Pune: U Mumba defeated Puneri Paltan 31-22 to win the Maharashtra derby in the Pro Kabaddi League Season VI match at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida on Saturday. Fazel Atrachali had a near flawless match as he got 4 tackle points from his 5 tackle attempts.
More GB of Puneri Paltan and Vinod Kumar shocked the opponents as even they got 4 and 3 tackle points even though they’re raiders for their respective teams. Girish Ernak had a mediocre performance tonight as he only got 1 tackle point from 3 tackle attempts.
Fazel Atrachali was given the Orange Sleeve for hoarding the highest number of tackle points this season after today’s incredible performance.
This match saw the two highest scoring raiders of this season not play against each other as both Nitin Tomar of Puneri Paltan and Siddharth Desai of U Mumba were harboring injuries to their knee and shoulder respectively.
Fazel Atrachali was the star for U Mumba as he got 4 tackle points in his 4 tackles. He made some really new techniques to get holds like reverse ankle hold and reverse thigh holds to confuse the raiders. The half ended with U Mumba leading by 9 points with the score line at 19-10.
Results:
U Mumba 31 (Abhishek Singh 7, Surender Singh 4, Vinod Kumar 4,Fazel Atrachali 4, Darshan Kadian 3) bt Puneri Paltan 22 (More GB 4, Sandeep Narwal 3, Deepak Dahiya 2).
Top raider: Abhishek Singh (7 points, U Mumba)
Top defender: Surender Singh (4 points, U Mumba)
