Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Haryana Steelers 40-38 in the 12th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Jaipur Pink Panthers was Arjun Deshwal. He was ably supported by Shaul Kumar. Vikas Kandola's efforts went in vain tonight.
Jaipur Pink Panthers were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 27 to Haryana Steelers's 27. When it came to tackling Jaipur Pink Panthers scored 9 points to Haryana Steelers's 9 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Jaipur Pink Panthers captain Deepak Niwas Hooda scored 10 where as Haryana Steelers captain Vikas Kandola picked 14. The mainstay of the Jaipur Pink Panthers was Arjun Deshwal staying on the mat for 93% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Arjun Deshwal (17 points), JP
Best Defender : Shaul Kumar (4 points), JP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | JP 0 - 1 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Low risk move on getting a quick bonus by Meetu Sharma. |
| Raid 9 | JP 2 - 6 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Poor defending there. Anna puts in the tackle from the corner position but Vishal who was standing in the chain with him just did not move. Would have been a good stop if the defense had worked together. But instead Vikas khandola picks up 2 points. |
| Raid 11 | JP 3 - 7 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Shaul Kumar errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Vikas Kandola. |
| Raid 12 | JP 4 - 10 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Arjun Deshwal out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 17 | JP 6 - 11 HS | Surender Nada (HS) | Attempts a pursuit, gets a bonus . Wow.. fantastic awareness from surender nada here. |
| Raid 18 | JP 6 - 12 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | K7 star defender jaideep continues his dominance of left raiders. Dashes out DNH along with his partner in crime mohit the right cover.
We have seen this play so this so many times over the last few months so the dominance of jaideep isn't surprising. |
| Raid 21 | JP 7 - 13 HS | Meetu Sharma (HS) | Meetu dis not have a strong start to his PKL career , and will be looking to show case his entire range of skills . A certified super star in the making, but still not setting the mat on fire. |
| Raid 30 | JP 12 - 17 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | It all starts with an ankle hold by jaideep.
For a cover defender jaideep has a fantastic ankle hold. In one game I've seen him put in 3 ankle holds from the cover position |
| Raid 32 | JP 13 - 17 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | A kick on Shrikant and he has to go back |
| Raid 34 | JP 14 - 17 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | Deepak N Hooda muscles his way past Jaideep and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 35 | JP 14 - 18 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Vikas Kandola raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 36 | JP 15 - 18 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | Deepak N Hooda muscles his way past Ravi Kumar and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 37 | JP 15 - 20 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Vikas Kandola gets his man! He's been targeting Deepak N Hooda for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 38 | JP 16 - 20 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | Arjun Deshwal gets his man! He's been targeting Rohit Gulia for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 39 | JP 19 - 21 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Vikas Kandola out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 56 | JP 28 - 26 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Perfect team play, defense ushers raider Vikas Kandola out of the mat. |
| Raid 59 | JP 30 - 26 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | Arjun Deshwal gets the better of Jaideep, Srikanth Tewthia. |
| Raid 60 | JP 33 - 27 HS | Ashish (HS) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Ashish out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 69 | JP 36 - 30 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | Arjun Deshwal gets his man! He's been targeting Rohit Gulia for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 71 | JP 38 - 30 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | This is poor defending by the steelers. Rajesh was right on the back line. DNH had to come in really deep to get that touch on him. That was the cue for the rest of the defence to close in on him. Steelers need to get their defensive act together soon. Else this season will be a tough one for them. |
| Raid 73 | JP 38 - 32 HS | Arjun Deshwal (JP) | Arjun being over ambitions here. They just got a point in the previous raid. Arjun had no business going in that deep in attempting a touch. Big error! have they opened the door for a comeback here? |
| Raid 78 | JP 39 - 36 HS | Rohit Gulia (HS) | wow!! team coming back. Rohit Gulia bringing on the magic like he did in the previous game.
This should have been a four point raid, but he bonus was not given. Has Rohit gulia turned this game on its head? |
| Raid 79 | JP 40 - 36 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | Jaideep errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Deepak N Hooda. |
| Raid 82 | JP 40 - 38 HS | Vikas Kandola (HS) | Having Anna on mat completely changes the way this Jaipur team behaves and thinks. This is the power of having someone with his leadership and his experience on mat. |
| Raid 83 | JP 40 - 38 HS | Deepak Niwas Hooda (JP) | DNH is not happy with just winning the game. He takes the review on this last raid to get a bonus. Good awareness every additional point in SD could be the difference between qualifying or not qualifying! Review unsuccessful and no bonus but he makes sure the clock is run down. Three games today have all been thrillers. This game became close in the last minutes. But the previous two games were certified thrillers! that's Kabaddi Adda signing off today. We will be back taking you through the blockbuster game between the Giants and Dabang Delhi. See you tomorrow at 7.30 pm |
