PKL: Dabang Delhi vs UP Yoddhas, Highlights: Delhi pull off stunning comeback win over UP

Dabang
Delhi’s
Naveen
Kumar
(13
points)
and
Manjeet
(12
points)
starred
for
the
winning
team
while
Surender
Gill
picked
up
21
points
for
the
Yoddhas
in
a
losing
effort.

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Billed
as
a
clash
between
UP
Yoddhas’ record-reaking
raider
Pardeep
Narwal
and
Delhi’s
young
phenomenon
Naveen
Kumar,
the
action
did
not
disappoint.
It
was
the
Yoddhas
defence,
who,
in
the
early
stages,
looked
impenetrable
and
had
Delhi
on
the
ropes.
They
initiated
the
first
ALL
OUT
of
the
game
with
just
seven
minutes
gone
to
take
a
commanding
11-4
lead.

At
the
other
end
Gill
constantly
picked
up
points
for
the
Yoddhas
and
ensured
they
built
on
their
commanding
lead.
At
18-10
they
inflicted
another
ALL
OUT,
making
it
seem
like
the
contest
was
all
but
over,
with
barely
a
quarter
of
the
game
gone.
And
yet,
Delhi
kept
chipping
away,
Naveen
constantly
getting
bonus
points
with
almost
every
raid.

In
the
dying
seconds
of
the
first
half,
with
the
last
raid,
Manjeet
pulled
off
a
SUPER
RAID
catching
four
UP
Yoddhas
to
ensure
his
team
had
reduced
the
deficit
going
into
half
time.

Manjeet’s
SUPER
RAID
galvanised
the
Delhi
team
out
of
a
stupor,
and
they
came
into
the
second
half
a
different
unit
completely,
dominating
the
proceedings
from
the
word
go.
UP
Yoddhas’ blushes
were
saved,
only
because
of
the
brilliance
of
Surender
Gill,
whose
two
successful
raids
as
the
last
man
on
the
mat
ensured
his
team
didn’t
suffer
an
ALL
OUT.

Eventually
though,
the
ALL
OUT
did
come,
and
helped
Delhi
get
their
heads
back
into
the
game.
From
thereon,
Naveen
came
alive,
catching
the
Yoddhas
defenders
with
almost
every
raid,
and
soon
enough
initiating
another
ALL
OUT
to
help
his
team
take
the
lead
for
the
first
time
in
the
game
at
37-36.

Thereafter,
the
two
teams
kept
trading
the
lead,
never
extending
by
one
point.
However,
two
crucial
errors
right
at
the
end,
first
by
Gill
and
second
by
Narwal,
ensured
the
Dabang
Delhi
KC
pulled
off
a
spectacular
comeback
to
keep
their
winning
streak
alive.

Award
Winners:

UP
Yoddhas
vs
Dabang
Delhi
KC

vivo
Perfect
Player
of
the
Match
–
Surender
Gill
(UP
Yoddhas)

Dream
11
Gamechanger
of
the
Match
–
Naveen
Kumar
(Dabang
Delhi
KC)

Moment
of
the
Match
–
Manjeet
(Dabang
Delhi
KC)

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