Pro Kabaddi League Highlights, PKL 2024: Bengaluru Bulls edges out Tamil Thalaivas 36-32; Puneri Paltan decimates Gujarat Giants 49-30

Ajinkya Pawar on the last raid of the match gets a point. 

Bengaluru Bulls 36-32 Tamil Thalaivas

What a performance by Randhir Singh Sehrawat’s men!!!

Surinder gives away a point to Tamil Thalaivas. 

Ajinkya comes in and gets another for Bengaluru. 

Surinder with a brilliant tackle to extend Bulls’ lead. What a tackle on Sachin. 

Akshit is taken down by Thalaivas’ defence. However, he picked up a bonus. 

Chandran gets a touch point. What drama!!! 

Akshit comes in and restores Bulls’ three point lead. Sachin went in for a tackle and conceded the point. 

Sachin comes in and gets a point on Nitin. 

Thalaivas challenge, they claim for a bonus plus one. Review unsuccessful.

Bengaluru is now winding down the clock with only two minutes left. 

Narender is taken down by Bulls’ defence. 

Narender comes in for a raid and gets a bonus. 

Akshit comes in and gets a touch on Sahil Gulia. 

Bengaluru extends lead to three points.

Bengaluru inflicts ALL-OUT on Thalaivas. Bulls take the lead with four minutes left.

Akshit gets a touch point and Thalaivas down to last man. Scores level.

Sachin on another do-or-die raid and this time he’s taken down by Bengaluru’s defence. 

Akshit forces a Thalaivas defender out of bounds. Difference down to two.

Sachin comes in for a do-or-die raid and gets a bonus. 

Ajinkya on a do-or-die raid is taken down by Thalaivas’ defence. SUPER TACKLE. 

Bengaluru takes down Narender, who was trying for another bonus point. Scores level.

Ajinkya gets another touch point. 

Bulls with a slender 1 point lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Narender with another bonus. Ohh, it is not a bonus. 

Ajinkya gets a touch on Nitesh. 

Narender gets a bonus. 

Tamil with another tackle point. 

Sachin comes in on a do-or-die raid and he has been tackle after picking up a bonus. 

Akshit is taken down by Thalaivas’ defence. Amit Hossein has picked up an head injury.

The Iranian is badly bleeding. He needs treatment. Thalaivas has substituted the defender. 

Bengaluru with a team tackle. Socres level.

Narender gets his second point of the match and Akshit returns the favour. Bulls challenge, they claim bonus plus one. Review unsuccessful. 

Thalaivas inflicts ALL-OUT on Bengaluru. Bulls get a bonus. 

Sachin finally opens his account tonight. It is just the fourth raid point for Tamil Thalaivas after almost 24 minutes.

Bengaluru down to last man.

Pankaj on a do-or-die raid is taken down by Thalaivas’ defence. 

Bengaluru with another SUPER TACKLE, this time it is Vishal. 

Akshit with a bonus point to end the half. 

Bengaluru Bulls 14-13 Tamil Thalaivas

Sachin has o points from 11 raids so far.

Vishal comes in for a do-or-die raid and gets a touch point. Scores level again.

Tamil Thalaivas’ defence sends Akshit to the bench. 

Sachin on a do-or-die raid is taken down. SUPER TACKLE for Bengaluru. 

Akshit with an empty raid. 

Akshit comes in for raid and gets a touch point. 

Sahil Gulia takes down Bulls’ raider. 

SUPER TACKLE by Nitin on Narender. 

Ajinkya goes to the bench. Tamil defence looking solid now. Bengaluru down to last two. 

Sachin forces a defender out of bound in a do-or-die raid. 

Sachin has been off-colour tonight, he fails to open his account on his 6th raid. 

Pankaj also goes out of bounds. Score level again.

Vishal goes out of bounds without a touch in a raid and hands Bengaluru a point. 

Ajinkya picks up a bonus point.

Vishal on a do-or-die raid gets a touch on Surinder. 

Tamil with a team tackle. Jai Bhagwan goes out. 6 all. 

Narender is taken down in a do-or-die raid. Nitin Rawal gets a Green Card for jersey pulling.

Jai Bhagwan is sent to the bench by Thalaivas’ defence. Scores level.

Ajinkya comes in against three man defence of Tamil and follows Sachin. Sahil Gulia with a SUPER TACKLE. 

Sachin on a do-or-die raid and goes straight to the bench. 

Jai Bhagwan with a two point raid. 

After Sachin’s empty raid, Ajinkya follows it up with the same response. 

Pankaj comes in and hands Tamil their first point of the night. 

Bengaluru’s defence also opens its account by taking down Narender. 

Ajinkya comes in for the first raid of the match and gets a running hand touch on Sahil Gulia. 

Bengaluru won the toss and elected the court, Tamil to raid first. 

Bengaluru Bulls - Jai Bhagwan, Pankaj, Parteek, Nitin, Ajinkya, Saurabh, Surinder

Tamil Thalaivas - Sachin, Sahil, Nitesh, Abhishek, Narender, Anuj, Amir

Pardeep Narwal’s Bengaluru Bulls will take on Sachin’s Tamil Thalaivas in the second match of November 4. 

Defending champions Puneri Paltan decimates Gujarat Giants with their talismanic skipper Aslam Inamdar. What a performance by the Paltan.

Puneri Paltan 49-30 Gujarat Giants

A 19 point win for B.C. Ramesh’s team. 

Another tackle point for Puneri’s defence. 

Akash joins Guman on the bench. 

Guman gets another point against Gaurav. 

Rakesh is sent to the bench after he scores a bonus. 

Akash with another touch point. 

Guman with another bonus point. 

Gujarat gets another raid point. 

Guman and Akash gets one point each and both reach SUPER 10. 

Pankaj gets a point. 

Gujarat inflicts ALL-OUT on Puneri. 

Mohit also goes to bench. 

Himanshu gets a point off Gaurav. Puneri down to two. 

Pankaj goes back to the bench. 

SUPER TACKLE by Puneri. Gaurav with a HIGH 5.

Gujarat with a raid point. Are they coming back into the contest? 

Aman goes out of bounds, a rare silly mistake from Puneri Paltan.

Pankaj comes in and gets a raid point. 

Gujarat gets a raid point. 

Mohit with a running hand touch. 

Akash is finally sent to the bench after picking up a bonus. 

SUPER TACKLE by Puneri once again. 

Puneri with a SUPER TACKLE. 

Himanshu gets a touch on Abinesh. 

Akash gets another point for Puneri. 

Guman reduces Puneri to three on a do-or-die raid.

Akash comes in for a raid and goes back empty handed. 

Pankaj with a bonus point. 

Guman lands a back kick on Gaurav. Puneri down to four.

Another point for Gujarat, this time a tackle point. 

Guman sends Aman to the bench with an impressive turn. Gujarat finally gets to double digits. 

Puneri inflicts third ALL-OUT on Gujarat. Pankaj with the clean-up job. 

24 points lead for the defending champions.

Abinesh tries to dash out Gujarat raider and he’s successful. Puneri extends it’s lead to 21 points. 

Puneri Paltan 30-9 Gujarat Giants at halftime.

Stay tuned for the second half. 

Pankaj comes in and gets a point for Puneri. 

Gujarat gets a bonus through Rakesh. 

Mohit Goyat comes close to cleaning up entire Gujarat lineup. What a raid by the Puneri’s raider. Two point given. Gujarat is challenging, they claim the raider was out of bound. Review unsuccessful. 

Paltan has an astounding 20 point lead.

Gaurav with another iron hold on the raider’s ankle. 18 point lead for Paltan now.

Mohit comes in and gets a point just like that. 

Guman finally gets a raid point for Gujarat. 

Puneri with another bonus point through Akash. 

Paltan gets another point, Aman this time with the tackle. 

Rakesh fails to get a point on a do-or-die raid and goes to the bench. Gujarat down to last man, 

Puneri inflicts the second ALL-OUT of the match on the following raid.

Pankaj Mohite with probably the raid of the season on a do-or-die raid. What a move by Pankaj, SUPER RAID. 

Guman is taken down by Puneri’s defence in Giants’ do-or-die raid. Guman got a bonus. 

Mohit on a do-or-die raid is taken down by Giants’ defence. 

With Akash’s empty raid, the first 10 minutes of the encounter comes and end. 

Time for time out. 

Abinesh dashes Rakesh out of the mat. 

Mohit is taken out by Gujarat’s defence. 

Gaurav with a brilliant back hold earns another point to Puneri. 

Guman with a touch on Aman this time. 

Akash comes in and gets two touch points. 

Guman gets a touch on Gaurav. 

Gujarat opens its account on raid.

Another point to the defending champions in raid. 

ALL-OUT Gujarat. Puneri flexing their muscle at the very start. 

Pankaj comes in and forces a raider out of bounds and gets a touch point. Gujarat down to last man.

Abinesh pushes Gijarat raider out of the mat. Gujarat down to three. 

Mohit takes Puneri’s lead to three with a diving hand touch. 

Akash with the first raid for Puneri gets a touch point. 

Guman with the first raid of the match and he is taken out by Gaurav’s ankle hold. 

Gujarat won the toss and elected the court, they will also raid first. 

Puneri Paltan - Pankaj, Mohit, Gaurav, Abinesh, Sanket, Akash, Aman

Gujarat Giants - Sombir, Neeraj, Balaji, Rakesh, Prateek, Guman, Jitendra

Puneri Paltan -

With 33 raid points in 6 matches, Mohit Goyat leads the raiding department of Puneri Paltan. He picked up 9 points in his previous appearance.

Puneri Paltan’s defence will be led by Gaurav Khatri who has pocketed 28 tackle points in 6 games of PKL 11.

All-rounder Aslam Inamdar is also a player to watch out for, after amassing 36 points.

Gujarat Giants -

Guman Singh has been the top raider for Gujarat Giants in Season 11. He has scored 19 raid points in 4 matches.

Sombir is the top defender from the side, claiming 14 tackle points in 4 matches, whereas, Jitender Yadav is the top all-rounder in the Gujarat Giants squad, scoring 5 points in 3 outings.

Played - 14 | Puneri - 5 | Gujarat - 8 | Tie - 1 

Defending champion Puneri Paltan will take on Gujarat Giants in the first match of November 4.

You can catch all the LIVE action from Pro Kabaddi Season 11 on the Star Sports Network and on Disney+ hotstar.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Pro Kabaddi League matchday 16, which will take place at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on November 4, 2024.

Puneri Paltan will take on in-form Gujarat Giants in the day’s first match while defending champion Bengaluru Bulls will take on Tamil Thalaivas in the second match.