Pro Kabaddi League: Jaipur Pink Panthers, Gujarat Giants continue winning run in Mumbai

Defending champions Jaipur Pink Panthers and the Gujarat Giants continued their rich vein of form as the two teams won their respective Pro Kabaddi League matches on Saturday.

The Pink Panthers rode on skipper Arjun Deshwal’s 17-point haul to defeat U Mumba 41-31 at the DOME by NSCI in Mumbai. The Pink Panthers’ Deshwal and Ankush (six tackle points) and U Mumba’s Guman Singh (13 raid points) were the star performers of the game.

The home side struggled to get going in the first half and relied heavily on Guman’s raiding. He scored 10 of U Mumba’s 13 points in the first 20 minutes as the defence managed just one tackle point. The Pink Panthers were also shaky in defence but their three-man raiding unit of Deshwal, V Ajith and Bhavani Rajput came to their rescue.

A multi-point raid from Deshwal produced the first all out of the game as the Pink Panthers took a 12-5 lead in the seventh minute. A few minutes later, Ajith struck and the Pink Panthers had twice as many points as their opponents did at 18-9.

Guman, U Mumba’s main hope, brought up his Super 10 in the 16th minute and also crossed the 300 raid points mark, but his side...

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