Bengaluru Bulls lost to Bengal Warriors 39-40 in the 67th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Bengal Warriors was Maninder Singh. He was ably supported by Abozar Mighani. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat's efforts went in vain tonight.
Bengal Warriors were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 20 to Bengaluru Bulls's 25. When it came to tackling Bengal Warriors scored 10 points to Bengaluru Bulls's 10 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 1 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Bengal Warriors captain Maninder Singh scored 9 where as Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat picked 13. The mainstay of the Bengal Warriors was Vijin Thangadurai staying on the mat for 95% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (13 points), BB
Best Defender : Saurabh Nandal (4 points), BB
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | BB 0 - 1 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 11 | BB 1 - 5 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | Sukesh Hegde muscles his way past Amit Sheoran and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 12 | BB 2 - 5 BW | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Chandran Ranjit gets the better of Abozar Mighani. |
| Raid 21 | BB 6 - 6 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | It's Mahender Singh again as he takes Sukesh Hegde off his feet and pummels him to the ground. |
| Raid 32 | BB 9 - 10 BW | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Bharat Naresh gets another raid point as he takes out Amit. |
| Raid 45 | BB 13 - 14 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | TAKEN OUT! Mohit Sehrawat strikes once again and it's the big man Md. E Nabibakhsh who's taken out. |
| Raid 48 | BB 16 - 15 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets the better of V Thangadurai, Amit. |
| Raid 50 | BB 17 - 16 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat eliminates Ran Singh with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 51 | BB 20 - 17 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | Mahender Singh, Saurabh Nandal trap raider Sukesh Hegde, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 60 | BB 26 - 20 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat muscles his way past Amit and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 62 | BB 27 - 21 BW | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat gets the better of V Thangadurai. |
| Raid 64 | BB 29 - 32 BW | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Chandran Ranjit out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 81 | BB 35 - 40 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh gets the better of Mahender Singh. |
| Raid 87 | BB 39 - 40 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | Sukesh Hegde tackled by defense. |
