Haryana Steelers Deliver All-round Show To Overcome The Patna Pirates In Closely-fought Contest

Haryana Steelers moved to top of table and extended ir winning run to four games after defeating Patna Pirates with a scoreline of 37-32, at Noida Indoor Stium on Wednesday. Mohammreza Shloui, Shivam Patare, Vinay and Rahul were all involved in a complete team display as y got better of Devank Dalal, Ayan Lohchab and rest of Patna Pirates in second game of day.

Haryana Steelers were quick off blocks in this contest with Vinay getting m ir first points. It was his two-point raid that gave Haryana Steelers le, before Devank levelled things up for Patna Pirates. However, Haryana Steelers found ir groove rar quickly and managed to get ir noses in front once more.

y extended ir le to three points as Shivam Patare got some quick raids, while Rahul and Mohammreza Shloui helped inflict an ALL-OUT on Patna Pirates, to nearly double le for Haryana Steelers. It was a special moment for Rahul, who completed his milestone of 150 tackle points in Pro Kabdi League.

In a tightly-contested first half, Patna Pirates kept mselves in game and ensured y didn’t fall behind by a big margin, restricting Haryana Steelers’ le to six-points at end of half, with score at 20-14.

Both sides were going toe-to-toe in early exchanges of second half with Haryana Steelers keeping ir le intact. Patna Pirates eventually pulled trigger to try and mount a fightback, with Devank executing a two-point raid, and closing gap for his team to three points.  

Haryana Steelers extended ir le back to five points, courtesy of a Super Tackle on Ayan, putting brakes on Patna Pirates momentum with under 10 minutes to go in game. three-time champions are only team to overcome a five-point deficit three or more times in PKL 11, so re was plenty of life left in this contest despite Haryana Steelers having a narrow le.

It seemed like Patna Pirates would once again pull off a comeback late in this contest. In a manic passage of play, gap was quickly closed to one point with Patna Pirates executing an ALL-OUT on Haryana Steelers. However, y handed initiative right back to Haryana Steelers after a costly error.

That helped Haryana Steelers extend ir le back to five points in blink of an eye. From re on, it was a matter of keeping ir calm and playing it smartly to make sure y keep mselves in le with clock running out. Haryana Steelers eventually got over line with a scoreline of 37-32, and are now at top of table as a result.