PKL 9: Tamil Thalaivas Win Easily Over Bengal Warriors

Tamil Thalaivas Win defeated Bengal Warriors in the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Monday, thanks to Narender’s heroics.

Tamil Thalaivas Win took a big lead at the end of the first half and kept it despite Bengal Warriors putting up a strong fight in the second half, eventually winning 35-30.

Narender scored a few raids as the Tamil Thalaivas took a 5-3 lead in the fourth minute. However, the Warriors quickly tackled Narender and remained in the game at 5-7.

Ajinkya Pawar upped his game and reduced the Warriors to three on the mat. Deepak Hooda struggled to break through the Thalaivas’ defense as the Tamil Nadu side took a commanding 10-5 lead in the 11th minute.

However, Balaji D and Manoj Gowda executed a SUPER TACKLE to avoid an all-out battle. And narrow the gap between the two sides.

Soon after, Gowda led a great raid that brought the Warriors within 10 points of Thalaivas’ score.

However, the Tamil Nadu team regained momentum and inflicted an ALL-OUT to take a 17-11 lead in the 18th minute. The Thalaivas kept raging and led 21-13 at the half.

The Thalaivas’ defense unit, led by Captain Sagar, tackled Maninder Singh in the opening minutes of the second half as the Tamil side maintained a 22-15 lead. Following that, Maninder executed a couple of brilliant raids, but the Thalaivas still led at 24-20 in the 29th minute.

Narender and Ajinkya Pawar helped the Tamils extend their lead with consecutive raids. But Maninder responded with a SUPER RAID to keep the Warriors in the game at 25-27.

However, Narender quickly turned the tide in favor of the Thalaivas with a magnificent two-point raid. The star raider continued to score points as Tamil Nadu maintained its 31-29 lead.