Until then, this is Shivansh Gupta bidding good night. CIAO!
That's all we have for you today. Thank you so much for joining us. See you all again at 7pm tomorrow for two thrilling encounters.
IN THE SECOND MATCH, UP WAS GIVEN A SCARE BY PUNE, WHICH CAME BACK FROM TRAILING 14-29 AT HALF-TIME TO DRAWING BACK LEVEL AT 36-36. BUT UP HELD ITS NERVES AND REGISTERED ANOTHER WIN.
WHO KNOWS, HAD PARDEEP SPENT A FEW MORE MINUTES ON THE BENCH, HE COULD HAVE BROKEN PAWAN SEHRAWAT'S RECORD OF 39 RAID POINTS.
WELL, WELL, WELL! PARDEEP NARWAL SIGNED OFF WITH 34 RAID POINTS AND 2 TACKLE POINTS OFF A SUPER-TACKLE AS PATNA DECIMATED BENGAL 61-40 IN A RECORD- BREAKING MATCH! JUST FEW DAYS BACK, PUNERI PALTAN AND TELUGU TITANS SET A NEW RECORD OF RECORDING THE HIGHEST TALLY OF POINTS IN A SINGLE MATCH (103). TODAY, PATNA AND BENGAL BETTERED THAT WITH 110.
FULL-TIME: PUNERI PALTAN ENDS ITS PKL 7 CAMPAIGN WITH THIS LOSS AND UP CLIMBS TO THE FOURTH SPOT IN THE TABLE.
43-39: AMIT KUMAR OF PUNE GETS AN EASY TOUCH POINT OFF AMIT OF UP AND THAT'S THAT!
43-38: Surjeet fails with the ankle hold on Sachin Kumar.
42-38: Amit Kumar gets Sachin Kumar.
42-37: ANKUSH GETS KADIAN AND GIRISH AND THIS SHOULD BE IT!
40-37: NOW, MANJEET FAILS AND THIS TIME, IT'S NITESH AND NOT SACHIN KUMAR WITH THE DAMAGE. Brilliant ankle hold.
39-37: PUNE PLAYS A HIGH LINE OF DEFENCE ON DEVADIGA AND GIRISH MARUTI ERNAK WITH A GREAT ANKLE HOLD AND GREAT STRENGTH TO PULL HIM BACK.
39-36: Nitin Tomar is floored with a diving ankle hold from Sachin Kumar and that's a huge relief for UP.
110 SECONDS TO GO AND AS THEY ALL FAMOUSLY SAY, ALL THREE RESULTS ARE POSSIBLE
38-36: TWO MINUTES TO GO AND ONCE AGAIN, A MISTAKE COSTS PUNE DEARLY! OVER-EAGERNESS FROM THE DEFENDER. AMIT KUMAR FAILS WITH AN ANKLE HOLD AND LETS DEVADIGA DIVE BACK TO SAFETY. Pune reviews the call, claiming no bonus for Rishank. Replay shows that the bonus attempt is clean AND TWO POINTS TO UP. PUNE'S REVIEW IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
PUNE HAS RECOVERED FROM A 15-POINT DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF TO DRAW BACK LEVEL !
36-36: SCORES LEVEL. Do-or-die raid for Nitin Tomar and he delivers with a touch point off Ashu Singh. UP challenges the call, claiming the raider is out. More of a desperate reviews. Replay shows Nitin Tomar stepped into the lobby only after getting a touch and THE REVIEW IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
36-35: Do-or-die raid for UP and ANKUSH IS PULLED BACK ON THE MAT AND SENT BACK THE BENCH BY AMIT KUMAR. HIGH-5 FOR HIM AMIT TOO!
36-34: Nitin Tomar escapes Gurdeep Singh's ankle hold and turns back quickly to jog back to safety.
36-33: Do-or-die raid for UP and Ankush gets Sagar Krishna in the left corner. Krishna with a weak thigh hold attempt on the raider.
35-33: Amit, this time, fails with a mis-timed challenge on Nitin Tomar.
35-32: AMIT STOPS DARSHAN KADIAN IN HIS TRACKS WITH A SOLID SHORT BLOCK!
34-32: Do-or-die raid for Pune. Manjeet has been eliminated this time by Sachin Kumar, who pounced on the raider in the left flank.
33-32: Do-or-die raid for UP AND ANUP KUMAR'S MEN HAVE TRULY COME ALIVE IN THE SECOND HALF. SURJEET SINGH WITH A DIVING ANKLE HOLD ON SURENDER SINGH AND HET GETS TO HIS HIGH-5.
33-31: Manjeet now gets Gurdeep Singh and this is just exciting stuff.
33-30: SUPER-TACKLE AND PUNE IS RIGHT BACK INTO THE GAME. IT'S A THREE-POINT GAME! SURJEET SINGH WITH A LETHAL DASH ON MONU GOYAT.
33-27: Nitin Tomar gets a bonus and then SACHIN KUMAR COMES IN FOR A QUICK PURSUIT AND LIKE LAST TIME (IN THE FIRST HALF), HIS PRESSURE FORCES AN ERROR FROM THE DEFENCE. AMIT STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.
32-26: Do-or-die rai for UP. SURENDER SINGH IS IN AND HE GOES BACK WITH POINT. SAGAR KRISHNA TRIES A BLOCK, BUT SINGH TURNS BACK ON TIME AND RUNS BACK.
31-26: Now, Darshan Kadian visits the bench. Amit with his third tackle point of the night.
30-26: Do-or-die raid for Pune. Manjeet leaves it late AND HE BITES THE DUST! FIRST POINT OF THE HALF FOR UP AND IT'S THE SKIPPER, WHO DOES THE DAMAGE! WITH THIS TACKLE, HE BRINGS UP HIS HIGH-5.
29-26: 12 POINTS IN THE LAST FIVE FOR PUNE AND NOTHING FOR UP. AMIT KUMAR TACKLES DEVADIGA!
29-25: STILL NO POINTS FOR UP IN THE SECOND HALF!
29-24: PUNE IS HUNGRY AND THAT TACKLE SHOWS JUST THAT! DARSHAN KADIAN TACKLES GURDEEP SINGH AND THE WHOLE TEAM POUNCED AT HIM.
29-23: FOUR-POINT RAID FROM MANJEET AND UP IS ALL-OUT! WHAT A COMEBACK THIS HAS BEEN FROM PUNE IN THE SECOND HALF.
29-19: PUNE HAS STARTED REALLY WELL HERE! First, Manejet sends Nitesh Kumar to the bench before Amit Kumar shuts all doors on Monu Goyat.
29-17: SURENDER SINGH JOINS DEVADIGA ON THE BENCH! Girish with a great tackle.
29-16: Manjeet helps himself to an easy touch point. Sachin Kumar in the left cover was too eager to tackle the raider, but he was in two minds and that allowed Manjeet to bag a point.
29-15: Puneri Paltan starts its last 20 minutes of PKL SEASON 7 with a short block from Surjeet on Rishank Devadiga.
HALF-TIME: UP YODDHA'S ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN TOO HOT TO HANDLE FOR PUNE, WHICH HAS FAILED MISERABLY THUS FAR IN ITS DEFENCE. Nitesh Kumar, UP's skipper is nearing his high-5, while Monu Goyat, Surender Singh and Rishank Devadiga have scored 13 raid points together. For UP, Sushant, Manjeet and Nitin have combined to score nine, but Nitin has two tackles in there.
29-14: Rishank Devadiga puts in empty raid and that's the end of first half.
29-14: Nitin Tomar with another mistimed tackle on the raider's ankle as Surender Singh drags his body to safety.
28-14: Manjeet with a running hand touch on Nitesh Kumar in the right corner.
28-13: Rishank Devadiga scores his fifth point of the night as Girish makes yet another mistake.
25-13: ALL-OUT! UP IS SHOWING ITS DEFENSIVE PROWESS HERE! THE TEAM CONCEDES A BONUS BEFORE NITESH KUMAR FLOORED DARSHAN KADIAN.
22-12: Girish Ernak is sent to the bench by Devadiga in exact same fashion as Surjeet was.
21-12: Do-or-die raid for Pune and UP scores its 8th tackle point of the night as Gurdeep thwarts Manjeet.
20-12: SUPER-TACKLE! THIS TIME, FOR SURE! THIS TIME, PUNERI PALTAN AND SAGAR KRISHNA, WITH HIS BRILLIANT ANKLE HOLD, SCORE TWO POINTS COURTESY A SUPER-TACKLE.
20-10: THAT IS JUST SMART WORK FROM UP. NITIN TOMAR FAILS MISERABLY WITH AN ANKLE HOLD AS SACHIN KUMAR RUNS IN TO DASH AND REDUCES PUNE TO TWO MEN.
19-10: SUSHANT SAIL JOINS HIS SKIPPER ON THE BENCH. Amit stays low and throws Sail in the air, who lands a bit uncomfortably. But he is okay.
18-10: ONE VETERAN GETTING THE OTHER! DEVADIGA IS USING ALL HIS EXPERIENCE AS HE USES GREAT MOVEMENT TO GET A TOUCH POINT OFF SURJEET AND JUMP BACK TO SAFETY.
17-10: SUSHANT SAIL WITH A DOUBLE THIGH HOLD AND MANAGES TO CONTAIN MONU GOYAT!
17-9: Nitin Tomar with a bonus.
17-8: MONU GOYAT EVADES AN ANKLE HOLD FROM AMIT KUMAR.
16-8: SACHIN KUMAR SENDS MANJEET BACK TO THE BENCH!
15-8: Vertran Rishank Devadiga takes support of the defender Surjeet Singh and falls back to safety on time.
14-8: MONU GOYAT IS DASHED OUT BY AMIT KUMAR.
14-7: A TACKLE OF SUPREME QUALITY! MANJEET IS SENT TO THE BENCH BY A LETHAL BLOCK FROM NITESH KUMAR.
13-7: NITIN TOMAR HAS BEEN TACKLING WELL IN THE LAST FEW MATCHES AND THIS BRILLIANT BLOCK ON SURENDER SINGH IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT.
13-6: Skipper Nitesh Kumar with a perilous block on Sushant Sail, who had tried to get the right corner defender with a kick.
12-6: Sushant Sail now puts in a tackle on Rishank Devadiga.
12-5: MANJEET AND HIS MIGHT OVERPOWER GURDEEP'S DASH!
12-4: MONU GOYAT IS COMING BACK TO FORM! THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR UP! He sends Surjeet Singh back to the bench.
11-4: PUNERI IS ALL-OUT! LAST MAN IN WAS SUSHANT SAIL, WHO GOT A BONUS AND THEN RAN OUT OF BOUNDS!
8-3: SUPER-TACKLE FOR PUNE! THE TEAM WAS DOWN TO TWO MAN, BUT THANKS TO SAGAR KRISHNA'S ANKLE HOLD ON RISHANK AND SUSHANT SAIL'S ASSIST. UP CHALLENGES THAT ONE DEFENDER HAD STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS. Replay shows that the defender indeed had stepped out of bounds. NO SUPER-RAID! Krishna, in fact, has to go back to the bench.
7-3: SURJEET AND GIRISH MARUTI ERNAK, THE PILLARS ARE WIPED OUT. GIRISH WITH A WEAK BACK HOLD AND THEN SURJEET WITH A WEAK ASSIST. TWO POINT TOO SURENDER SINGH.
5-3: UP IS OFF TO A BRILLIANT START! NITESH AND MONU PIN DOWN THE RAIDER!
3-3: Amit Kumar with the first point of the night.
3-2: Rishank Devadiga gets his night going. He sends Manjeet to the bench with a running hand touch.
2-2: Sushant Sail is held back with a great thigh hold from Amit.
1-2: Monu Goyat picks up a bonus and is then thwarted off the mat by Sagar Krishna and Surjeet Singh.
0-1: Manjeet comes in for the first raid of the match and he starts off with a bonus.
TOSS- UP wins the toss and PUNE will raid first.
How have both the teams fared against each other in the past?
What are some of the milestones you should look forward to in this match?
FULL-TIME! PARDEEP NARWAL AND PATNA DECIMATE BENGAL WARRIORS WITH A 28-POINT VICTORY.
41-69: A TWO-POINT RAID FOR PARDEEP AND THAT'S THAT! PARDEEP NARWAL EQUALS HIS BEST OF 34 RAID POINTS IN A MATCH AND HE SIGNS OFF WITH A BLAST! BONUS AND A TOUCH POINT OFF AVINASH AR.
41-67: ALL-OUT AGAIN! PATNA WITH A HUGE LEAD! NEERAJ KUMAR WITH A HIGH-5 AS HE PINS DOWN AVINASH AR.
41-64: PARDEEP NARWAL REACHES 300 RAID POINTS AND BECOMES THE FIRST MAN TO DO SO THIS SEASON! UNBELIEVABLE STUFF! 32 RAID POINTS AND 2 TACKLE POINTS.
41-63: IT' OFFICIAL! THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE NOW REGISTERED THE HIGHEST TALLY OF POINTS IN SINGLE MATCH!
39-62: PARDEEP NARWAL WITH 31ST RAID POINT AND 299TH OF THE SEASON.
39-61: Pardeep gets Viraj Vishnu Landge, Adarsh T, Sourabh Tanaji Patil
38-59: NEERAJ WITH THIGH HOLD FOLLOWED BY HADI'S BLOCK AND RAKESH NARWAL VISITS THE BENCH.
38-58: ANOTHER SUPER-RAID! PARDEEP HAS LITERALLY SAVED THE BEST FOR THE LAST! Viraj Vishnu Landge, Adarsh T, Sourabh Tanaji Patil fail to contain the 'record-breaker'.
38-55: THIS HAS NOW BECOME A ROUT! VIKAS JAGLAND CONTAINS AVINASH AR! PARDEEP HAS SCORED 28 RAID POINTS ON THE NIGHT!
HONESTLY, I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT RAID! IT WAS JUST ASTONISHING!
37-52: SUPER-RAID! THAT IS A MONSTROUS SUPER-RAID!!! HE SEEMED DOWN AND OUT AND SOMEHOW, HE GETS PAST THE MID-LINE! BALDEV WITH A FAILED ANKLE HOLD AND THEN FOUR DEFENDERS FAIL TO CONTAIN HIM. Baldev Singh, Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali, Adarsh T, Sourabh Tanaji Patil, Viraj Vishnu Landge, Rakesh Narwalhave to go back to the bench. SIX POINTS FOR HIM.
37-46: WELL DONE AGAIN, SOURABH! EVADES A TACKLE FROM JAIDEEP AND THEN DIVES BACK TO SAFETY.
36-46: RAID POINT NO.20 FOR PARDEEP AS HE PICKS UP A BONUS.
36-45: SUPER-10 FOR SOURABH TANAJI PATIL! TWO YOUNG RAIDERS, WHO HAVE USUALLY WARMED THE BENCH FOR BENGAL, HAVE SCORED SUPER-10S TONIGHT! He gets Vikas Jaglan.
35-45: ALL-OUT! MAYUR SHIVTARKAR COMES IN FROM THE RIGHT COVER TO THE LEFT FLANK AND DASHES JANG KUN LEE OUT.
32-45: SOURABH PATIL WITH BRILLIANT FOOTWORK! Gets past Vikas Jaglan and Jaideep to reduce Patna to one man.
30-45: Lee follows up the great tackle with a bonus point.
30-44: JANG KUN LEE WITH A SUPER-TACKLE! NOW, THE RAIDERS OF PATNA CHIPPING IN WITH SUPER-TACKLES! FIRST PARDEEP AND NOW LEE! RAKESH NARWAL IS STOPPED ON THE SPOT WITH A BRILLIANT ANKLE HOLD FORM THE KOREAN!
30-42: Sourabh Tanaji Patil forces Hadi Oshtorak off to the bench with a hefty touch point off Hadi's thigh.
29-42: PARDEEP HAS SPENT ALMOST 13 MINUTES OFF THE COURT.
29-42: Do-or-die raid for Patna and Maghsoudlou fails to deliver. He took too much time there and went in too deep in the right corner. The clock pressure got to the raider and eventually, he was easily pinned down by Adarsh T.
28-42: Neeraj Kumar with yet another error, as he fails to retreat on time and falls to a running hand touch from Sourabh Tanaji Patil.
27-42: Do-or-die raid of Bengal. Rakesh Narwal is in and FINALLY A GOOD TACKLE FROM PATNA IN THIS HALF! JAIDEEP WITH A BRILLIANT FRONTAL BLOCK!
27-41: GREAT COMBINATION TACKLE FROM BENGAL! PARDEEP NARWAL IS FIRST STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS WITH A DIVING ANKLE HOLD FROM THE RIGHT CORNER BEFORE BEING CLEANED UP BY BALDEV SINGH.
26-41: He follows it up with a touch point off Baldev Singh.
26-40: PARDEEP NARWAL WITH A TACKLE POINT! HIS NINTH TACKLE POINT OF HIS CAREER!HOLDS PATIL WITH A WRIST HOLD BEFORE THE OTHERS COME IN TO HELP.
26-38: Pardeep picks up a bonus with a minimum of fuss.
26-37: SUPER-TACKLE! NO.3 FOR PATNA! ESMAEIL WITH A BRILLIANT TACKLE ON SOURABH TANAJI PATIL. PARDEEP NARWAL IS REVIVED!
26-35: PATNA IS FALLING APART IN PARDEEP NARWAL'S ABSENCE! SUDDENLY, IN HIS ABSENCE, THE RAIDERS AREN'T ABLE TO DELIVER! Well done to Adarsh T for containing Vikas Jaglan. PATNA DOWN TO TWO!
25-35: Tanaji Patil with his fifth raid point of the match. He dives through a weak chain from Patna and Hadi Oshtorak is off to the bench.
24-35: SOURABH PATIL IS COMING TO THE FORE NOW! HE DIVES BACK TO SAFETY AFTER BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY NEERAJ KUMAR!
23-35: Baldev Singh comes good again. Jang Kun Lee is back to the bench.
22-35: ADARSH T AND BALDEV COMBINE TO FLOOR PARDEEP NARWAL.
21-35: Do-or-die for Bengal and Sourabh Patil bags a bonus.
20-35: The cover defender makes the error. Mayur Shivtarkar fails with a double ankle hold on Pardeep.
DOES PARDEEP GETTING THE BETTER OFF VIRAJ AT WILL REMIND YOU OF PAWAN SEHRAWAT PICKING 10 POINTS OFF VIKAS KALE?
20-34: PARDEEP COMES IN AND WITHIN FIVE SECONDS, HE GETS A RUNNING HAND TOUCH OFF VIRAJ VISHNU LANGDE!
20-33: Bonus plus one for Mohammad Taghi. He sends Neeraj Kumar to the bench with a brilliant toe touch.
19-31: SUPER-10 FOR RAKESH NARWAL! THE NARWAL BROTHERS ARE HAVING AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT NIGHT! RAKESH IS A COUSIN OF PARDEEP. Coming to the raid, he overpowers a Vikas Jaglan chest block.
18-31: PARDEEP IS PICKING POINTS OFF VIRAJ VISHNU AT WILL! HE MADE A DUMMY RUN TO THE RIGHT AND THEN A SUDDENT BURST OF SPEED TO THE LEFT MEANT VIRAJ HAS TO GO BACK TO THE BENCH.
18-30: Sourabh gets Neeraj Kumar.
17-30: PATNA RESUMES WITH AN ALL-OUT! RAKESH NARWAL WAS THE LAST MAN STANDING AND PARDEEP HELPED HIMSELF TO AN EASY 13TH RAID POINT.
AND WE ARE BACK WITH THE SECOND HALF
HALF-TIME! Brilliant comeback from Patna. A healthy lead of 10 points with Pardeep leading from the front. Jang Kun Lee with five points and five tackle points for Patna.
17-27: PARDEEP NARWAL GETS HIS 12TH RAID POINT OFF VISHNU and that's the end of the first half.
17-26: BENGAL SURVIVES AS RAKESH NARWAL GETS A BONUS AND THEN A TOUCH POINT OFF NEERAJ KUMAR TO REVIVE ONE PLAYER.
14-26: Now, Mayur Shivtarkar has to go back to the bench.
14-25: SUPER-10 FOR PARDEEP! HE GETS A SUPER-10 IN HIS FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON! Sourabh Patil comes in from the right and tries to catch Pardeep blind-sighted, but slips and allows Pardeep to run back to safety.
13-24: PARDEEP NARWAL WITH DUBKI, BACK-TRACKING SKILLS AND POWER! TWO POINTS OFF Adarsh T, Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali. HE IS ONE-POINT AWAY FROM SUPER-10.
13-22: Mohammad Taghi with a bonus.
12-22: Baldev Singh attempts a back hold on Pardeep, but fails as the raider turns on time to get back to safety.
12-21: Jang Kun Lee with the fifth point of his match and once again, Viraj has to go the bench. 5 unsuccessful tackles for Viraj so far.
12-20: He jumps out of Neeraj's grapple and then on his way down, helps himself to an easy picking off Vikas Jaglan. Two raid points for Rakesh Narwal.
10-20: Top-class from Pardeep. He gets Vishnu in the left cover again.
10-19: First Pardeep picks up a bonus and then Taghi picks up a bonus for Bengal.
9-18: ALL-OUT! PATA INFLICTS AN EARLY ALL-OUT ON BENGAL AND IT'S COME IN A RATHER COMICAL FASHION. TWO DEFENDERS STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS, THANKS TO PARDEEP'S HIGH SPEED AND THEN ONE TOUCH POINT BY PARDEEP.
9-13: Do-or-die for Bengal now and Sunil Manik Dubile has to perish. What a timely tackle from Esmaeil Maghsoudlou, who catches the raider off-guard with a brilliant double thigh hold.
9-12: FIRST DO-OR-DIE RAID OF THE MATCH! JANG KUN LEE IS AND HE HELPS HIMSELF TO AN EASY TOUCH POINT AS MOHAMMAD TAGHI WITH A FAILED DIVING ANKLE HOLD ON THE RAIDER.
9-11: SUPER-TACKLE FOR PATNA, SECOND IN A ROW AND PATNA IS IN THE LEAD! WELL DONE TO NEERAJ KUMAR, WHO RETREATS ON TIME FIRST IN THE RIGHT CORNER AND THEN THROWS IN A LETHAL BLOCK FROM THE BACK ON SOURABH PATIL.
9-9: SCORES LEVEL! Jang Kun Lee with a bonus.
9-8: SUPER-TACKLE! PATNA CONTAINS NARWAL WITH A GREAT BLOCK, BUT ONE POINT TO BENGAL AS VIKAS JAGLAN HAD STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
NO DO-OR-DIE RAIDS YET
8-6: TWO POINTS FRO LEE. PICKS UP A BONUS AND THEN GETS A TOUCH ON VIRAJ AND USES THE LOBBY TO ESCAPE!
8-4: THE DEFENCE CONTINUES TO COMMIT ERRORS! Jaideep comes breaks from the chain in the left and goes for a solo tackle, floors Rakesh but cannot prevent him from getting his legs past the mid-line .
7-4: Finally, tackle point for Bengal. Viraj Vishnu Langde gets one back on Pardeep with a strong tackle. PATNA DOWN TO THREE!
6-4: ONE IRANIAN GETS TWO! HADI AND ESMAEIL FAIL TO CONTAIN TAGHI! TAGHI GETS PAST A DOUBLE IRANIAN BLOCK.
4-4: This Pardeep on a usual day. Picking up points as will. Once again, he target the left corner and gets a running hand touch off Viraj in the left corner.
4-3: ANOTHER FAILED TACKLE FROM PATNA! IT'S NEERAJ KUMAR AGAIN, WHO THROWS IN A WEAK DASH AND ALLOWS RAKESH NARWAL TO GET HIS HAND PAST THE MID-LINE ON HIS WAY OUT.
3-3: Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou nicks a quick bonus.
3-2: Rakesh Narwal bags his first point, after he overpowers Vikas Jaglan's block.
2-2: Pardeep has scored 66% of the total points for Patna this season and add one more. Out goes Vishnu, who fails to retreat on time and concedes a touch point.
2-1: Now, Mohammad Taghi is off the mark. He gets a running hand touch off Neeraj Kumar.
1-1: POINT NUMBER 1 FOR PARDEEP. HE GETS RID OF ADARSH T IN THE LEFT CORNER, WHO FAILED WITH A DOUBLE THIGH HOLD.
1-0: Sourabh Tanaji Patil is in to raid and he is off the mark. First point of the night goes to Bengal. The raider gets a running hand touch on Hadi.
0-0: PARDEEP NARWAL IS IN ONE LAST TIME THIS SEASON. He also goes back empty-handed.
0-0: Rakesh Narwal of Bengal comes in for the first raid of the match and goes back empty-handed.
PARDEEP IS ON THE MAT ONE LAST TIME THIS SEASON AND HERE WE GO!
TOSS- Patna wins the toss and Bengal will raid first.
TEAM NEWS:
BENGAL WARRIORS:
- Maninder Singh will not be featuring today for the the Warriors. Let's hope he is recovering well from the shoulder injury he suffered against Dabang Delhi.
- As expected, and since Bengal has already qualified for the playoffs , Bengal is giving chance to youngsters. No Rinku Narwal, Jeeva Kumar or Mohammad Nabibakhsh .
PATNA PIRATES:
- Patna has nothing to lose and it is not taking any chances. The usual suspects , in other words the usual starting seven, will be sent in by Ram Mehar Singh.
So, what to expect from today's encounter?
Bengal Warriors: Bengal Warriors returns to action after a scintillating 42-33 win over the current leaders Dabang Delhi. The team will look to continue the good form and climb to the top of the table with a win tonight.
However, it will not be easy as a young team will go be up against a full-strength Patna Pirates. Only Mayur Shivtarkar and Bengal's leading defender Baldev Singh have been retained from the previous match.
Bengal is going with a defence-centric side today. Baldev Singh will lead the charge and will have the support of Viraj Vishnu and Adarsh T in the starting seven. Naveen Narwal and Amit will start as subsitutes.
Sourabh Tanaji Patil and Mayur, the all-rounders, also starts. Whereas, the raiding department will be handled by Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahalia, Rakesh Narwal.
Come to look at it, Bengal still fields a well-balanced squad.
Patna Pirates: TIME FOR PARDEEP NARWAL ONE FINAL TIME THIS SEASON!
Well, for starters, Pardeep Narwal will once again shoulder the responsibility of getting Patna over the line, which returns to the mat after a close win against Gujarat Fortunegiants in the previous match.
Pardeep Narwal is currently second in the list of most raid points this season with 268 points. He is currently 25 short of leader Pawan Sehrawat. Unfortunately, Pardeep will not be able to finish at the top for the second season in succession as Patna failed to make it to the playoffs.
In the defence, Neeraj Kumar, Hadi Oshtorak will take guard at the left and corner, respectively. Vikas Jaglan and Jaideep will be present for assistance in the cover region.
In the raiding department, Jang Kun Lee and Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou will look to make a difference today.
How have both the teams fared against each other in the past?
What are some of the milestones you should look forward to in this match?
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