Published 16:38 IST, September 12th 2019

Kabaddi: Bengal Warriors edge out U Mumba 29-26 in a nail-biter

Bengal Warriors beat U Mumba 29-26 in the Pro Kabaddi League 2019, in what turned out to be a thriller of a match. Read on for the highlights from the match

Reported by: Aishwarya Rai
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ongoing seventh season of Pro Kabdi League is in its eighth week w. On 11 September, 85th match of season was held between Bengal Warriors and U Mumba at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stium in Kolkata. It was home ground for Bengal Warriors, who mand to defeat U Mumba with 29-26 on scoreboard.

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Bengal Warriors edge out U Mumba

It was indeed a  nail-biting experience for audience as both teams h put ir best foot forward. Bengal Warriors are on second position on points table with 53 points out of 15 matches. Whereas, after losing to Bengal Warriors, U Mumba is sitting a little lower in rankings chart at 5 with 43 points. Bengal Warriors have defeated U Mumba for second time in same season. Earlier Bengal won with a score of 32-30 against U Mumba.

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Major Highlights of Match

  • Arjun Deshwal was shining throughout of match from U Mumba’s squ. He kick-started match with a super raid of 3 points i.e. bonus + touchpoint.
  • Next, it was Maninder Singh, Captain for Bengal Warriors who went for a raid. Guess what? He reciprocated to Arjun’s super raid in a similar manner and earned first 4 points for his team.
  • Once again Arjun Deshwal replicated his super raid stint, up until end of  1st half of match
  • It was 16-13 for Bengal Warriors and U Mumba respectively by half time. With a total of 3 super raids within first half of match.
  • In second half, Bengal Warriors were truly owning match. y were in le ever since start of second half.
  • DefenderJeeva Kumar tackled Arjun Deshwal beautifully in his 'do or die' raid.
  • Sukesh Hegde was put down by Fazel, and U Mumba got a point.
  • Lastly, a Super Tackle resulted in Arjun Deshwal's exit, resulting in Bengal Warriors winning match by 2 points. 
  • Bengal Warriors tasted sweet victory with a total of 29 points.

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11:36 IST, September 12th 2019