PKL Season 11: Puneri Paltan win comfortably against Patna Pirates
Puneri Paltan started strongly in their second match, as Aslam Inamdar and co quickly stormed into a 4-0 lead in the first few minutes of the game.
Puneri Paltan started strongly in their second match, as Aslam Inamdar and co quickly stormed into a 4-0 lead in the first few minutes of the game.
Puneri Paltan are aiming for a rare landmark in Season 11 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) by becoming just the second team in the history of the tournament to successfully defend their title.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran starred again as Dabang Delhi TTC beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis 11-4 in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Friday.
Puneri Paltan became the second team to qualify for the playoffs of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 10, after a thrilling 30-30 tie with Dabang Delhi at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Monday.
Puneri Paltan put the Gujarat Giants to the sword registering a 37-17 victory at the SMS Indoor Stadium on Friday.
Bengaluru Smashers, Dabang Delhi TTC, Goa Challengers and U Mumba TT are the other four franchisees to fight for the coveted title.
A dominant Pune side inflicted the first All-Out in the 6th minute of the game to move to a 7-point lead and continued their good work to secure another All-Out in the 14th minute.
Steelers' Vikas Kandola thrilled the audience with his Super 10 as the home side produced a successful tackle in the dying moments of the game to bag the nail-biter.
Some clever raiding by Abhishek and a few miscalculated moves by Pune's defenders allowed the Mumbai side to make a comeback and level the points in the penultimate move of the match.
Ajith Kumar got to his Super 10 in the final minutes and ensured the Thalaivas lost with a margin less than seven points but coach E Bhaskaran will be left with a lot to wonder as his side suffered a fifth straight loss.
