Bengaluru: Naveen Kumar conducted a star turns like Dabang Delhi KC demanding Tamil Thalavas 32-31 in a match that fought close to the Kabaddi Pro League here on Saturday.
Star Raider scored 13 points for Delhi because they overcame a rigid challenge installed by the Tamil team in the dying minute.
Victory will help Delhi increase their chances on the top finish in the league stage.
Thalavas miscalculated the last attack and did not try a bonus that could help them reach 2 points to raise the match level.
The result means that the team from Chennai is outside the top 6 today and will need the perfect end to keep their playoff expectations stay alive.
Delhi started the match at the front foot with Naveen Kumar looked unpleasant.
He took easy points from the Tamil defense, while in the end, Manjeet did his best to keep Thalavas in touching distance.
The absence of ajinkya pawar inhibits the usual two-headed attacks.
Pressure finally helped Dabang won all in the 13th minute and opened an 8-point lead.
Even though there was a gap, Thalava played well, especially the captain of Surjeet Singh.
Nearwal Narwal Neeraj also contributed to the raid because the first half ended with a score of 17-10.
Delhi controlled the match in the early minutes of the second half even though Thalavas increased equipment.
Manjeet continued to push Delhi’s defense while Sagar also began to pick forms in the right corner.
The momentum shifted to the side of Thalavas in the 10th minute when 3 Delhi defenders came out of the limit like Tamil Raider Himanshu entered the lobby without touch.
Manjeet immediately added another point to make it 3 points and only one Delhi player in the mattress.
Thalavas finally got Own out with 8 minutes on the clock to raise the score on 23-23.
Naveen Kumar won his Super 10 when he continued to get better than the Tamil defense.
Manjeets are not interested in letting Delhi escape by leading.
He took Super 10 because the touch point was helped Thalavas the score level with only 2 minutes left.
But Manjeet Chhillar produced a tackle clutch at the last minute to send Manjeet Tamil to Dugout.
Naveen then took a point to open a 2-point lead that was can’t be reduced thalava in their last attack.