Mumbai Garudas claimed their second victory on the trot, outmuscling Bengaluru Yodhas 5-2 in Pro Wrestling league (PWl) at the Guru Nanak Stadium here on Monday.
Mumbai, who had defeated Punjab Royals by a similar margin in the opening match of the tournament, thus continued their reign at the top of the PWl table.
Whereas, Bengaluru tasted their first defeat. They had outclassed Uttar Pradesh Warriors 6-1 in their first match.
On Monday the Garudas proved to be the superior outfit on the day.
The two Georgian giants — levan Berianidze for Mumbai and Bengaluru's Davit Modzmanashvili — faced each other in the men's 125kg division. The 25-year-old levan kicked off the proceeding in style by defeating his illustrious compatriot 4-1.
The promising Rahul Aware doubled Mumbai's advantage by defeating Bengaluru's Sandeep Tomar 5-0 in the Men's 57kg category.
Odunayo Adekuoroye hardly broke sweat as she outclassed Bengaluru's lalita Sherawat by technical superiority (10-0) in the very first round of the Women's 53kg section to make it 3-0 for Mumbai.
Ritu Phogat (Women's 48kg) handed Mumbai an unassailable 4-0 lead by outwrestling the Yodha's Alyssa lampe by fall.
The Garudas' icon player Adeline Gray extended her team's lead to 5-0 by outclassing Bengaluru's Navjot Kaur by technical superiority (10-0) in the women' 69kg category.
Bengaluru notched up back to back win in the last two bouts as their icon player Narsingh Pancham Yadav (men's 74kg) and Bajrang Punia (men's 65kg) got the better of Mumbai’s Pardeep and 2013 Asian Championships gold medallist Amit Dhankar respectively.