Author: Kshitij Kumar Ojha

Bengaluru Bulls were on their way to inflict a second all-out in the second half to Bengal Warriors on January 20, but of a freakish raid by Nabibaksh changed the game completely. He did not do much in that raid apart from picking up a bonus point and taking a review of all time.  After taking the bonus, Nabibaksh stepped into the lobby during his raid without touching any of the opponents, and the Bulls defence followed Nabibaksh in the lobby. As a result, Warriors were awarded one bonus point plus seven technical points. The extra two points for all out was not given because Nabibaksh…

The two previous games between the Giants and the Thailavas had ended in a draw, so a close contest was expected from this game as well. In what was a strange day at Vivo Pro Kabaddi season 8, GG emerged out victorious by a 37-35 margin. The game didn’t disappoint as it was evenly poised for the most part of the match, but it did have some exciting moments. The first of which came in when Ajinkya Pawar came in as a substitute for Thailavas and saved his team from an all-out in the initial minutes of the match. Gujarat Giants, though,…

Haryana Steelers emerged victorious in their match against Puneri Paltan on Wednesday as they defeated them by a 37-30 scoreline. It was a clash between two friends. Haryana is being coached by Rakesh Kumar and Puneri Paltan’s coach is Anup Kumar. It was the third clash between these two coaches, and Rakesh has come out on top against Anup every time. Their friendship goes a long way back, and it is no secret that both of these legends of the game have been friends for years. Their friendship and camaraderie used to be visible even when they played against each other as captains…

The Haryana Steelers came up with a solid performance as well to get the better of the Puneri Paltan, whereas the Telugu Titans beat the Jaipur Pink Panthers by one point to finally bring an end to their winless run in the ongoing edition of the Kabaddi Pro League. In what was a one-sided affair after the second half, Haryana Steelers defeated Puneri Paltan 37-30 in the first match of the evening on Wednesday. The battle between the young raiders from both sides was supposed to be the highlight of this match. Aslam Inamdar and Meetu Singh have done a decent job for their teams throughout…

Patna Pirates have now lost two of their last three games. After a 28-38 loss against the Jaipur Pink Panthers, they won against the Bengaluru Bulls 38-31. However, in their last Pro Kabaddi League 8 game, the Pirates fell short against now table-toppers Dabang Delhi yet again. Ram Mehar Singh, Patna’s coach had stated after their game against JPP that the team’s defence got overconfident and hence gave away too many tackle points. The defence made amends in the next game against the Bengaluru Bulls as Sunil alone took nine tackle points. But against Dabang Delhi, Patna tried 22 tackle points but could only manage nine successful ones. Ram Mehar…

Former Telugu Titans head coach Srinivas Reddy has been very critical about captain Rohit Kumar’s performance in the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League season. Telugu Titans’s 27-28 defeat to Bengal Warriors in the PKL8 match 61 meant they lost their eighth game this season and are still winless after 10 games. The only saving grace for them is that they have not lost all their fixtures and have managed two ties. The league has reached its halfway stage, and the Titans are very unlikely to find a place in the top six to qualify for the playoffs. They currently stand at the 12th position with just 12 points.…

In another action-packed evening of the Pro Kabaddi League 8, the UP Yoddhas emerged victorious against the Puneri Paltan, whereas the Telugu Titans continued to struggle, losing a close contest to the Bengal Warriors. UP Yoddhas registered their second consecutive win of the season by beating Puneri Paltan by 50-40. Yoddhas have won three games out of their last four, with one resulting in a draw (36-36 vs Haryana Steelers). Pardeep Narwal made a super raid (3 points) in the very first raid of the match. But that didn’t dither Puneri Paltan from giving the Yoddhas an all out within the first eight minutes…

The 58th game of the Pro Kabaddi League 8 turned out to be yet another thriller as The Jaipur Pink Panthers and Tamil Thailavas played the 12th tie of the campaign with the match ending at 31-31. This was Thailavas fifth tie of the season, most by any team until now. The Panthers did well to hold onto a tie as Thailavas had taken a slender lead of two points in the dying stages of the game. But the last raid proved to be the most crucial raid of the game. Manjeet went for the final raid for the Thailavas, which was a…

Bengaluru Bulls won their last two games comprehensively against Dabang Delhi and Gujarat Giants. The main architect of those two wins was Pawan Kumar Sherawat, who scored a combined 46 raid points in those two games. Pawan scored 27 raid points against DDKC, the most by any raider in a single game this season. He followed it up with 19 against the Giants. Bulls challenge this season has been that they are heavily dependent on Pawan in the raiding department. This is evident in the fact that despite their massive wins against Delhi and Gujarat, no other raider got more than…

The way Dabangg Delhi started the season, it looked like they were invincibles, but then came their first loss of the season against Jaipur Pink Panthers where they lost by a close margin of two points. Before their win on Saturday against the Haryana Steelers, Delhi were beaten comprehensively by Bengaluru Bulls by a record margin of 39 points. Delhi’s star raider Naveen Kumar missed that game due to an injury. He returned for their encounter against Haryana Steelers, but the opposition’s defence ensured that he didn’t get back to his groove. The Haryana team, it seemed, came fully prepared to tackle the 26-year-old. https://twitter.com/HaryanaSteelers/status/1482382152784564224 The…