Pro Kabaddi 2018 Match 54: U Mumba versus Jaipur Pink Panthers
The 54th match of Pro Kabaddi 2018 was fought between U Mumba and the Jaipur Pink Panthers. It was the opening match of their home leg for U Mumba. They were eager to start the campaign with a victory. The Anup Kumar led Jaipur Pink Panthers were depending upon Deepak Niwas Hooda to carry them over the finish line. They were looking forward to him repeating his Super 10 performance that he showcased the last match.
Anup Kumar opened the account for his team executing a successful raid. In the absence of U Mumba’s star raider, Siddharth Desai, Abhishek Singh was leading the team’s raiding department.
Four minutes into the game and Anup Kumar was taken down the U Mumba captain, Fazel Atrachali. At 8 minutes, Darshan Kadian also scored 2 points for the home team. In the very next raid, U Mumba inflicted the first all-out of the night.
At 10 minutes into the game and the score was 10-3 in favour of the home team. They continued on with their show of sheer power. 6 minutes before halftime and only one man was left standing of the Panther’s mat. The Panthers were struck the second all-out of the night in the subsequent raid.
The scoreboard read 19-4 in favour of U Mumba. The match turned out to be really one-sided. U Mumba kept pushing and at halftime, the score was 26-8.
The second round of the Pro Kabaddis 2018 match began and soon the Panthers faced a third all-out. With 10 minutes remaining, the score was 38-18, with U Mumba still in the lead. It looked like a point of no return for the Panthers.
With 3 minutes remaining, Young-Chan Ko tried to blindside tackle a U Mumba raider but that led the fourth all-out of the match.
In this match of Pro Kabaddi 2018, U Mumba defeated the Jaipur Pink Panthers 48-24.
