PKL: Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans, Highlights: Ajinkya Pawar’s super raid powers Thalaivas to victory

Both
sides
played
a
neck
and
neck
contest
until
Pawar’s
Super
Raid,
which
turned
the
tide
towards
Thalaivas’ favour.

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In
a
slow
burn
first
half,
both
teams
played
cautiously,
raiders
from
both
sides
not
risking
much
and
finding
scarce
success
whenever
they
did
commit
fully.
It
was
a
display
of
how
committed
the
two
defences
were
and
was
borne
out
by
the
stats
too.

At
the
end
of
the
half,
both
teams
had
an
equal
number
of
raid
and
tackle
points,
a
rarity
in
the
league.

Nonetheless,
it
was
the
Titans
who
actually
kept
the
pressure
up
through
the
period,
and
reduced
the
Thalaivas
to
three
players
for
the
greater
part
of
the
final
five
minutes
of
the
half.
A
SUPER
TACKLE
by
Sagar
on
Abhishek
Singh
helped
the
Thalaivas
avoid
an
all
out
at
the
first
time.
But
with
their
lead
raider,
Narender,
out
for
over
three-fourth
of
the
half
it
was
always
tough
for
them
to
take
control
of
the
game.

Finally,
on
the
final
raid
before
half-time,
the
Titans
inflicted
the
first
ALL
OUT
of
the
game,
Ajinkya
Pawar
tackled
by
Mohsin
Maghsoudlou,
as
the
Titans
went
into
the
break
leading
16-13.

The
Titans
kicked
off
the
second
half
in
a
frenzy.
A
SUPER
RAID
by
Siddharth
Desai
caught
out
Himanshu,
Sahil
Gulia
and
M.
Abishek
to
further
extend
the
lead.
From
there
though,
faced
with
adversity,
once
again
the
Thalaivas
defence,
led
by
Sagar
came
into
its
own.

Sagar’s
second
SUPER
TACKLE
of
the
game
caught
Desai,
and
their
resurgence
began.
A
six-point
lead
was
overturned
within
minutes
as
the
Thalaivas
inflicted
their
own
ALL
OUT
to
take
the
lead.

The
momentum
swung
the
Titans’ way
again
and
in
the
final
two
minutes
the
lead
never
extended
two
points,
keeping
everyone
on
edge.
With
ninety
seconds
to
go
and
just
one
point
between
the
two
teams,
Ajinkya
Pawar’s
SUPER
RAID
caught
six
Titans
players
out
to
inflict
a
second
ALL
OUT
and
give
them
a
nine-point
lead
that
they
held
onto
and
eventually
took
the
win.

PKL
Matches
on
Sunday
(Oct.
6):

Match
1:
Bengaluru
Bulls
vs
Gujarat
Giants:
7:30pm
IST

Match
2:
Puneri
Paltan
vs
Tamil
Thalaivas:
8:30pm
IST

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on
Star
Sports
Network

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Streaming
on
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