Pro Kabaddi League 2017, Telugu Titans vs Bengal Warriors, Highlights: Bengal tame Titans 30-24

Pro Kabaddi League 2017: The Bengal Warriors start their campaign against an out-of-form Telugu Titans in their backyard

By: Ankit Banerjee |
August 2, 2017 10:13 pm

Hello and welcome to the live score commentary of the second match of the double header Wednesday, I am Ankit Banerjee and I will take you through all the live updates. Like the inUth.com Facebook page to never miss an update. The Bengal Warriors start their campaign against an out-of-form Telugu Titans in their backyard. Rahul Chaudhari’s outfit has lost three of their last three encounters and that must have hurt their confidence. Bengal, on the other hand, will be starting on a clean slate, momentum and getting into the groove will be the key for the eastern franchise. The first match of the day is a draw, in another ten minutes the second match will be underway, do not go anywhere. Bengal lead at half time after some phenomenal raiding by Maninder.

FULL TIME

22:09 IST: Warriors get a technical point. 29-22. Vikas is brought down, 30-22. Warriors finally win the match comfortably and get their campaign off to a winning start, they win 30-24.

2 minutes left.

22:08 IST: Maninder is raiding, he gets nothing.

22:02 IST: Rakesh raids, he has experience, he gets nothing. More importantly, Rahul is on the bench. Lee raids, he gets a touch. 26-20. Vikas gets two points, 26-22. Lee is in, no points. Rahul is in, he is out, 27-22.

21:57 IST: Maninder gets nothing. Titans have made a great comeback. Lee is raiding, no points for him. Rahul is back, no points. Maninder is brought down, 24-20. Bengal brings down Rahul on do or die raid, 25-20. Maninder raids, no points. Salunke is raiding, no point. Lee is in, five minutes to go, he gets nothing. 25-20.

21:50 IST: Salunke raids, no points. Maninder gets nothing. Farhad brought down. 23-18. No points for Maninder. Salunke raids, nothing for him. Maninder enters again, he gets one, super 10. 24-18. Salunke gets a crucial point, 24-19.

21:46 IST: Titans get a super tackle, 22-16. Rakesh gets nothing. Vinod raids return empty handed. Salunke gets a point 22-17. Maninder gets nothing. Rakesh raids, no points. 22-18.

21:40 IST: Sukesh starts the second half, gets nothing. Lee gets two, 21-14. Maninder needs one point for a super 10, he has to wait. Rahul is out 22-14.

FIRST HALF:

What a treat it has been for the Warrior Fans to see Maninder Singh & @JKNLee in action together. #AamarWarriors #HYDvBEN pic.twitter.com/t0UOCSupkl

— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) August 2, 2017

21:35 IST: Vikas enters to raid, no points. Vinod returns empty handed. Salunke in for do or die, he gets one, 19-14.

21:30 IST: Maninder comes in, he is brought down and the entire team comes in to block, 17-11. Lee gets one, too easy for him 18-11. Do or die and Rahul is in. He gets a bonus. 18-13. Rahul comes in, he gets nothing. Maninder is out 19-13.

21:25 IST: Warriors get on on defence, 14-8. Rahul gets one back, he gets the big fish Lee, 16-9. Salunke gets a running hand touch, 16-10.

21:21 IST: Maninder returns empty handed. Rahul enters, gets two points. 5-3. Lee gets a running hand touch, 5-4. Vikas gets a toe touch 6-4. Maninder gets a super raid, 7-6. Vinod gets nothing. Salunke comes in, Maninder gets two. 9-6. No points for Vikas, Titans get one, 9-8. ALLOUT 13-8.

21:14 IST: Rahul is ready with the first raid. Maninder gets no points, 0-0. Rahul gets no points, Lee gets a bonus, 1-0. Salunke gets one back, 1-1. Running hand touch for Aninda, 2-1. Rahul comes in, he gets one point. Toe touch for Lee, 3-2. Salunke comes in, gets a bonus. 3-3.

21:09 IST: Both the teams are ready, lines were drawn, battle on.

20:32 IST: The match starts in half an hour from now stay tuned to inUth.com.

This is the second match of the day and it starts at 9:00 pm IST.

Squads:

Telugu Titans

Rahul Chaudhari, Vishal Bharadwaj, Athul M S, Sombir, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Rakesh Kumar, Rohit Rana, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari ,Vinod Kumar, Amit Singh Chillar, Vikas Kumar, Vikas, Nilesh Salunke, Vinoth Kumar, Munish, Vikrant, Ankit Malik, Elangeshwaran R

Mighty Mighty Warrior Fans. #AamarWarriors #Lepanga https://t.co/D8wzIRGBzg

— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) August 2, 2017

Bengal Warriors

Jang Kun Lee, Ravindra Ramesh Kumavat, Sandeep Malik, Ameares Mondal, Ran Singh, PO Surjeet Singh, Youngchang Ko, Bhupender Singh, Shrikant Tewthia, Virendra Singh, Maninder Singh, Deepak Narwal, Rahul Kumar, Shashank Wankhede, Vinod Kumar, Vikash, Kuldeep, Anil Kumar

Let’s show the might of Warriors fans before our 1st match of the @Proakabaddi Season 5 using #AamarWarriors & #LePanga. @akshaykumar pic.twitter.com/f8Y8lO09Xx

— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) August 2, 2017