Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 8: Telugu Titans and Haryana Steelers share spoils with a draw

The
Titans
never
gave
up
despite
trailing
in
most
parts
of
the
match
and
will
have
to
thank
their
left
corner
defender
Sandeep
Kandola
for
the
result.
He
scored
a
High
5
(6
tackle
points)
while
raider
Ankit
Beniwal
secured
a
Super
10.

Haryana
Steelers
started
the
match
on
the
front
foot
with
their
raiding
trio
of
Vikash
Kandola,
Rohit
Gulia
and
Vinay
taking
turns
to
win
raid
points.
Telugu
Titans
struggled
to
match
the
intensity
with
their
star
raider
Rajnish
missing
out.

Ankit
Beniwal
and
Adarsh
T
could
not
woo
errors
from
the
Haryana
defence
marshalled
by
the
experienced
Surender
Nada
in
the
left
corner.
Vikash
Kandola
scored
a
3-point
Super
Raid
in
the
10th
minute
that
helped
the
Steelers
clinch
an
ALL
OUT.
They
opened
an
8-point
lead,
but
the
Titans
staged
an
immediate
fightback.

Adarsh’s
strong
raids
on
the
right-hand
side
yielded
points
for
Telugu
while
defender
Sandeep
Kandola
thwarted
the
Haryana
raiders
from
his
left
corner
position.
Together,
they
helped
the
Titans
inflict
an
ALL
OUT
in
the
last
minute
of
the
first
half
and
narrow
the
points
gap
to
just
one.

The
Titans
sustained
the
pressure
on
the
Steelers
defence
in
the
early
minutes.
Captain
Rohit
Kumar
picked
up
a
3-point
Super
Raid
in
the
5th
minute
after
the
restart
to
reduce
the
Haryana
men
on
the
mat.
Ankit
Beniwal’s
2-point
raid
in
the
9th
minute
was
followed
by
Adarsh’s
touch-point
which
ensured
the
Titans
secured
another
ALL
OUT.
The
team
took
a
2-point
lead
as
Sandeep
Kandola
got
his
High
5.

Haryana
had
a
1-point
advantage
as
the
match
entered
the
final
5
minutes.
And
they
extended
it,
courtesy
of
a
2-point
raid
by
Vikash
Kandola
which
saw
him
secure
a
Super
10.
The
Steelers
inflicted
another
ALL
OUT
to
open
a
5-point
lead
with
3
minutes
remaining.

The
Titans
clawed
their
way
back
as
the
Steelers
faltered
in
their
time
management.
Vikash
Kandola
failed
to
register
a
legal
raid
in
the
last
move
of
the
match
and
the
match
ended
in
a
tie.