Jaipur Pink Panthers secured a crucial win in the race for the playoffs defeating Gujarat Giants 42-29 with skipper Arjun Deshwal doing the bulk of the scoring in a Pro Kabaddi League match in Pune on Tuesday.
Raid machine Deshwal scored 13 points, while Neeraj Narwal’s eight points and Ankush Rathee’s ‘High 5’ too played an important role in the victory.
A fast-paced start saw Jaipur Pink Panthers race to an early lead. In the early exchanges, Neeraj Narwal got Mohammad Nabibakhsh, and then Neeraj Kumar of Gujarat Giants wasted a ‘Super Tackle’ opportunity against Deshwal.
This led to the first ‘All Out’ inflicted on the Gujarat Giants, after Rohit failed to tackle Narwal.
This set the tone for the game as the Jaipur Pink Panthers dominated their opponents.
Ankush Rathee joined the party with a bold move on Rakesh, and even though the Gujarat Giants did a few successful raids, the Panthers inflicted a second ‘All Out’ towards the end of the first half as the score read 27-16 in favour of the two-time PKL champions.
The script of the match remained the same in the second half as well.
