Pro Kabaddi: Tamil Thalaivas, Puneri Paltan begin season with comfortable wins
Defending champions Puneri Paltan beat the Haryana Steelers in their first match of the season.
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The Tamil Thalaivas and Puneri Paltan commenced their respective Pro Kabaddi League campaigns with wins at the GMCB Indoor Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad on Saturday.
While the Thalaivas beat the Telugu Titans 44-29, the Paltan beat a the Haryana Steelers 35-25.
The Thalaivas rode on the brilliance of Narender Kandola and Sachin to secure a comfortable win.
Pawan Sehrawat kicked off proceedings for the Telugu Titans with a Super Raid in the very first minute. Shortly after, the Telugu Titans captain picked up three more raid points to give his side a healthy lead.
However, the Thalaivas’ Sachin inflicted an all out as they surged ahead and took the lead on the Telugu Titans.
Midway through the first half, the Thalaivas had established a four-point lead but the Titans had Ajit Pawar and Vijay Malik chipping away at their lead.
Pawan Sehrawat did his best to help his team out in the situation, but the Thalaivas’ defence kept things tight. At the half-time break, the Thalaivas led 20-17.
The Thalaivas continued to keep the opposition at an arm’s length in the early exchanges of the second half.
Midway through the second half, Sagar Rathe helped inflict an all out on the Titans, which gave the Thalaivas a nine-point lead with 10 minutes to go....
