Pro Kabaddi League Season 9: Jaipur Pink Panthers edge Puneri Paltan in a humdinger to emerge Champions

Top
players
for
Pink
Panthers
in
Final

V
Ajith,
Sunil
Kumar
and
Arjun
Deshwal
emerged
as
the
best
players
for
Jaipur
with
6
points
each
on
the
night.
Pankaj
Mohite
pulled
off
a
brilliant
raid
in
the
opening
minutes
of
the
match
as
the
Puneri
Paltan
inched
ahead
at
3-1.

However,
the
Jaipur
side
fought
back
and
levelled
the
scores
at
3-3.
But
Gaurav
Khatri
tackled
Arjun
Deshwal
and
helped
the
Pune
side
regain
the
lead
at
5-4
in
the
9th
minute.

Pro
Kabaddi
League
Season
9:
Full
List
of
Award
Winners,
Prize
Money,
Records
and
Statistics

Thereafter,
V
Ajith
stepped
up
his
game
as
Jaipur
levelled
the
scores
at
6-6.
Thereafter,
both
sides
played
out
a
neck-and-neck
contest
until
Mohammad
Nabibakhsh
picked
up
a
raid
and
a
tackle
point
in
quick
succession
and
helped
Pune
take
the
lead
at
10-8
in
the
16th
minute.

Neck-and-neck
fight
at
half-time

However,
Ajith
caught
out
Sanket
Sawant
and
Gaurav
Khatri
to
help
Jaipur
put
their
noses
in
front
at
12-10
in
the
19th
minute.
The
Panthers
managed
to
hold
the
lead
at
14-12
at
the
stroke
of
half-time.

The
Panthers
tackled
Aditya
Shinde
and
inflicted
an
All
Out
in
the
22nd
minute
to
take
a
substantial
lead
at
18-13.
However,
Akash
Shinde
pulled
off
a
multi-point
raid
and
Pune
tackled
Ajith
soon
after
to
get
within
touching
distance
of
Jaipur’s
score
at
17-18.

But
Ankush
tackled
Akash
Shinde
and
helped
the
Panthers
extend
their
lead
further.
However,
Aditya
Shinde
caught
out
Ankush
and
Sahul
Kumar
to
keep
Pune
in
the
game
at
20-23.

But
Jaipur’s
Captain
Sunil
Kumar
pulled
off
a
couple
of
brilliant
tackle
points
as
the
Panthers
continued
to
stay
in
the
lead
at
27-22
in
the
34th
minute.
However,
the
Pune
side
didn’t
give
up
and
tackled
Deshwal
in
the
38th
minute
and
stayed
in
the
contest
at
25-29.

Thereafter,
Badal
Singh
tackled
V
Ajith
and
Aditya
Shinde
effected
a
raid,
but
Puneri
still
couldn’t
find
a
way
to
level
the
scores
as
Jaipur
led
at
31-29
in
the
dying
minutes
of
the
game.
The
Panthers
played
their
cards
perfectly
in
the
final
seconds
of
the
match
and
clinched
their
second
Pro
Kabaddi
League
title.

Award
Winners
of
PKL
Final

vivo
Perfect
Player
of
the
Final
–
Sunil
Kumar
–
Pink
Panthers
–
Rs
50000

Dream11
Game
Changer
of
the
Final
–
V
Ajit
Kumar
–
Pink
Panthers
–
Rs
50000

Moment
of
the
Final
–
Ankush
Rathee
–
Pink
Panthers
–
Rs
50000

Move
of
the
Final
–
V
Ajit
Kumar
–
Pink
Panthers
–
Rs
50000

vivo
Perfect
Moment
of
the
Final
–
Sunil
Kumar
–
Pink
Panthers
–
Rs
50000