Pro Kabaddi League Highlights, PKL 2024: Puneri Paltan gets second win, beat Patna Pirates 40-25; UP Yoddhas hands Dabang Delhi a 28-23 loss

An empty raid from skipper Shubham Shinde as the full-time whistle goes off. Puneri gets a comfortable 40-25 win over Patna.

Aryavardhan Navale picks up a point of Deepak in the do-or-die raid. 

Sandeep has been thumped down by Abinesh Nadarajan. 

The sixth point for Gaurav Khatri who pounces on Ayan and then comes Aslam-Abhinesh to give support on time. 

Ayan dives and rolls over to get a touch on Sanket Sawant. 

Aryavardhan Navale comes in place for Pankaj Mohite and goes into the do-or-die raid but could not impress much in his first raid. Ankit blocks him. 

Wow! Vintage old times! Jang Kun Lee comes in for Sudhakar M. He goes into the raid and straight away has been sent to the bench by Mohit Goyat. He gets a bonus. 

Gaurav Khatri ushers out Sandeep. 

Pankaj Mohite fails in another do-or-die raid. Shubham Shinde pins him down this time. 

Fourth point for Gaurav Khatri! He blocks Ayan this time. 

Fourth point for Ayan as he touches Mohit Goyat. 

Gaurav Khatri tackles Sudhakar M again! He takes him down with his ankle this time. 

Pankaj Mohite uses all of his 30 seconds in the do-or-die raid without a point and he has to go back to bench. 

Ayan and then Sandeep have been tackled in back to back raids. 

Aman was tagged by Ayan. 

A bonus for Aslam Inamdar. 

Devank has been tackled by Mohit Goyat. A bonus for the raider nonetheless. 

Pankaj Mohite gets a bonus but has been tackled by Ankit. 

Oh lord, what a tackle! Gaurav Khatri just casually walks to Sudhakar M and grabs him by his waist very near the midline and takes him down with a wrestling move. 

The last man in for Patna, Devank, delays the inevitable and takes a bonus and a touchpoint of Aslam Inamdar. Puneri reviews the decision and changes the verdict as it gets second all-out on Patna.

Mohit Goyat reduces Patna down to one player. He lands a kick on Gurdeep. 

A bonus for Devank. 

Mohit Goyat deceives Ankit for his touch with a kick. 

Ayan is in the do-or-die raid and runs into the chain of defence. Aman and Abhinesh Nadarajan take him down. 

SUPER TACKLE! Ankit led the charge on Pankaj Mohite to give a two-point bonus for Patna. 

Aslam Inamdar has to go bench after he goes solo on Ayan, who returns with his tag. 

Pankaj Mohite starts with a point in the second half. A long stretch and he tags Patna skipper Shubham Shinde with ease. 

Mohit Goyat slips against a two-player defence of Shubham Shine and Ankit to give Patna a SUPER TACKLE just at the stroke of halftime. 

Sudhakar M attempts a dubki but Aman is there to care of him! He tackles him to complete his high five. 

Deepak makes a mistake on Mohit Goyat. He went for a solo tackle and gave away his touchpoint. 

Aslam Inamdar in the defensive duty. He initiates a tackle on Devank. 

Sandeep goes into the raid and Aman picks up his fourth point of the match. The whole defence pounced on the raider.

Puneri extends its lead over Patna by inflicting an all-out of it. 

Devank gets a bonus in the do-or-die raid. 

Do-or-die raid for Aslam Inamdar and he gets not one but two points in the last two seconds. Shubham Shinde tries for a single anklehold before Gurdeep comes with a dash and Aslam escapes both of them. 

Gaurav Khatri gets a single anklehold on Ayan for a point in defence. 

Mohit Goyat is in the do-or-die raid and Deepak pounces early and the rest of the defence comes good and quickly to back the defender. 4 apiece. 

Ayan is in the raid and the lanky raider tags Pankaj Mohite. 

Three-man defence of Patna led by Ankit take down Aslam Inamdar for a SUPER TACKLE! Patna open its account.

The fourth point in a row for Puneri. This time Mohit Goyat picks a touch on Sandeep. 

Aman pounces on Devank to get his second point of the match. 

First raid for Aslam Inamdar, first raid for him. He picks Gurdeep. 

Ayan starts the proceedings for Patna in the raid and he has been shut down instantly by left-corner Aman. 

Patna Pirates won the toss and selected the choice of raid: Left

PUNERI PALTAN: Aslam Inamdar, Abhinesh Nadarajan, Aman, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Mohit Goyat, Gaurav Khatri

PATNA PIRATES: Devank, Gurdeep, Deepak, Ayan, Sandeep, Shubham Shinde, Ankit

Skipper Surender Gill runs down the clock to end the match. UP will not be very happy after giving away one point to Delhi with that Super Raid of Ashish. But the Gill-led UP will be happy with the win nonetheless.

Ashish N is in the raid with just 45 seconds left on the clock and he delivers big time for Delhi. A SUPER RAID from him makes sure Delhi takes at least one point from this game. He takes out Ashu Singh, Vivek and Sumit. 

Bhavani Rajput runs down the clock and induces a mistake from Yogesh to take his touchpoint. 

High five for Sahul Kumar who takes down Ashu Malik! This game is running away from Delhi. 

Naveen Kumar has been taken down by Ashu Singh but Ashish takes a point back after tackling Bhavani Rajput. 

Nitin Panwar pounces on Surender Gill to deny him a point in his do-or-die raid. 

Ashu Malik cuts down UP’s lead by one point, touches Sahul Kumar. 

A bonus for Ashish but he has been tackled by Sahul Kumar as UP YODDHAS INFLICTS ALL-OUT ON DABANG DELHI!

Surender Gill rolls down to get Yogesh’s touch. 

Mohit gets a bonus in the do-or-die raid but has been taken down by Sumit. 

Bhavani Rajput is in the do-or-die raid and gets a touch on Ashish. 

Naveen is tackled again! Hitesh misses a leg hold but Sumit holds him back. 

Bhavani Rajput lures Nitin Panwar to come onto him before diving his way back. 

Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi and Hitesh combine to SUPER TACKLE Ashu Singh for two points. A brilliant wrestling move from Hitesh after Kabou gets Ashu’s ankle. 

Vikrant tackles Bharat and Delhi doubles its lead. 

First multi-point raid of the match. Naveen Kumar dives his way back with two touchpoints of Sahul Kumar and Ashu Singh. Delhi into the lead now. 

Yogesh comes out with a solo block on Surender Gill but the strong raider crosses the midline using his sheer force and grip from legs. 

Naveen restores parity, takes out Vivek with a sliding toe touch. 

Sumit comes into the action, pounces on Ashish to take him down but he went out of bounds before the touch which means Ashish gets a point in raid even after being tackled. 

Keshav Kumar lands a toe touch on Ashish in the do-or-die raid. 

Wow! It has been a defensive show from both teams. Ashu Malik looked for a desperate point in the do-or-die raid but was taken down by Sumit. This also marks the end of the first half. UP goes into halftime with a slender one-point lead.

Sixth unsuccessful attempt from Bharat as he goes down to Ashish this time. 11 apiece now. 

Sahul Kumar replies and he replies instantly. Mohit tried a jump over the defender but Sahul grabbed him by his legs for another point in defence. 

Both teams are playing on the third raid. Bhavani Rajput is in the do-or-die raid for UP but he has been tackled by Delhi’s defence led by Yogesh. Parity restored for the nth time today. 

Do-or-die raid for Naveen Kumar and he perishes this time. Sahul Kumar gets his single ankle and others come quickly to take him down. UP is in the lead, yet again. 

Surender Gill back to bench! Slow run across from the raider as Yogesh gets his both legs. Parity restored. 

Ashu Malik has been sent packing by the UP’s defence this time led by Sahul Kumar. 

Bharaj is just not able to click tonight. Nitin pounces onto him, grabs him by his legs to take him down. 8 apiece now. 

Do-or-die raid for Ashu Malik and he lands a touch on Bhavani Rajput with an extension of his dangling right hand.

Bhavani Rajput lands a back kick on Ashish to double UP’s lead. 

Naveen Kumar has been pinned down by Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi. UP is in lead now. 

Bhavani Rajput restores parity with a point in the raid. He touches Ashish. 

Surender Gill goes into the do-or-die raid and has been ushered out by Nitin Panwar but one of the Delhi defenders went out of bounds so a point to Gill alongside his bonus. Delhi gets Gill’s tackle point. 

Second raid, second point for Ashu Malik. He touches Vivek this time. 

Ashu Malik puts Delhi in raid with a touchpoint of Sumit. 

Naveen Kumar picks up Sahul Kumar with a tumble in the raid. 

A bonus for Bhavani Rajput. 

Bharat has been tackled for the second time in a row, this time it is Vikrant in the defence. 

Naveen Kumar goes into an early do-or-die raid and has been tackled by Ashu Singh. 

Bharat is in the raid for UP and the lanky raider has been taken down by Yogesh. 

A bonus for Surender Gill to start the game. 

UP Yoddhas won the toss and selected the choice of court: Right

UP YODDHAS: Bharat, Vivek, Bhavani Rajput, Sumit, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh, Sahul Kumar

DABANG DELHI: Nitin Panwar, Vikrant, Ashish, Yogesh, Ashu Malik, Navin Kumar, Ashish Malik

In PKL history, UP Yoddhas and Dabang Delhi have played each other 11 times.

The Yoddhas lead the head-to-head record, winning 6 times while the Dabang has returned with a victory on 5 occasions.

The previous contest between both teams ended in favour of the Delhi unit as it won 36-27.

After 22 matches, UP was 11th on the PKL 10 points table. It had won 4 times and lost a massive 17, while one game ended in a tie. It accumulated a total of 31 points.

On the other hand, Delhi finished third after winning 13 matches and losing 6, while 3 matches ended in a draw. They ended with a total of 79 points.

PUNERI PALTAN: Pankaj Mohite, Mohit Goyat, Nitin R, Akash Shinde, Aditya Shinde, Aryavardhan Navale, Ajith V Kumar, Sanket Sawant, Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Vaibhav Kamble, Dadaso Pujari, Tushar Dattaray Adhavade, Mohit, Ali Hadi, Aman, Mohd. Amaan, Vishal, Sourav, Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Amir Hassan Noroozi

PATNA PIRATES: Kunal Mehta, Sudhakar M, Sandeep Kumar, Sahil Patil, Deepak, Ayan, Jang-Kun Lee, Meetu, Pravinder, Devank, Manish, Abinand Subhash, Navdeep, Shubham Shinde, Hamid Nader, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Deepak Rajendra Singh, Prashant Kumar Rathi, Sagar, Aman, Babu Murugasan, Ankit, Gurdeep

UP YODDHAS: Surender Gill, Gagana Gowda, Shivam Chaudhary, Keshav Kumar, Heidarali Ekrami, Bhavani Rajput, Akshay R. Suryawanshi, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Gangaram, Jayesh Mahajan, Hitesh, Sachin, Sahul Kumar, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi, Mahender Singh, Bharat, Vivek

DABANG DELHI: Naveen Kumar, Ashu Malik, Manu, Mohit, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Mohammed Mijanur Rahman, Himanshu, Parveen, Rahul, Vinay, Himmat Antil, Ashish, Yogesh, Vikrant, Sandeep, Mohammad Baba Ali, Gaurav Chhillar, Rahul, Rinku Narwal, Ashish, Nitin Panwar, Brijendra Singh Chaudhary

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 4, which will take place at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on October 21, 2024.

UP Yoddhas will face Dabang Delhi in the day’s first match while defending champion Puneri Paltan will face Patna Pirates in the second match.