U Mumba ended their home leg in the Pro Kabaddi League with a comfortable 36-22 win over Tamil Thalaivas. It was a solid defensive performance by the home team as they dominated Thalaivas’ raiders. Fazel Atrachali got a high five whereas in raiding department it was Darshan Kadian who got six points.
Ajay Thakur was the top-scorer for Thalaivas with seven raid points.
Darshan Kadian got U Mumba up and running with two raids in the first three minutes as they trailed 2-3. For Tamil Thalaivas, Ajay Thakur looked in fine touch at the beginning of the match. Siddharth Desai scored a raid point in the sixth minute as U Mumba trailed 3-5.
In the 14th minute, U Mumba inflicted the first all out of the match to open a 6-point lead. At the end of the first half, U Mumba led 18-12.
The second half saw U Mumba take charge of the match as they didn’t allow Tamil Thalaivas to make any sort of comeback.
The game was all but over in the 30th minute when U Mumba inflicted another all out to open up an 11-point gap as they led 28-17. Ajay Thakur scored a couple of raid points but didn’t get enough support from his teammates. The defensive trio of Fazel Atrachali, Surender and Rohit Rana were in superb form all night as they piled on the pressure on Thalaivas’ raiders.
With less than two minutes to go, U Mumba led 33-21 and looked on course to end their home leg with a comfortable victory. In the end it was an easy win for U Mumba in front of their home crowd.
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