Pro Kabaddi League 2018: U Mumba resist late fightback from Bengaluru Bulls to win 32-29

Darshan Kadian scored 9 points whereas Surender got his second consecutive high five for U Mumba. After a quiet first half, Pawan Sehrawat top scored for Bengaluru Bulls with 8 points.

U Mumba resisted a late fightback from Bengaluru Bulls as they won 32-29 in the table-topping Inter Zone Challenge match of Pro Kabaddi Season 6. It was a terrific first half performance by U Mumba that laid the foundation of the victory. Bengaluru Bulls just got six points in the first half as both their defenders and raiders struggled.

Bengaluru Bulls’ Rohit Kumar (red) in action against U Mumba in the PKL 2018. (PKL Image)

Darshan Kadian scored 9 points whereas Surender got his second consecutive high five for U Mumba. After a quiet first half, Pawan Sehrawat top scored for Bengaluru Bulls with 8 points.

In the first three minutes, U Mumba raced into a 3-0 lead with two raid and one tackle point. Darshan Kadian powered through Ashish Sangwan as U Mumba led 5-0 and Bengaluru Bulls were reduced to just two men. In the sixth minute U Mumba inflicted an all out to lead 9-0. Bengaluru Bulls were struggling to find their feet against the aggressive U Mumba side.

Rohit Kumar scored a raid point to open Bengaluru Bulls but it came in the 11th minute. The first tackle point for the Bulls came in the 13th minute. Darshan Kadian scored with a two-point raid in the 20th minute as U Mumba continued to dominate the proceedings. U Mumba went into the break with a healthy 11-point lead as the score was 17-6 in their favour.

Abolfazl Maghsodlou got three points for U Mumba in the 23rd minute as they led 20-7. U Mumba inflicted an all out in the next minute to extend the lead to 23-8. Pawan Sehrawat, Bulls’ star raider failed to get on the score sheet in the first 25 minutes.

Sehrawat finally got his first point as Bengaluru Bulls trailed 10-25 after 28 minutes. Sehrawat revived Bulls’ hope with a brilliant super raid in the 33rd minute as they inflicted an all out and cut the lead to just seven points.

U Mumba scored two tackle points as they led 28-20 with just under five minutes left on the clock. Kashiling Adake came up with super raid in the 37th minute as Bengaluru Bulls trailed 24-29 to leave the match in the balance. Pawan Sehrawat got another raid point in the 38th minute as Bengaluru Bulls reduced the lead to four points.

Surender made a strong tackle on Pawan Sehrawat in the 38th minute as U Mumba led 31-25. U Mumba didn’t make any silly errors in the last two minutes of the match as they won 32-29.