Pro Kabaddi League: Bulls secure first win of season; Pink Panthers notch comeback win over Yoddhas

Home team Bengaluru Bulls earned their first win of the 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League when they beat UP Yoddhas 38-36 on Monday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru

Earlier, Arjun Deshwal scripted a brilliant comeback in the second half as Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Gujarat Giants 35-32 in the first match of the day. The Jaipur raider, who scored 15 points in the match, also reached the milestone of 700 points in his PKL career.

It was a slow and cautious start to the game from the home side who were soon placed on the backfoot through a super raid effected by Yoddhas’ Pardeep Narwal. Reducing the Bulls to just one man, Vikash Kandola needed to do something special to prevent the home side from being all-out within the first five minutes.

A super raid from Kandola brought back three players for the Bulls and while defending in the next raid, they effected a super tackle courtesy of Monu who took out Narwal. Right before the half-time buzzer rang, the Bulls had reversed the tables on Yoddhas in the 12th minute and got the first all-out of the game as Surjeet Singh simply carried out the Yoddhas raider with ease.

The home team entered half-time...

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