Patna Pirates defeated Bengal Warriors 38-29 in the 98th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Patna Pirates was Sachin. He was ably supported by Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh. Manoj Gowda's efforts went in vain tonight.
Patna Pirates were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 22 to Bengal Warriors's 24. When it came to tackling Patna Pirates scored 11 points to Bengal Warriors's 3 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Patna Pirates captain Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 4 where as Bengal Warriors captain Maninder Singh picked 4. The mainstay of the Patna Pirates was Sachin staying on the mat for 92% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Sachin (11 points), PP
Best Defender : Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (5 points), PP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | PP 1 - 0 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar locks horns with Md. E Nabibakhsh, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 6 | PP 2 - 2 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Maninder Singh locks horns with Neeraj, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 22 | PP 8 - 7 BW | Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (BW) | Sunil has to leave as Ravindra Kumawat gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 28 | PP 11 - 7 BW | Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (BW) | Ravindra Kumawat is tackled successfully by Patna Pirates defense. |
| Raid 33 | PP 15 - 7 BW | Guman Singh (PP) | Parveen, Manoj Gowda has to leave as Guman Singh gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 34 | PP 15 - 9 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | Neeraj has to leave as Md. E Nabibakhsh gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 35 | PP 16 - 9 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar gets another raid point as he takes out Abozar Mighani. |
| Raid 36 | PP 19 - 10 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | Perfect team play, defense ushers raider Md. E Nabibakhsh out of the mat. |
| Raid 41 | PP 20 - 10 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar gets another raid point as he takes out Md. E Nabibakhsh. |
| Raid 42 | PP 21 - 11 BW | Maninder Singh (BW) | Neeraj, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh trap raider Maninder Singh, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 48 | PP 22 - 14 BW | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh has been taken down! |
| Raid 49 | PP 23 - 14 BW | Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (BW) | That takes some guts. Solo Tackle by Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh to take out raider Ravindra Kumawat. |
| Raid 55 | PP 25 - 16 BW | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (BW) | This just isn't working for Neeraj, C Sajin. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Md. E Nabibakhsh gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 58 | PP 27 - 16 BW | Sachin (PP) | Ran Singh errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Sachin Tanwar. |
| Raid 64 | PP 28 - 18 BW | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh muscles his way past Parveen and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 65 | PP 28 - 20 BW | Manoj Gowda (BW) | Manoj Gowda claims the point and gets it. |
| Raid 70 | PP 30 - 21 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar raids successfully and gets Rohit Raghav, Manoj Gowda out. |
| Raid 72 | PP 31 - 22 BW | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar eliminates Md. E Nabibakhsh with a Hand Touch. |
| Raid 73 | PP 34 - 23 BW | Akash Pikalmunde (BW) | Monu, Sunil trap raider Akash Pikalmunde, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 80 | PP 37 - 26 BW | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh muscles his way past Rohit Banne, Amit and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 81 | PP 37 - 28 BW | Manoj Gowda (BW) | Wily move this from Manoj Gowda. Neeraj goes for a tackle, but raider slips way and tackler has to leave the court. |
