Khalsa Warriors on Saturday showed again that they are the team to beat as they thrashed Vancouver lions 67-45 in the Wave Kabaddi league's first day of the Delhi leg at the Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium, here. In the other match of the day, United Singhs overcame a strong challenge from California Eagles 60-54.
Warriors completely dominated the match from the start and raced to 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and continued to show brilliance with 38-20 lead till the first half. That lead swelled to 51-34 and after this, the result was just a formality.
This win helped Warriors continue their reign at the top with three straight wins. Warriors were supported by Gagandeep Singh who sparkled with 13 raids and Gurpreet Singh, who came up with seven breathtaking stops. Following the third straight loss, lions are lying at the last place in the standing.
United Singhs beat Eagles
In the match between, Eagles and Singhs, both teams were good in attack but Singhs' strong defence tilted the match in their favour.
Singhs had a slight upper hand as they lead 16-12 at the end of the first quarter. However, California played better in the second quarter to make it a neck and neck affair for the better part of the second quarter as they collected 16 points while Singhs scored 14 points. Then Singhs upped the ante to increase the lead to five with scores at 45-40 till the third quarter. At the end of the match, they won 60-54.
Man of the Match Baljeet Singh Toor scored 19 points for the victorious teams as Sandeep Singh emerged as the big obstacle for the Eagles as he came up with 7 stops. Apart from the duo, raiders Ravi Kumar and Balkar Singh were impressive. This win helped Singhs reach fourth place in the standing while Eagles are at seventh.