PKL: Dabang Delhi outsmart Bengaluru Bulls to enter season 8 final

Naveen
Kumar
picked
a
Super
10
(14
points)
as
Delhi’s
experienced
stars
made
it
a
night
to
remember
by
clinching
a
comeback
win.
Pawan
Sehrawat
(18
points)
gave
the
Bulls
a
fast
start,
but
Delhi
secured
important
ALL
OUTs
at
crucial
points
of
the
game
to
turn
it
in
their
favour.
Dabang
will
now
play
Patna
Pirates
in
the
final
on
Friday
(25
February).

PKL:
Patna
Pirates
thrash
UP
Yoddha
to
enter
Season
8
final

The
Bulls
started
the
match
brightly
with
Pawan
Sehrawat
looking
in
good
form.
The
star
raider
has
a
playoff
average
of
over
14
raid
points,
and
he
made
his
intentions
to
attack
clear
right
from
the
first
whistle.
But
Dabang
Delhi
slowly
got
back
into
the
game
with
Naveen
Kumar
also
finding
some
errors
in
the
Bulls’ defence.

The
experienced
Delhi
defence
controlled
the
pace
of
the
match
and
despite
Pawan’s
best
attempts
inflicted
an
ALL
OUT
in
the
8th
minute
to
open
a
3-point
lead.

The
Bulls
immediately
levelled
the
score
thanks
to
a
multi-point
raid
by
Pawan
Sehrawat.
He
secured
his
Super
10
by
the
12th
minute
as
the
teams
slowed
down
the
attacks.
Delhi’s
Vijay
also
got
into
the
act
with
a
few
crucial
points.
The
scores
were
level
at
14-14
with
5
minutes
remaining
in
the
first
half.
Bulls’ raider
Chandran
Ranjit
had
to
be
substituted
after
he
was
on
the
receiving
end
of
a
head
collision
with
Delhi’s
Joginder
Narwal.
At
half
time,
the
scores
were
17-16
with
the
Bulls
in
a
narrow
lead.

The
Bulls
could
not
convert
the
man
advantage
into
an
ALL
OUT
in
the
early
minutes
of
the
second
half.
Krishan’s
Super
Tackle
gave
Delhi
the
momentum
and
they
backed
it
up
by
sending
the
Bulls’
raiders
to
the
bench.
Mahender’s
Super
Tackle
for
Bengaluru
in
the
6th
minute
after
the
interval
gave
them
a
chance
to
stage
a
comeback.
But
Delhi
raider
Neeraj
Narwal’s
3-point
Super
Raid
with
13
minutes
remaining
once
again
changed
the
balance
of
the
match.
Dabang
inflicted
their
second
ALL
OUT
with
11
minutes
still
on
the
clock
to
open
a
6-point
lead.

Naveen
Kumar’s
3-point
Super
Raid
and
Manjeet
Chhillar’s
solid
ankle
hold
on
Pawan
Sehrawat
ensured
Delhi
had
a
7-point
gap
with
5
minutes
left
in
the
semifinal.
Naveen
picked
his
Super
10
as
Delhi
kept
their
calm
in
the
final
minutes
despite
high
pressure
from
the
Bengaluru
raiding
duo
of
Bharat
and
Pawan.
Pawan
made
a
blunder
by
committing
an
unsuccessful
tackle
on
Naveen
in
the
last
minute.
Naveen
picked
up
easy
points
to
secure
a
5-point
win
for
Delhi
and
a
place
in
the
final.

Source:
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