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Pro Kabaddi League 2019: Telugu Titans, UP Yoddha settle for a ‘tie’

Mumbai | ByPTI
Aug 02, 2019 10:23 PM IST

UP player Sumit went out of the mat and thus Telugu got a crucial point and had almost won the game on 20-19 before an unexpected thing happened.

The Telugu Titans and UP Yoddha Pro Kabaddi League match on Friday ended in a tie with both teams at 20-20. The two sides were locked at 19-19 with 30 seconds left for the match when Telugu’s star raider Siddharth Desai attempted the final raid. UP player Sumit went out of the mat and thus Telugu got a crucial point and had almost won the game on 20-19 before an unexpected thing happened.

Telugu Titans tied with UP Yoddhas.(Pro Kabaddi League)
Telugu Titans tied with UP Yoddhas.(Pro Kabaddi League)

Desai’s teammates entered the mat before the final whistle was blown, resulting in UP being given a “technical point” by match officials, leading to the match ending as a tie. Earlier, raider Siddharth Desai collected two points as Telugu were 2-1 ahead.

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But in the sixth minute, UP removed Siddharth as he went in for an unsuccessful raid to reduce the gap to 3-5. But within seconds, Siddharth was back on the field, after UP raider was successfully tackled by Telugu Titans even as the southern team surged 7-3 ahead.

A successful raid by Monu Goyat and two successful tackles helped UP to reduce the deficit to 6-7 in the 12th minute. The two teams were locked in a neck and neck battle, even as Telugu inched ahead to 9-7. But with some good tackles and raids, UP made it 11-11 going into the break.

Telugu began the second half with a successful tackle to go 12-11 ahead, but UP pulled back one to make it 12-12. UP raider Shrikant Jadhav failed under pressure as Telugu picked up a point to make it 13-12. But even Telugu star raider Siddharth faltered again as UP collected a point to make it 13-13.

With just 9 minutes to go, the two sides were locked at 15-15. However, a couple of successful tackles and with Siddharth picking up a point, Telugu moved 18-15 ahead. But a timely Super Tackle by UP Yoddha followed by a successful raid helped UP Yoddha again level the scores at 18 -18.

Both the teams successfully tackled their opponent player as the scores were levelled at 19-19 before the drama unfolded. In the second match of the day, U Mumba registered a comfortable 32-20 win over Gujarat Fortunegiants.

This was Gujarat’s first defeat in their fourth game as their raiders and defenders put a sub-par show and were no matchto Mumbai.

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