Patna Pirates defeated Bengal Warriors 44-30 in the 24th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Patna Pirates was Monu Goyat. He was ably supported by Monu Goyat. Maninder Singh's efforts went in vain tonight.
Patna Pirates were dominant in the raiding department at the scoring 25 to Bengal Warriors's 19. When it came to tackling Patna Pirates scored 14 points to Bengal Warriors's 9 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Patna Pirates captain Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 3 where as Bengal Warriors captain Maninder Singh picked 13. The mainstay of the Patna Pirates was C Sajin staying on the mat for 99% of the raids.
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | PP 0 - 1 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder starts off with a quick touch point |
| Raid 5 | PP 2 - 3 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh gets the better of Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh. |
| Raid 11 | PP 6 - 4 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | That's a bold tackle, but Chiyaneh used a technique called scissoring. Earns himself a green card |
| Raid 18 | PP 8 - 5 BW | Sachin (PP) | Rishank Devadiga errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Sachin Tanwar. |
| Raid 19 | PP 8 - 6 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | Sukesh Hegde gets another raid point as he takes out Sunil. |
| Raid 22 | PP 9 - 7 BW | Sachin (PP) | It's simply too easy for Sachin. Warriors throwing themselves at him |
| Raid 25 | PP 9 - 11 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Mani is annoyed here. He is shouldering the responsibility single handedly here |
| Raid 27 | PP 10 - 13 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh gets his man! He's been targeting C Sajin for a while now and finally gets him out with a smart Hand Touch. |
| Raid 28 | PP 10 - 16 BW | Guman Singh (PP) | It's Amit again as he takes Guman Singh off his feet and pummels him to the ground. |
| Raid 38 | PP 13 - 19 BW | Sachin (PP) | This just isn't working for Darshan.J Devang. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Sachin Tanwar gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 45 | PP 16 - 21 BW | Sukesh Hegde (BW) | This has been a see saw half.
Maninder versus Patna is how I will bill this game. In the absence of nabibaksh maninder is carrying this team himself. |
| Raid 47 | PP 16 - 23 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh gets his man! He's been targeting Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh for a while now and finally gets him out. Mani has dominated this head to head today. |
| Raid 53 | PP 18 - 23 BW | Rishank Devadiga (BW) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Neeraj to take out raider Rishank Devadiga. |
| Raid 54 | PP 20 - 23 BW | Monu Goyat (PP) | Monu Goyat gets the better of Darshan.J Devang. |
| Raid 56 | PP 20 - 24 BW | Sachin (PP) | Amit has come into this defense for the first time today and what a performance he is delivering. Played both cover positions. Taking both the right and left raiders out. Clever move by coach Ramesh |
| Raid 66 | PP 29 - 25 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar locks horns with Sachin V., Abozar Mighani, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 71 | PP 31 - 25 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Perfect team play, defense ushers raider Maninder Singh out of the mat. |
| Raid 74 | PP 39 - 25 BW | Monu Goyat (PP) | Touch on 1, Hoodwinked 2,3,4 and tripped over 5 to clean up the Warriors. Pirate raiding continues to sink oppositions. |
| Raid 82 | PP 42 - 27 BW | Selvamani K (PP) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Amit to take out raider Selvamani K. |
| Raid 85 | PP 43 - 29 BW | Rohit Raghav (BW) | Rohit Raghav muscles his way past Neeraj, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 88 | PP 44 - 30 BW | Selvamani K (PP) | Patna has walked away with the match. The first half belonged to Mani and second half to the Pirates. |
