In match no. 32 of VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 7, Bengal Warriors defeats U Mumba by 2 points difference in Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna.
Final Score : Bengal Warriors vs U Mumba 32 – 30
2nd Half burst helps Bengal Warriors to the comeback win
- Bengal Warriors trailed for the first time at the end of 1st half in PKL 7. They were 11 – 16 down.
- But Bengal in the second was off to a flying start outscoring U Mumba 7 – 1 in 3 mins into the 2nd half which was started by a Super raid by Prapanjan. They took back the lead.
- U Mumba then came back in the next 5 mins scoring 7 – 2.
- But in the final 10 mins Bengal came back and outscored U Mumba 11 – 4.
| 5 minute score Break-up 2nd half today |
| | 21 – 25 min | 26 – 30 min | 31 -35 min | 35 – 40 min |
| Bengal Warriors | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| U Mumba | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Maninder Singh
Baldev Singh and Jeeva Kumar lead the defence for Bengal
- Out of the 10 tackle points for Bengal, 6 came in the 2nd
- The defence was led by Baldev Singh who scored his 3rd High 5 for PKL 7.
- He scored 5 tackle points in 7 tackles.
- Jeeva Kumar supported him by scoring 4 tackle points in 5 tackles.
- Jeeva Kumar made the crucial tackle on Arjun Deshwal in the final raid who was trying to tie the match.
| Bengal Defence vs. U Mumba today |
| | Baldev Singh | Jeeva Kumar |
| Tackles | 7 | 5 |
| Tackle points | 5 | 4 |
| Tackle SR | 71 | 80 |
- Both the teams played well in defence and scored 10 tackle points each.
- U Mumba defence has been aggressive and scored 7 tackle points in 11 tackles in the 1st But did not have a good 2nd half as they scored only 3 tackle points.
- All the defenders of U Mumba (Surinder Singh, Sandeep Narwal and Fazel Atrachali) have scored a minimum of 2 tackle points.
- Surinder Singh has scored total of 4 tackle points in 10 tackles.
| U Mumba Defenders vs. Bengal today |
| | Surinder Singh | Sandeep Narwal | Fazel Atrachali |
| Tackles | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Tackle points | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Tackle SR | 40 | 60 | 50 |
Prapanjan continues his form to Spark a come from behind win
- Bengal Warriors raiding unit was led by K Prapanjan and as a team scored 17 raid points in the match.
- The important moment which brought Bengal Warriors came back in the match was when Prapanjan scored a Super Raid in the 1st min of the 2nd
- Prapanjan has scored 6 raid points in 11 raids.
- Maninder Singh had a forgettable 1st half as he scored only 1 raid point. He scored the only point in the half in the 17th
- But in the 2nd half Maninder came out strong and scored 4 raid points in 9 raids.
K Prapanjan
| K Prapanjan vs. U Mumba today |
| Raids | 11 |
| Raid Points | 6 |
| Raid SR | 55 |
Arjun Deshwal steps up in Abhishek’s absence - Abhishek Singh the star raider for U Mumba was absent for the match and the lead raider role was taken by Arjun Deshwal.
- Arjun Deshwal scored his first Super 10 in PKL.
- Out of U Mumba’s 13 raid points, 10 came from Arjun Deshwal.
- Out of Arjun’s 9 successful raids, 3 came against Mohammad Nabibakhsh.
| Arjun Deshwal vs. Bengal today |
| Raids | 18 |
| Raid Points | 10 |
| Raid SR | 56 |
- But none of the other raiders supported him.
- Rohit Baliyan scored 1 raid points in 8 raids.
