Pro Kabaddi: Pirates ride on Devank’s brilliance to notch first win of season; Paltan beat Bulls
Defending champions Puneri Paltan got back to winning ways by beating the Bengaluru Bulls.
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The Patna Pirates rode the individual brilliance of Devank as they came from behind to defeat the Tamil Thalaivas in a thriller at the GMCB Indoor Stadium, in Gachibowli Hyderabad on Friday. Devank scored a whopping 25 points as the Patna Pirates won 42-40 to register their first win of the Pro Kabaddi League season.
The Puneri Paltan got back to winning ways with a 36-22 win over the Bengaluru Bulls.
The Thalaivas were out of the blocks at good pace with Narender Kandola picking up a flurry of points to start with.
For the Thalaivas, it was Kandola, Sachin and Nitesh Kumar leading the charge, while Devank was soldiering on for the Patna Pirates. Midway through the first have, the Thalaivas had a nine-point lead.
In the final minutes of the first half, Devank landed a super raid on the Thalaivas, and completed his Super 10. Similarly, Kandola registered his super 10 before the end of the first half, as the Thalaivas went into the break with the score at 23-18, in their favour.
After the break, Devank continued to chip away at the lead, and landed another super raid which brought the deficit down to two points. Devank, who had registered a whopping 22 points in...
