Young Parteek Dahiya scored 25 points as Gujarat Giants defeated Bengal Warriors 51-42 to register their sixth win in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 here on Sunday.
For Bengal Warriors, Nitin Kumar and Maninder Singh scored 12 and 11 points respectively.
Gujarat Giants’ Rakesh initiated a smart raid early, giving the men in orange a slender lead.
Just after the 10-minute mark, Parteek came up with a big raid, following which skipper Fazel Atrachali effected an ‘all out’ off the next move, giving the Gujarat Giants a five-point lead.
Parteek took the game by the scruff of the neck, effecting another ‘all out’ to give the Giants a solid 13-point lead.
By the time the teams went into the break, the Giants led the Warriors 28-17.
Going into the final phase of play, the Warriors trailed the Giants by seven points, and the contest was keenly poised.
Parteek scored another ‘all out’ for the Giants as the lead stood at seven points with just five minutes of play left.
Nitin and Maninder led the charge for the Warriors in the closing moments, but the Giants had enough in the bank and walked off the mat with a comfortable nine-point win.
The second match of the night was an intriguing one, as Bengaluru Bulls locked horns with Tamil Thalaivas in the Southern derby.
The game was closely contested as Bengaluru Bulls inched past Tamil Thalaivas 38-37. Thalaivas maintained the lead for the majority of the match but it was the Bulls who got the win in the final minute of the game.
Though Narender Hoshiyar scored a super 10 with 12 raid points for the Thalaivas, it was Bharat’s 9 raid points that proved valuable for the Bulls.
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