Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 8: Gujarat Giants outmuscle Telugu Titans in 18-point win

Rakesh
scored
a
Super
10
(16
points)
for
the
Giants
while
Parvesh
Bhainswal
picked
up
4
tackle
points.
Telugu
Titans’ lack
of
a
leader
in
defence
was
the
major
difference
with
raider
Rajnish
doing
his
best
with
a
12-point
performance.
The
team
are
without
a
win
in
Season
8
and
remain
at
the
bottom
of
the
points
table.

Gujarat
started
without
their
experienced
corner
duo
of
Ravinder
Pahal
and
Girish
Ernak
in
the
line-up.
Titans,
already
missing
the
seasoned
raiders
Rohit
Kumar
and
Siddharth
Desai,
didn’t
have
Sandeep
Kandola
starting
with
young
Muhammed
Shihas
taking
his
place.

Not
so
surprisingly,
the
first
half
belonged
to
raiders
with
so
many
changes
in
the
defence.
Gujarat’s
Rakesh
produced
the
first
Super
Raid
(3
points)
of
the
match
in
the
8th
minute
to
initiate
their
attempt
for
an
ALL
OUT.
The
Giants
finally
got
it
with
8
minutes
remaining
for
the
interval
to
open
a
7-point
lead.

Titans’ Rajnish
kept
picking
valuable
raid
points,
but
his
team
failed
to
support
him
in
defence.
Gujarat’s
Rakesh
has
been
their
standout
performer
in
Season
8,
and
he
pulled
out
a
“dubki”
close
to
the
interval
to
get
another
3-point
Super
Raid.
Rakesh
picked
up
his
Super
10
as
Gujarat
ended
the
first
half
on
top
with
scores
20-13.
Titans
had
just
one
successful
tackle
in
the
entire
half.

Rakesh
and
Mahendra
Rajput
kept
getting
raid
points
as
the
game
was
played
at
a
slow
pace
after
restart.
Rajnish
clinched
his
Super
10
as
Titans
sensed
a
potential
comeback
but
Rathan
K.
clinched
a
Super
Tackle
and
a
raid
point
to
restore
parity
on
the
mat.

Gujarat
kept
closing
all
doors
to
a
Titans
comeback
with
Parvesh
Bhainswal
also
clinching
a
Super
Tackle
with
a
well-timed
dash
on
Ankit
Beniwal.
The
team
from
Gujarat
had
an
11-point
lead
with
5
minutes
remaining
and
they
carried
that
momentum
to
inflict
another
ALL
OUT
in
the
final
minutes
to
seal
their
second
win
of
the
season.

Source:
PKL