Pro Kabaddi 2018 Match 53: UP Yoddha versus Bengaluru Bulls
The 53rd match of Pro Kabaddi 2018 was between UP Yoddha and Bengaluru Bulls. UP Yoddha were still looking for their maiden victory. They wanted to win against the Bengaluru Bulls after their 2 consecutive ties with them. The UP raiders, Rishank Devadiga and Shrikant Jadhav had planned to insinuate chaos in the defence of the Bulls. The Bulls, on the other hand, had star raiders like Rohit Kumar and Pawan Sehrawat in their ranks. They wanted to continue their streak gaining another victory under their belt.
Shrikant Jadhav opened the account for the home team in the very first raid of the Pro Kabaddi 2018 match. Pawan Shehrawat returned the favour. Nine minutes into the match, Pawan Shehrawat inflicted the first all-out of the night on the UP Yoddha team. 10 minutes into the game, the score was 6-8 in favour of the Bulls.
The defence of the Bulls was on points. They successfully tackled Rishank, Prashant Kumar Rai and Shrikant Jadhav on many occasions.
At halftime, the Bengaluru Bulls were leading with a 9 point lead.
With 10 minutes remaining in the game, Mahender Singh tackled and got a High-5. Pawan Shehrawat got tackled in a do-or-die raid Nitesh. The Bulls returned the favour tackling Shrikant Jadhav. This helped them maintain their 10 point lead.
At two minutes remaining, the score difference was of 8 points, in favour of the Bulls. In the last 40 seconds of the match, Bengaluru was on fire. They inflicted another all-out on UP Yoddha. Pawan completed his Super 10 with 18 seconds remaining.
The UP Yoddha team showed some courage in the last few seconds of the match. They were able to execute two successful raids. They also tackled the Bengaluru raiders.
Although they did not win this Pro Kabaddi 2018 match, they lost with a respectable scoreline of 37-27 with a 10 point difference.
