Tamil Thalaivas Crushed Patna Pirates as Arjun Deshwal Scores Splendid 26 Raid Points

In PKL 12, Tamil Thalaivas played against Patna Pirates in match 69. The game took place at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday, October 7. Tamil Thalaivas won by a score of 56-36, where raid-machine Arjun Deshwal scored a splendid 26 raid points. This was a home game for Tamil Thalaivas, and it was their last match at home.

Arjun Deswal, known as the Raid Machine, led Tamil Thalaivas with 26 points. This was his best score in a single match. Narender Kandola added 6 points to help the team. In defense, Ashish and Nitesh each got 5 points. For Patna Pirates, Ankit scored 14 points and Ayan got 16 points in raids. However, Patna Pirates’ defense was weak, leading to another loss.

Tamil Thalaivas now have 6 wins in 13 matches after this Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates game. Patna Pirates have 8 losses in 11 matches.

At the start, Patna Pirates led 13-10 in the first 10 minutes. Ayan helped Patna Pirates get Tamil Thalaivas all out once. But Tamil Thalaivas fought back with two multi-point raids to stay close. Ayan picked up 9 points in those minutes and got out only once. Meanwhile, Arjun Deswal scored 5 points to keep Tamil Thalaivas in the game.

After the break, Tamil Thalaivas improved their defense and got their third tackle. Then, Arjun Deswal raided for three touch points, putting Tamil Thalaivas ahead 15-14. Right after, they got Patna Pirates all out and took a four-point lead. Tamil Thalaivas kept the pressure on and soon made the lead six points. Ankit got two points for Patna Pirates after a while. During this time, Arjun Deswal completed his eighth super-10 of the season.

In his next raid, Arjun Deswal got two points, pushing Patna Pirates into super tackle mode and close to all out. Ankit saved them for a bit. But soon, Tamil Thalaivas got Patna Pirates all out again, leading 30-19 at halftime.

After halftime, Patna Pirates tackled Arjun Deswal for the first time. Ankit then scored three points in a row, making the score 23-32. However, super sub Narender Kandola revived Arjun Deswal on a do-or-die raid. Tamil Thalaivas increased their lead to 12 points. Next, Ayan completed his super-10, but Tamil Thalaivas’ defense caught him soon after.

At 30 minutes, Tamil Thalaivas led 37-24, with super tackle on for Patna Pirates. Patna Pirates could not use it well and got all out for the third time, falling to 26-43.

Later, Ankit completed his super-10 with a two-point raid. But Narender Kandola did a super raid, canceling that effort. Then, Arjun Deswal got two points, ending any chance for Patna Pirates to come back. Arjun Deswal continued and got another two points, pushing Patna Pirates toward all out again. Ayan saved them with a four-point raid, but it was too late.

This Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates match in PKL 12 showed strong raiding from both sides, but Tamil Thalaivas’ better defense made the difference.