The riveting action continued in the Pro Kabaddi League on Saturday as the crowd were treated with two mouth-watering encounters. The first match of the day was between Bengaluru Bulls vs Dabang Delhi K.C. at Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex,Balewadi, Pune.
The match got off to an intense start as Naveen Kumar was seen in fine form scoring 4 points for Dabang Delhi KC. The scores were levelled inside the first half
Bengaluru Bulls had an 11-point-lead at half-time. There were two all-outs from the Bulls in the first half as Dabang Delhi desperately needed to change their game plan to make a comeback in the contest.
Dabang Delhi bounced back in the second half to level the scoring at 33-33 as the crowd prepared itself for a tight finish. The Bengaluru Bulls stamped their authority ahead in the game defeating Dabang Delhi KC after an intense contest between the two sides. The final scores read 47-43 in favour of Bengaluru.
Courtesy of this win, the Bulls replaced Dabang Delhi at the top of the table as Bengaluru now have 29 points from 8 games as compared to Delhi’s 28.
The second match of the day Match 46 of the competition was between Telugu Titans and Gujarat Giants.
The match got off to a brisk start from Telugu Titans who had a lead of 5-2 in the first 7 minutes. The Giants made a strong comeback to make it 5-5. The match got closer and closer heading into the halftime. Titans were in lead by 12-9 at the half-time stage.
In the second half, the crowd got to see a charged-up Gujarat side who levelled the score 12-12 a few minutes into the second half. The match got intense heading into the final stages with Gujarat Giants inflicting an all-out on Telugu Titans.
Telugu Titans were seen facing the same problem once again as after leading in the first half, they were trailing big time by six points with just 10 minutes to go. The scoreline read 21-16 in favour of Gujarat.
Gujarat Giants managed to beat the Telugu Titans coming back from trailing in the first half. The scoreline ended with 19-30 in favour of Gujarat.