PKL 2022: Sahul, Ajith star as Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Bengaluru Bulls to reach the final

While
defender
Sahul
Kumar
scored
10
tackle
points,
raider
Ajith
scored
13
touch
points
with
the
pair
emerging
as
the
best
players
for
the
Panthers
in
the
first
semifinal
match
of
PKL
2022.

Arjun
Deshwal
picked
up
a
couple
of
raid
points
as
the
Panthers
took
the
lead
at
5-3
in
the
5th
minute.
Ajith
pulled
off
a
magnificent
raid
soon
after
and
helped
the
Panthers
extend
their
lead
further.

However,
the
Bulls
fought
back
through
their
defense
unit
and
reach
within
touching
distance
of
Jaipur’s
score
at
8-10
in
the
10th
minute.

But
Ajith
continued
to
shine
as
the
Panthers
kept
forging
ahead.
Rahul
Chaudhari
stepped
up
his
game
and
helped
the
Jaipur
side
take
a
massive
lead
at
14-9
in
the
13th
minute.

Moments
later,
the
Panthers
inflicted
an
ALL
OUT
to
take
a
stronghold
of
the
game
at
18-10.
Kandola
effected
a
fantastic
raid
in
the
18th
minute,
but
the
Jaipur
side
still
held
the
lead
at
21-14.
Bharat
found
it
difficult
to
breach
the
Panthers’ defense
consistently
as
Jaipur
led
at
24-15
at
the
end
of
the
first
half.

The
Pink
Panthers
rode
on
the
momentum
and
inflicted
an
ALL
OUT
in
the
opening
minutes
of
the
second
half.
Thereafter,
Ajith
caught
out
Sachin
Narwal
and
Reza
Mirbagheri
tackled
Bharat
as
the
Panthers
led
comfortably
at
33-19
in
the
27th
minute.

The
Jaipur
side
kept
raging
on
and
carried
out
another
ALL
OUT
in
the
29th
minute.
The
Pink
Panthers’
defense
unit
led
by
Sahul
Kumar
showcased
top
form
and
helped
their
team
dominate
proceedings
at
43-25
in
the
34th
minute.

The
Bulls
tackled
Deshwal
in
the
37th
minute,
but
the
Panthers
continued
to
keep
their
noses
in
front
at
46-27.
Thereafter,
the
Panthers’
raiders
treaded
carefully
and
eventually
sealed
their
place
in
the
grand
finale.

The
Pink
Panthers
will
now
look
to
lift
their
second
PKL
title
when
they
clash
against
the
winners
of
the
other
semifinal
between
Puneri
Paltan
and
Tamil
Thalaivas
in
the
PKL
2022
Final
on
Saturday
(December
17).