Gujarat Fortunegiants produced a clinical show as they beat the Bengaluru Bulls in their home leg at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore. For Gujarat Fortunegiants, raiders More GB and Sachin Tanwar scored some valuable points as their team rallied past the home team. With the tournament already half way through, this week marks the advent of the rivalry week, as all the team would be meeting each other for the second time in this tournament.
With the constant support from the defenders Parvesh Bhainswal and Sunil Kumar, raiders produced a collective show of the complete dominance over then home side Bengaluru Bulls. For the Bengaluru Bulls, their defender Saurabh Nandal went on to score 8 points including a High 5. None other defenders other than Mahender Singh were in touch as they were completely out of the bounds in the match. Surely, it was not the day for the Bengaluru raiders as the likes of Rohit Kumar and Pawan Kumar Sehrawat failed to make a much-needed impact. The good news for Gujarat Fortunegiants was the inclusion of Sachin Tanwar who was out of the team due to an injury. The scorecard after the first half read 12:18 in which Gujarat Fortunegiants had already taken a firm lead over the home side.
The second half saw the defense show of both the teams as the defenders of both the teams put up a brilliant display of their expertise on the mat. Defender Sumit Kumar scored two tackle points, which turned out to be a kind of game changing moments of the match. He was able to tackle Pawan Sehrawat on both the occasions, which put a control on Bengaluru Bulls’ point scoring. Saurabh Nandal was having a staggering performance as he went on to complete his High 5 in the second half of the game. Left clueless, as the visiting team outplayed them. The home side were playing on the Do-or-Die situations but Sachin pulled out a two-point raid in the last two minutes of the game by taking the lead more.
Overall, it was not Bengaluru Bull’s day as their strategies ended in multiple blunders, which cost them this game. The final score line was 23-32 as Gujarat Fortunegiants won the game after having a bad performance in the Delhi leg.
VIVO PERFECT RAIDER OF THE MATCH
SACHIN TANWAR – GUJARAT FORTUNE GIANTS
TATA MOTORS ACE DEFENDER OF THE MATCH
SAURABH NANDAL – BENGALURU BULLS
