PKL 2022: Parteek Dahiya shines as Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Titans to stay alive in playoffs race

Parteek
Dahiya
(17
points)
and
Dong
Geon
(9
points)
emerged
as
the
stars
for
the
Giants
on
the
night.
The
Giants
needed
a
win
to
stay
in
contention
for
the
playoffs
and
they
kicked
off
with
a
series
of
raid
points.

The
Giants’ raider
duo
of
Parteek
Dahiya
and
Dong
Geon
kept
the
scoreboard
rolling
at
regular
intervals
to
ensure
they
constantly
stayed
in
the
lead.
They
inflicted
the
first
ALL
OUT
on
the
Titans
within
the
first
10
minutes,
to
take
a
13-4
lead.

PKL
2022

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The
Titans
clawed
their
way
back
into
the
game,
and
with
nothing
to
play
for,
constantly
nibbling
away
at
the
Giants
defence.
They
even
came
close
to
getting
an
all
out
of
their
own,
a
SUPER
TACKLE
by
Dong
Geon
on
K
Hanumanthu
ensuring
the
Giants
didn’t
leak
too
many
points.

However,
Dahiya’s
raiding
remained
a
constant
threat,
enough
to
keep
the
Giants
safe
as
they
went
into
halftime
leading
21-12.

Despite
having
nothing
to
play
for,
the
Titans
roared
back
in
the
second
half,
inflicting
an
ALL
OUT
of
their
own,
to
cut
the
lead
down
to
six.
Almost
immediately
though
the
Giants
hit
back.

A
SUPER
RAID
by
Dahiya
put
the
Giants
firmly
back
in
control
again.
That
raid
propelled
another
period
of
dominance
for
the
Giants
who
inflicted
a
second
ALL
OUT
soon
after.
Dahiya
remained
the
Giants’ chief
threat,
and
with
ten
minutes
still
remaining
had
already
amassed
17
points
in
the
game.

With
the
Giants
closing
in
on
yet
another
all
out,
it
took
a
pair
of
SUPER
TACKLES
by
Parvesh
Bhainswal
to
keep
the
Titans
in
the
game.
However,
it
was
too
big
a
mountain
to
climb
for
the
Titans
as
the
Giants
closed
out
a
crucial
victory
in
the
end.