Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Report: Telugu Titans Take Down Patna Pirates to Pick Up First Win Of The Season
Monu Goyat’s superb all-round performance gave Telugu Titans their first win of the season with a 30-21 win against Patna Pirates in the second game of the day at the Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru. The win lifted coach Manjeet Chillar’s side off the foot of the table and instead consigned the Pirates, last year’s runners up to a second straight loss.
MATCH CENTRE
The pregame talk was centred around the watertight defenses of both teams, and with Mohammadreza Shandlu on the Patna Pirates team sheet for the first time this season, the hype was all the more real. Shadlu was the defender of the season last time around.
And yet, for all the talk, the opening quarter of the match was dominated by the attacking verve shown by both sides, Monu Goyat and Sachin, trading blows throughout to keep the scoreboard ticking. The two teams traded 13 points before the Pirates registered the first tackle points of the game.
From thereon though, the Titans, and Goyat, took over. The experienced raider kept nibbling away at the Pirates defence, snapping bonus points at will. A close game was suddenly blown open by a Super Tackle by the Titans to take a 10-9 lead. Their narrow lead was consolidated further in Goyat’s very next raid, his two-point raid, registering the first and only All Out of the match. Telugu Titans went into halftime leading 21-13.
Chillar’s message to his team in the second half was focussed on ensuring they kept their momentum going, and the players responded perfectly, never allowing Pirates a toe back into the encounter.
Shandlu’s appearance, while not entirely unsuccessful (he registered 2 tackle points from four tackles) was less impactful as his team would have hoped for. At the other end, a lack of bite from their raiders, did not help their cause either.
With a quarter of the game to go, the Titans had notched up a comfortable eight point lead, and from there on, for the Pirates it became a matter of trying to get at least a point of the encounter by reducing that deficit. Despite their toil, Chillar’s boys, stung perhaps by their two earlier losses, were keen to maintain and even extend the gap.
In the end, Goyat, the definite player of the match, completed his own 10 points for the game, albeit registering the double digits with a tackle, rather than a raid.
It summed up the evening for the Pirates, who will now look ahead, and hope to slowly start climbing the table. The Titans meanwhile have their first points on the board.
Award Winners of the Night:
Match 1: Haryana Steelers vs Tamil Thalaivas
vivo Perfect Player of the Match – Manjeet (Haryana Steelers)
Dream 11 Gamechanger of the Match – Jaideep (Haryana Steelers)
Moment of the Match – Manjeet (Haryana Steelers)
Match 2: Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans
vivo Perfect Player of the Match – Monu Goyat (Telugu Titans)
Dream 11 Gamechanger of the Match – Surjeet Singh (Telugu Titans)
Moment of the Match – Monu Goyat (Telugu Titans)
Tune In details (12/10/2022)
7:30 PM: Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors
8:30 PM: U.P. Yoddhas vs Dabang Delhi K.C.
Venue: Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru
All the matches can be watched LIVE on Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
