Holders puneri paltan

Holders Puneri Paltan: Puneri Paltan cruised to a comprehensive 10-point victory over Tamil Thalaivas, winning 42-32 in Season 11 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) at the Badminton Hall of the Balewadi Sports Complex on Monday. The defending champions finished their campaign on a high courtesy of a Super 10 from Aryavardhan Navale and a High-5 from Gaurav Khatri, while the others made their mark to wrap up a complete performance.

Abhishek Manokaran’s tackle opened the scoring with the first tackle of the night before Sachin and Aryavardhan Navale exchanged two-point raids in the opening exchanges. The latter gave Puneri Paltan the lead at 5-4. V. Ajith Kumar further extended the lead as he got himself on the board with a couple of raids.

It didn’t take too long for Puneri Paltan to register their first All Out, courtesy of Sanket Sawant’s tackle on Himanshu, giving his side a four-point lead at 10-6. Aryavardhan Navale further piled on the pressure and executed a Super Raid, before a tackle from V. Ajith Kumar allowed the defending champions to inflict another All Out in quick succession, extending their lead to thirteen points within the first ten minutes as the scoreline read 20-7.