Sunil Kumar has been given a bonus before Surjeet Singh tackles him as BENGALURU INFLICTS AN ALL-OUT IN RETURN TO JAIPUR!

Vikash Kandola goes in the raid and escapes from Devank’s hold. 

Vikash goes in the raid and comes back with a quick running hand touch on Sahul Kumar. 

V Ajith Kumar goes into the do-or-die raid has been ushered out by Saurabh Nandal

Neeraj Narwal has been dashed away by the defensive trio of Sunil Kumar, Sahul and Ankush. Two points for SUPER TACKLE!

Devank gets a bonus. 

In : Devank

Out : Reza Mirbagheri

The on-field referees give a YELLOW CARD to Sunil Kumar for jersey pulling but surprisingly give the decision in favour of Jaipur Pink Panthers! Weird decision-making as Bengaluru Bulls is definitely not happy with this verdict. 

Sunil will sit out for two minutes after getting shown a yellow card. 

Local team Bengaluru trails 14-17 at halftime. 

Vikash Kandola and Ankush engage in a cat-and-mouse game after the raider comes into the raid in front of the two-man defence of Jaipur. Sunil Kumar joins Ankush to tackle the man down. The referee gives two points for SUPER TACKLE to Jaipur but Vikash straightaway goes for a review for jersey pulling. The verdict remained the same upon video referral. 

Surjeet pounces on Bhavani Rajput to throw him out with a powerful dash. 

Vikash Kandola gets a running hand touch on Rahul Chaudhari. 

Aman gets one more in the defence. He downs Arjun. 

Bharat ran straight to Ankush, who was ready to block him with a double thigh hold. 

Vishal tackles Ajith Kumar as the local Bengaluru crowd are on their feet!

Ankush, Sunil Kumar, Ajith and Ankush all came in to tackle Vikash Kandola. 

A multi-point raid for Bharat as he picked two touchpoints of Sahul Kumar and Reza Mirbagheri to make it a three-point lead for Jaipur. 

Ajith Kumar gets his sixth point to increase Jaipur’s lead. 

Aman makes an anklehold on Arjun Deshwal, Surjeet and Saurabh Nandal also came to help him tackle the star raider. It looked like Arjun had crossed the midline but the on-field referees think otherwise. A point for Aman. 

Bharat just dozed away Reza’s block to comeback on his half for a point. 

A bonus along with a touchpoint of Surjeet Singh for Arjun Deshwal. 

Bharat has been given a bonus before thumping him down as JAIPUR INFLICTS ALL-OUT ON BENGALURU BULLS. Reza Mirbagheri gets the tackle point. 

V Ajith Kumar escapes the hold of Vishal and Ponparthiban Subramanian to reduce the Bulls to one man now. 

A bonus for Bharat. 

V Ajith Kumar picks Monu in the raid. 

Vikash Kandola comes into the do-or-die raid and he takes the touchpoint of Ankush. 

An error from the Bulls’ defence as Aman and Saurabh Nandal had to go out. V Ajith Kumar comes back with two points in the raid. 

A bonus for Vikash Kandola. 

Rahul Chaudhari has been sent into the do-or-die raid and he comes back with a touch on Surjeet Singh. 

Captain Sunil Kumar initiates a tackle on Bharat, who came in the do-or-die raid to get first points for Jaipur in this match. 

V Ajith Kumar goes in the raid and Saurabh Nandal tackles him with an anklehold. 

Bharat goes into the raid and straightaway comes back with a touchpoint of Sahul Kumar. 

Jaipur Pink Panthers won the toss and selected the court. Bengaluru Bulls will start the match with the raid. 

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

Jaipur Pink Panthers: V Ajith Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Sunil Kumar, Sahul Kumar, Rahul Chaudhari, Ankush, Reza Mirbagheri

Tamil gets its second win in the third match. Sahil Gulia was brilliant in the defence. Narender was impressive in the offence as Tamil got the upper hand against Telugu in the first Southern Derby.

Ajinkya Pawar gives his point to Sanjeevi but makes sure Tamil wins the match with the barest of margins! What a game! 

Milad Jabbari tackles Narender and the lead is reduced to three points now with just one raid to go. 

Ankit has been tackled after being given a bonus by Sahil Gulia. Tamil finally gets its ALL-OUT on TELUGU

Jatin removes Ajit Pawar. 

Ajit Pawar gets a touchpoint of M. Abishek along with a bonus. 

Narender picks Mohit. Telugu down to one man again. 

Sagar tackles Sanjeevi S to make it a two-point game for Tamil. 

Sanjeevi S comes with Ajit Pawar and SUPER TACKLED Ajith Pawar for two points. He has single-handedly turned the game for Telugu. 

Sajeevi S has come to replace Mohit on the mat. Can he deny Tamil an all-out as he did in the first half? yes, he can! He comes back with a touchpoint of Mohit. 

Ajinkya Pawar comes back with two touchpoints of Pawan Sehrawat and Milad Jabbari to reduce Telugu to one man. 

Sahil Gulia completes his high-five as he tackles Jatin with an anklehold. A bonus for Robin. 

Milad Jabbari combines well with Pawan and Robin Chaudhary to SUPER TACKLE Jain, who had looked impressive till now. 

Jatin gets one more! He gets his fourth point in his third raid. Picks Ankit this time. 

Robin Chaudhary pulls one back quickly with a faint hand-touch point of M. Abhishek. 

Jatin picks one more in the raid. Prafull Zaware has to go out. 

Jatin goes into the raid and he comes back with two touchpoints of Ajit Pawar and Mohit. Tamil went for the review for a bonus but it was denied upon the video replay. 

In : Jatin

Out : Amirhossein Bastami

Pawan has been tackled by the three-man Tamil defence led by Sahil Gulia in the do-or-die raid. Two points for Tamil as it was a SUPER TACKLE!

Ajit Pawar comes from back to block Ajinkya Pawar and he gets his point to put Telugu in the lead now! What a match we are witnessing! 

Narender makes the mistake of going too early on Prafull Zaware, who came in the do-or-die raid and gifted him his touchpoint.

Narender gets Nitin’s revenge as he picks up Ankit to put Tamil in the lead. 

Nitin Singh goes into the do-or-die raid but fails to get a point this time. He has been tackled led by Ankit. 

Amirhossein Bastami thumps Robin Chaudhary down for a point in defence. 

Nitin Singh goes into the do-or-die raid and Milad Jabbari makes an unnecessary dash attempt to gift a point to the raider. 

Pawan accelerated to get a touch on Abhishek to put Telugu in the lead now! 

Pawan Sehrawat restores parity with a touchpoint of Sagar. 

Ajinkya Pawar has to go out as Mohit tackles him with an anklehold. So both Pawar and Narender are out of the mat for Tamil now. 

Pawan Sehrawat goes into the raid to start the second half and he comes back with a bonus. 

Ajinkya Pawar delivers an empty raid as the first half comes to an end. What an entertaining half we have witnessed with Tamil taking a slender three-point lead against Telugu Titans.

Robin Chaudhary not only gets a bonus but also comes back with a crucial touchpoint of Narender in the raid. 

Robin Chaudhary surrenders to Narender as Tamil Thalaivas finally INFLCITS FIRST ALL-OUT on Telugu Titans. 

Narender tackles and downs Pawan Sehawat with an anklehold. Telugu with one man again. 

Narender goes into the raid and picks up Parvesh Bhainswal. 

Sanjeevi S is the last man for Telugu in the mat. He goes into the raid and bulldozers his way out with two touchpoints of Sagar and Ajinkya Pawar. He denies Tamil an all-out opportunity. 

Ajinkya Pawar makes it one man on the mat for Telugu with an easy touchpoint of Ajit Pawar. 

Prafull Zaware has been engulfed by the Tamil’s defence. Mohit gets a point this time in the defence. 

Narender equalises again as he picks Milad Jabbari in the raid this time. 

Prafull Zaware gets a tag on Tamil’s Mohit. Both Mohit are out of the mat now!

Mohit failed to get a hold of Ajinkya’s ankle and gifted him a point that too in the do-or-die raid for the raider. 

In : Ajinkya Ashok Pawar

Out : Himanshu

Sahil Gulia gets a back-hold of Robin Chaudhary to get another point in defence. He has looked in good touch for Tamil today. 

Sagar was cautious and made a proactive back-hold attempt on Pawan Sehrawat to tackle him down for a point. 

Narender gets a bonus in return. 

A bonus for Pawan Sehrawat. 

Nitin Singh runs into Prafull Zaware, who sends the substitute away with a double thigh hold. 

Nitin Singh gets a touch on Ankit to reduce the gap Telugu’s gap to two points. 

Robin Chaudhary gets a bonus. 

A bonus for Nitin Singh. 

Mohit with a hefty dash throws Narender out. 

A bonus for Robin Chaudhary. 

Pawan Sehrawat has to go out yet again as Nitin Singh gets a touch on Telugu captain this time. 

M. Abishek makes an error to give Robin Chaudhary another point. 

IN : Nitin Singh

OUT: Ajinkya Ashok Pawar

A bonus for Narender. 

Narender gets a touch on his ex-teammate Pawan Sehrawat to reduce Telugu’s lead. 

Himanshu makes an error on Robin Chaudhary to give his touchpoint. 

Milad Jabaar initiates the tackle on Ajinkya Pawar and the Tamil superstar has been sent out second time in his second raid. 

Sahil Gulia grabs Pawan Sehrawat’s ankle to take him down for a big tackle point. A bonus for Pawan, nonetheless. 

Prafull Zaware comes into the do-or-die raid and he has been tackled by the Tamil defence led by vice-captain Sahil Gulia this time. 

Ajit Pawar comes from side-on to tackle Narender with a backhold. 

Ajinkya Pawar goes into the lobby after he loses his footing with a jump to give a freebie point to Telugu. 

Pawan Sehrawat gets a bonus to start his match with a point. 

Narender starts the game with a sliding toe touch on Mohit to get the first points. 

Telugu Titans won the toss and elected the court. Tamil Thalaivas to start the raiding proceedings. 

We are moments away from the live action as players from both teams have set foot on the mat. 

Bengaluru Bulls: 8th with 9 points in 5 matches 

Jaipur Pink Panthers: 7th with 9 points in 3 matches

The last Bengaluru vs Jaipur match saw the Panthers come out on top with a 49-29 victory in Season 9. 

Bengaluru has faced Jaipur 18 times in PKL. It is the defending champion, Jaipur, which leads the head-to-head record, winning 9 times, while Bengaluru has returned with a victory on eight occasions. One match between these teams ended in a tie.

Total: 18 | Bengaluru: 8 | Jaipur: 9 | Tie: 1

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

Jaipur Pink Panthers: Sunil Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Ajith Kumar V, Reza Mirbhageri, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Ankush, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Devank, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Shashank B, Lucky Sharma, Lavish, Navneet, Rahul Chaudhari, Sumit 

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

Telugu Titans: Pawan Sehrawat, Milad Jabbari, Ajit Pawar, Prafull Zaware, Ankit, Mohit, Robin Chaudhary

Tamil Thalaivas - 11th position with 5 points in 2 matches

Telugu Titans - 12th position with 1 point in 3 matches

Tamil Thalaivas: Ajinkya Pawar has been the prime raider for Tamil this season after racking up 26 raid points in 2 matches. He picked up 8 raid points in his previous appearance.

Meanwhile, Thalaivas’ defensive duties will be shouldered mainly by Sahil Gulia, who has scored 5 tackle points in 2 matches in PKL 10. 

Telugu Titans: For Telugu, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat will be its main raider. He has notched up 32 raid points in 3 matches, including 4 do-or-die raid points.

The experienced Sandeep Dhull will lead the defence for Telugu and has scored 5 tackle points in 2 matches. Meanwhile, Sanjeevi S is the best all-rounder in the team with 6 points in 3 matches.

The previous contest between Tamil and Telugu ended in favour of the Thalaivas. It annihilated Telugu 52-24. 

Tamil has faced Telugu 12 times. With 6 wins against Telugu, Tamil is ahead in the head-to-head record. Telugu has won this encounter 5 times while 1 match ended in a tie.

Total : 12 | Tamil: 6 | Telugu: 5 | Tie: 1

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

Telugu Titans: Parvesh Bhainswal, Rajnish, Mohit, Nitin, Vijay, Pawan Sehrawat, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Milad Jabbari, Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Omkar R. More, Gaurav Dahiya, Mohit, Ajit Pandurang Pawar, Robin Chaudhary

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 Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans - 8 PM, IST

Match 2: Bengaluru Bulls vs Jaipur Pink Panthers - 9 PM, IST

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Pro Kabaddi League matchday 12 where Tamil Thalaivas and Telugu Titans face off before Bengaluru Bulls take on Jaipur Pink Panthers at the Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru. Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates.