UP Yoddhas Continue Winning Streak, Hand Tamil Thalaivas Ninth Straight Defeat
PKL 2025: Guman Singh (8) and Gagan Gowda (6), along with defensive Hitesh (7), emerged as the heroes in UP's victory. UP secured its sixth and second consecutive win in 15 matches, while the Thalaivas suffered their ninth defeat in as many matches. Arjun Deswal (7) and Sagar Rathi (5) were the only players to shine for the Thalaivas.
UP Yoddhas have once again achieved their lost shape. In their 15th game of the 12th season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Tuesday evening, UP Yoddhas overcame Tamil Thalaivas 32-31 to join the top-8 of the points table.
Guman Singh (8) and Gagan Gowda (6), and defensive Hitesh (7) were the heroes of UP's win. UP won its sixth match in 15 and its second successive match, while the Thalaivas lost their ninth match in a row. Only Arjun Deswal (7) and Sagar Rathi (5) were able to shine for the Thalaivas.
However, UP started the match well. Gagan scored points on two consecutive raids to take a 4-3 lead after three minutes. The defense then dashed Shafagi to make it 6-3. Bhavani then scored a point on a do-or-die raid with five defenses.
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Gagan then took a bonus to give UP another point lead. However, after 10 minutes, the score was 8-8. After the break, Gagan took another bonus to give UP the lead, but UP could not prevent an all-out. However, the defense signaled a comeback by catching Shafagi after an all-in.
Gumaan then took a bonus. UP was playing a do-or-die raid as part of a special strategy. Executing this, the defense dashed Shafagi. Hitesh then dealt a major blow to the Thalaivas by dismissing Deswal. After halftime, Guman not only made the score 16-17 with a super raid but also put the Thalaivas in position for a super tackle.
Hitesh then dismissed Shafagi and then Kandola to reduce the Thalaivas to one player, forcing an all-out to take a 22-21 lead. After Guman's brilliant escape, Hitesh dismissed Deswal to complete his high-five. Meanwhile, Guman and Bhavani scored consecutive points to make the score 26-22. Guman then made a comeback after the break with a multi-pointer, putting the Thalaivas in position for a super tackle, but Deswal rescued him.
The gap was now down to 2. However, the defense caught him on the next raid. Bhavani then eliminated Sagar to make the score 30-26, and then Hitesh backheld Shafagi to close the gap to 5, but the Thalaivas pulled one back with a super tackle. However, UP's defense caught Ashish to close the gap to 4. The Thalaivas then executed a super tackle, but lost the match by one point.
