Patna Pirates defeated Bengaluru Bulls 38-31 in the 59th match of Pro Kabaddi Season 8. The best raider of the match for Patna Pirates was Sachin. He was ably supported by Sunil. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat's efforts went in vain tonight.
Patna Pirates were behind in the raiding department at the scoring 16 to Bengaluru Bulls's 17. When it came to tackling Patna Pirates scored 17 points to Bengaluru Bulls's 13 points. They cleaned up the opposition into 2 All-Outs. And that made all the difference.
Patna Pirates captain Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 2 where as Bengaluru Bulls captain Pawan Kumar Sehrawat picked 10. The mainstay of the Patna Pirates was Prashanth Kumar Rai staying on the mat for 99% of the raids.
Key Players
Best Raider : Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (10 points), BB
Best Defender : Sunil (9 points), PP
Key Moments in the Match
| Raid 1 | PP 0 - 1 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat raids successfully to pinch a bonus point. |
| Raid 5 | PP 1 - 4 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | A bonus point won by Pawan K Sehrawat taking out Sunil. |
| Raid 7 | PP 2 - 6 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | Pawan K Sehrawat locks horns with Neeraj, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 14 | PP 6 - 8 BB | Sachin (PP) | This just isn't working for Saurabh Nandal. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Sachin Tanwar gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 16 | PP 8 - 8 BB | Sachin (PP) | This just isn't working for Mayur Jagannath. He tries to be clever but it backfires as Sachin Tanwar gets an easy touch off him and gets the point. |
| Raid 17 | PP 11 - 9 BB | Deepak Narwal (BB) | Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh trap raider Deepak Narwal, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 24 | PP 15 - 11 BB | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar locks horns with Aman, Mayur Jagannath, but manages to get across the line. |
| Raid 34 | PP 18 - 15 BB | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar thrown out of lobby by Bengaluru Bulls defense, Saurabh Nandal manages to stay inside the line and saves a point. |
| Raid 37 | PP 19 - 15 BB | Bharat Naresh (BB) | Bharat Naresh is tackled successfully by Patna Pirates defense. |
| Raid 40 | PP 19 - 16 BB | Sachin (PP) | Raid sees Sachin Tanwar taken out by the Bengaluru Bulls defense. |
| Raid 51 | PP 21 - 19 BB | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar goes out after Bengaluru Bulls executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 55 | PP 24 - 19 BB | Guman Singh (PP) | Mahender Singh errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Guman Singh. |
| Raid 57 | PP 25 - 20 BB | Sachin (PP) | Bharat Naresh errs and has to go back to the bench and it's another point for Sachin Tanwar. |
| Raid 58 | PP 28 - 21 BB | Dong Geon Lee (BB) | Sunil trap raider Dong Geon Lee, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 61 | PP 30 - 21 BB | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh gets 2 points, a bonus and a touch point. |
| Raid 69 | PP 34 - 24 BB | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Mahender Singh, Amit Sheoran, Mayur Jagannath. Super Tackle! |
| Raid 72 | PP 35 - 24 BB | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (BB) | There's not much Pawan K Sehrawat can do as the Patna Pirates defense completely closes in on him. |
| Raid 75 | PP 35 - 26 BB | Sachin (PP) | Sachin Tanwar goes out after Bengaluru Bulls executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 81 | PP 36 - 28 BB | Guman Singh (PP) | Guman Singh goes out after Bengaluru Bulls executes a super tackle to perfection! |
| Raid 82 | PP 37 - 29 BB | Deepak Narwal (BB) | Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Neeraj trap raider Deepak Narwal, after he pinched a bonus point. |
| Raid 87 | PP 37 - 31 BB | Prashanth Kumar Rai (PP) | Prashanth K Rai tries to wriggle out of the centre, but is stopped by Saurabh Nandal, Amit Sheoran. Super Tackle! |
| Raid 88 | PP 38 - 31 BB | Chandran Ranjit (BB) | Chandran Ranjit thrown out of lobby by Patna Pirates defense, Sunil manages to stay inside the line and saves a point. |
