Tamil Thalaivas lost to UP Yoddha 39-41 in the 104th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for UP Yoddha was Surender Gill. He was ably supported by Sumit. Manjeet's efforts went in vain tonight.
UP Yoddha were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 25 to Tamil Thalaivas's 29. When it came to tackling UP Yoddha scored 9 points to Tamil Thalaivas's 10 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
The mainstay of the UP Yoddha was Surender Gill staying on the mat for 89% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Surender Gill (13 points), UP
Best Defender : Sumit (5 points), UP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | TN 0 - 0 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep has done an empty raid. |
| Raid 17 | TN 7 - 8 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | SUPER Pardeep WITH A SUPER RAID! He makes his way past half of the Tamil Thalaivas defense and picks up 3 massive points for his side! |
| Raid 21 | TN 12 - 11 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill goes out after Tamil Thalaivas executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 26 | TN 12 - 12 UP | Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (TN) | Ajinkya A Pawar is taken out by UP Yoddha defense after he tags two players in the centre. |
| Raid 27 | TN 12 - 13 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep muscles his way past Himanshu and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 28 | TN 14 - 13 UP | Bhavani Rajput (TN) | This just isn't working for Gurdeep. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Bhavani gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 29 | TN 14 - 14 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep muscles his way past Aashish and picks up the point of the game. |
| Raid 30 | TN 15 - 17 UP | Bhavani Rajput (TN) | Perfect team play, the defense ushers the raider Bhavani out of the mat. Raider however pinches a bonus. |
| Raid 33 | TN 16 - 19 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Sagar, M. Abishek has to leave as Pardeep gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 38 | TN 21 - 20 UP | Himanshu (TN) | Super Raid! Himanshu raids successfully, gets Nitesh Kumar, Ashu Singh out in addition to a bonus point. |
| Raid 46 | TN 22 - 22 UP | Manjeet (TN) | Manjeet tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Sumit, Md. Taghi P, Surender Gill. Super Tackle! |
| Raid 47 | TN 22 - 24 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Himanshu, M. Abishek errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Surender Gill. |
| Raid 53 | TN 24 - 26 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep gets the better of Aashish. |
| Raid 55 | TN 25 - 27 UP | Pardeep Narwal (UP) | Pardeep gets the better of Sagar Krishna. |
| Raid 56 | TN 26 - 30 UP | Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (TN) | Sumit, Ashu Singh, Nitesh Kumar, Gurdeep trap raider Ajinkya A Pawar, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 67 | TN 31 - 34 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Manjeet, Sagar has to leave as Surender Gill gets a touch on him. |
| Raid 74 | TN 33 - 35 UP | Himanshu (TN) | Low risk move on getting a quick bonus by Himanshu. |
| Raid 75 | TN 34 - 35 UP | Mohammad Taghi Paeinmahalli (UP) | Md. Taghi P is tackled successfully by Tamil Thalaivas defense. |
| Raid 82 | TN 35 - 37 UP | Himanshu (TN) | Raid sees Himanshu taken out by the UP Yoddha defense. |
| Raid 83 | TN 35 - 38 UP | Surender Gill (UP) | Surender Gill locks horns with M. Abishek, but manages to get across the line. |
