Mumbai, July 27:
Bengaluru Bulls pulled out all stops to recover from a first half deficit and down Pune Palton 40-37 for their second straight win on day two of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League at the NSCI Stadium here tonight.
This was Bengaluru’s second straight win in the eight-team round robin, having already got the better of Delhi Dabang in more convincing fashion with a 47-28 verdict last night at the same venue.
For the winners, Manjit Chillar accumulated 6 points, four fewer than what he secured against Delhi yesterday, while for the losers Wazir Singh stole the show with 15 points, most of them coming at crucial times .
Later, it was the turn of U Mumba (repeat U Mumba), the Mumbai franchise, to notch up their second straight win in as many days when they easily disposed off Kolkata franchise Bengal Warriors 36-25 to jointly lead the league table with Bengaluru.
A strong second-half show clinched the victory for U Mumba who led by a lone point (14-13) after the first half of 20 minutes play.
Shabeer Bapu Sharfudeen was the star for the hosts with 15 points to his credit while teammate Anup Kumar contributed 4. For the losers, Nitin Madane (6) and Mahesh Gaud (5) were the leading scorers.
Kolkata franchise was good in defense claiming claim seven points compared to U Mumba’s nine, but the hosts were far superior in attack as they logged 24 points to their opponents’ 17.
U Mumba also got two extra points for packing off the entire rival team once in the game for a ‘lona’ while Bengal Warriors drew a blank in this respect. (PTI)
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