Bengaluru: Punty’s young children produce mature shows to defeat Gijarat Giants who are experienced 33-26 in the Kabaddi Pro League match on Wednesday.
In another match, Dabang Delhi Pipped Telugu Titans 36-35 in a meeting fought closely.
Delhi is now on a table with 26 points in six matches followed by Bengaluru Bulls and Patna Pirates.
Mohit Goyat won Super 10 (10 points) for Paltan, the first at PKL, and capable of being supported by all-rounder asamdar (8 points) when the team moved from under the table.
Coach Gujarat Manpreet Singh will ask questions about his failure defense once again.
Giant relief only came in the form of their robbers Ajay Kumar (10 points) and Rakesh S (8 points).
The match will be all about how experienced line-up defenses from Gujarat handle the young Pune Raiders.
And it was the last to start well with Mohit Goyat very impressive.
Aslam Inamdar and Vishwas supported Mohit because Pune got their first ‘all-out’ in the 10th minute.
Left corner Girish Da’nak barely spend time on a mat while Gujarat right corner of the ravinder pases suffering a knee injury when making a tackle.
Pahal injury brought Hadi Oshtorak to the mattress, but Iran was not given the opportunity to be satisfied with Mohit Goyat.
Pune’s Raider took 8 points in the first round which ended 19-13 in supporting the team.
At the other end, Rakesh scored 7 to keep his team live in the contest.
Pune start the second half with the same intensity and get the second ‘all-out’ in the fifth minute.
Experienced Gujarat defenders struggle to overcome the intensity of young pune.
Aslam Inamdar and Vishwas contributed to a successful tackle too because all-rounders made sure Pune maintained a 5-point lead with the remaining 10 minutes.
Ajay Kumar secured Super 10 for GIANT Gijarat but Pune continued to find points with Aslam Inamdar Shining.
With five minutes on the hour, Pune has 8 points tin.
Parvesh Bhainswal produces two super tackles to give Gujarat a glimmer of hope in the last minute, but tin proved too much for giants to overcome.