Commonwealth Championship silver medalist Parveen Rana waged a grim battle to help Veer Marathis to down Mumbai Maharathi 4-3 and record their first win in the Pro Wrestling League at Siri Fort Indoor complex in New Delhi on Wednesday.

In the battle between two Maharashtra teams the outcome was decided in the last match as both were tied 3-3, and in this all important match  Praveen Rana overpowered namesake  riot Praveen Dahiya of Mumbai Maharathi 6-4 to give the league debutantes their first victory.

Rana looked in great touch and warded off all attempts by his opponent to record his first win in this year’s edition.

Earlier, World Championship bronze medalist Levan Berianidze (Armenia) beat Satender Malik 5-0 in the super heavyweight category to make it 3-2 in favour of the Marathas.

However World Championship silver medalist Odunayo Adekouroye (Nigeria) promptly pulled off a stunning 5-1 victory over Rio Olympic bronze medalist Marwa Amri to level the scores and bring her team back into the contest.

Mumbai won the toss and decided to keep Shravan out of the equation, while Marathas used their card to block Seema Bisla.

Olympic champion  Russian Soslan Ramonov  got Maharathis off to a great start as he annihilated  Amit Dhankar 16-0 through technical superiority in the 65 kg competition.

Soslan was in his brutal best and did not even break a sweat as he sealed the bout within couple of minutes of the opening period.

In the second bout, skipper Vasilisa Marzaliuk ( Belarus) restored parity for Marathas after she staved off a stiff challenge from France’s Cynthia Vescan  2-1 in the 76 kg event.

It was an evenly poised battle and the results could have gone either ways but Vasilisa hung on by her skin to come out victorious.

World championship bronze medalist Georgi Keteov (Armenia) made it 2-1 in favour of Marathas after he picked up a convincing 5-0 victory over  Satyawart Kadian in the heavyweight category.

It was a pulsating contest with none of the wrestlers able to score a point in the opening period. However, after the breather Georgi used all his experience and broke through the defence of his opponent to end on the winning note.

Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik registered a dominating victory over Ritu Malik Dalal to help Mumbai stay afloat in the tie.

Coming into the tie down 1-2, Maharathi’s icon player grappled with élan and brought her team back into the contest with 14-0 victory.