UP Yoddha Pile Further Misery on Puneri Paltan: PKL 2019

UP Yoddha Pile Further Misery on Puneri Paltan

An all-round performance from U.P. Yoddha saw the side beat a struggling Puneri Paltan 35-30 in an exciting VIVO Pro Kabaddi League match at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi on Monday.

Shrikant Jadhav, with a Super 10 (awarded to raiders who secure 10 raid points or more) was the star for the UP team, as the result saw Yoddha jump to seventh on the points table.

Pune coach Anup Kumar was forced to assign the raiding duties to Manjeet and young Pankaj Mohite after Nitin Tomar was ruled out due to an injury. Similarly, the experienced raiding duo of Monu Goyat and Rishank Devadiga weren’t part of the starting seven for UP as they handed over the raiding duties to Shrikant Jadhav and Surender Gill. But the young players rose up to occasion, especially Shrikant Jadhav, who scored 8 raid points in a first half that saw UP Yoddha inflict an All-Out on the Paltan in the 12th minute. A raid-heavy first half ended 16-9 in favour of the UP team.

Manjeet started the second half brightly for Pune, heeding to his coach’s advice and picking up valuable Bonus Points. But UP’s defence, especially Sumit and Ashu Singh, picked their game up after the restart to ensure Yoddha remained in the lead. A two-point raid by Shrikant Jadhav in the 11th minute of the half forced another All-Out on the Pune side while the raider secured his Super 10.

Pune struggled to come into the match despite Manjeet’s solo efforts that saw him secure a Super 10 with 6 minutes on the clock. He enforced an All-Out on UP with a two-point raid with two minutes remaining but the Yoddha defence held firm, thanks to a High 5 by Sumit, to clinch an important victory. Paltan’s defeat mean they continue to remain second from bottom in the table.

Puneri Paltan vs UP Yoddha Top Performers
Top Raider- Manjeet: 16 points
Top Defender- Sumit: 5 points

Starting Sevens
UP Yoddha- Shrikant Jadhav, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Amit, Ashu Singh, Surender Gill, Mohsen Magsoudlou

Puneri Paltan- Surjeet Singh, Girish Ernak, Pankaj Mohite, Manjeet, Amit Kumar, Hadi Tajik, Sagar Krishna

Puneri Paltan vs UP Yoddha Overall Scorecard
Puneri Paltan:
Surjeet Singh- 0 points
Girish Ernak- 0 points
Pankaj Mohite- 2 points
Manjeet- 16 points
Amit Kumar- 3 points
Hadi Tajik- 0 points
Sagar Krishna- 0 points

Substitutes:
Balasaheb Jadhav- 4 points
Shubham Shinde- 2 points
Sushant Sail- 0 points

UP Yoddha:
Mohsen Maghsoudlou- 0 points
Shrikant Jadhav- 15 points
Nitesh Kumar- 1 point
Sumit- 5 points
Amit- 0 points
Ashu Singh- 3 points
Surender Gill- 5 points

Substitutes:
Sachin Kumar- 1 point