On Wednesday, Puneri Paltan defeated U Mumba 36-34 in a Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 match here. The match between Puneri Paltan Vs U Mumba was a cut throat battle as both teams played a level game. The Fazel led Mumba started the match well, but lost their way in the middle, allowing Paltan to take advantage. U Mumba lost for the 2nd time in a row and will need to find a solution quickly to stop the rot.
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U Mumba VS Puneri Paltan: First Half
Aslam Inamdar started the first half for the Paltan with a bang scoring a multi point raid in the initial minutes of the match. Rescuing the loss U Mumba defenders took the responded quickly to cover the point difference aggressively. For a while it felt its a raiders game, both the teams were scoring points in their raid turns very effectively. Lately though Fazel Attrachali made the difference and assisted Mumba to secure the lead in the first half .Fazel races from the left and dashes Vishwas off the mat. U Mumba inflicts the All Out and takes the early lead. At Half Time U Mumba has a slender one-point lead .
U Mumba VS Puneri Paltan: Second Half
The second half began with Puneri Paltan racing ahead to minimize their deficit with Captain leading from Front and send Baljinder Out of the mat.
Following that, the Paltan attempted a comeback through Mohit while Ajith from the Mumba side responded quickly to revive his teams defender. Ajith pushed Puneri Paltan on backfoot and assisted Mumbaikars to lead the score. Rinku restricted Aslam in the very next raid was like the cherry on cake. U Mumba resembled settle until Mohit Strike. Mohit single handedly Changed the course of match , resulting U Mumba getting all out as Abhishek was dashed out of the mat by the captain. Puneri Paltan ended their game right there where they have picked the lead. Overaggressive defense effort from Fazel, and slippery Hands of Rinku helped Paltan for the second time in this season.
U Mumba VS Puneri Paltan: Best Performers
U Mumba
Top Raider: V.AjithKumar (10 points)
Top Defender: Abhishek Singh (8 points)
Puneri Paltan
Top Raider: Mohit Goyat ( 9 points)
Top Defender: Abinesh Nadarajan (6 points)
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