Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 8: Patna Pirates thrash U Mumba, climb to top of points table

Patna
dominated
from
the
first
minute
with
their
defenders
Neeraj
Kumar
and
Mohammadreza
Shadloui
picking
High
5s.
All
their
players
contributed
to
a
win
that
helped
the
Pirates
move
to
the
top
of
the
points
table
ahead
of
Dabang
Delhi
K.C.

U
Mumba
went
into
the
match
without
the
services
of
the
star
raider
Ajith
Kumar.
The
lack
of
confidence
in
the
raiding
department
affected
the
balance
of
the
whole
team.

Abhishek
Singh
struggled
to
compensate
with
the
points
as
Patna
Pirates
tackled
aggressively.
At
the
other
end,
Mumbai’s
corner
defenders
Fazel
Atrachali
and
Rinku
made
uncanny
errors.

Patna
inflicted
their
first
ALL
OUT
in
the
6th
minute
of
the
match
as
Monu
Goyat
and
Sachin
found
mistakes
in
the
Mumbai
defence.
The
Pirates
opened
a
7-point
lead
but
continued
putting
pressure
on
Mumbai.

Ashish
Sangwan
produced
a
Super
Tackle
for
Mumbai
to
give
a
glimmer
of
hope,
but
the
lack
of
raiding
options
kept
affecting
the
Season
2
champions.
Sachin
thought
he
got
the
Pirates
their
second
ALL
OUT
in
the
last
raid
of
the
half,
but
Rinku
dished
out
a
stunning
one-man
Super
Tackle
to
delay
it.
The
first
half
ended
19-9
with
the
Pirates
in
the
lead.

Patna
got
their
second
ALL
OUT
in
the
first
minute
after
the
restart
with
Neeraj
Kumar
securing
a
High
5.
The
three-time
champions
were
clearly
in
no
mood
to
slip
up
and
continued
to
dominate
in
all
departments.

Patna
started
killing
the
time
with
slow
raids
while
Iranian
Mohammadreza
Shadloui
ensured
their
left
corner
remained
safe.

U
Mumba
dominated
the
5
minutes
after
the
first
Time
Out
to
come
close
to
an
ALL
OUT
but
Mohammadreza
Shadloui
produced
a
Super
Tackle
to
stop
them.
Pirates
captain
Prashanth
Kumar
Rai
then
got
a
2-point
raid
to
bring
more
Pirates
onto
the
mat.

They
had
a
15-point
lead
heading
into
the
last
5
minutes
and
the
Pirates
pulled
out
two
stunning
Super
Tackles
to
put
salt
on
Mumba’s
wounds.
The
win
helped
the
Pirates
move
to
the
top
of
the
points
table.