Ravi Dalal and Nilesh Shinde combined well in attack and defence to help their team secure a comfortable victory.
The Bengal Warriors bounced back in style to record their first win of the season with a 31-23 win over Dabang Delhi in the fourth season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league. led by Nilesh Shinde, it was the Warriors defence who produced a gritty performance to overcome the challenge from Delhi.
The Warriors leapfrog U Mumba in the league table to sit in the third spot with six points. Dabang Delhi failed to score even a single point as they lost the game by more than seven points.
The first half was a closely fought affair but Meraj Sheykh came up with two brilliant plays to give the Dabang Delhi a slender lead 14-13. With the danger of an all-out looming, Meraj Sheykh scored two points with a brilliant raid and revived two players for Dabang Delhi in 14th minute. It was a sense of déjà vu five minutes later when Sheykh repeated his feat of averting another all-out.
The Warriors, still reeling from their loss to Bulls, looked at their raider Jang Kun lee for inspiration. The Warriors started brightly and after the first 10 minutes, led 6-3. Jang Kun lee scored his first point with a fine raid in the 12th minute.
Sheykh started the second half in sublime form and averted another all out in third minute of second half. He then combined with Prashant Chavan to inflict a super tackle and earned two more points in the 15th minute. Sheykh ended up with seven points but it wasn’t enough for his team.
Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, the defending champions produce a clinical performance to beat Puneri Paltan as they launched their campaign in style.
looking to record a third successive win, the impressive Puneri Paltan were brought down to earth by defending champions Patna Pirates. Surjeet Singh scored seven raid points and Fazel Atrachali marshaled the defence impecabbly as Patna Pirates produced an excellent all-round performance to record their first win of the fourth season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league.
Puneri Paltan remain top of the league with 11 points after three games but couldn’t break their jinx.