It was another night to remember for the young raiding duo of Devank and Ayan as Patna Pirates secured a massive 54-31 win over Bengaluru Bulls at the Noida Indoor Stadium here.
Devank moved to the top of the Season 11 raiders list with 131 raid points to his name as his side moved to third on the standings on Tuesday night.
Four Super Tackles defined the start of the game as Bengaluru Bulls’ defenders got the better of Patna Pirates’ raiders in what many thought would be a topsy-turvy clash.
Bengaluru Bulls rode on the ability of their defenders like Saurabh Nandal and Sunny to keep the dangerous Devank and Ayan quiet.
However, this was not to be for too long. Devank and Ayan found their groove soon as Patna Pirates inflicted the first All-Out of the match on Bengaluru Bulls courtesy of a tackle by Deepak on Saurabh Nandal.
This gave the three-time PKL champions some much-needed momentum as they began to race away from their opponents. At the end of the first half, the score read 20-13 in favour of Patna Pirates.
It was in the second half that Patna Pirates really took the game to their opponents. Within three minutes, they inflicted an All-Out on Bengaluru Bulls with Sandeep joining his raiding partners Devank and Ayan on the scoring charts.
A Super Raid soon followed for Devank and within a span of five minutes, Patna Pirates took a lead that would eventually become unassailable.
Another Super 10 soon followed for the young Devank, who made raiding look easy with his performance. The point that got Devank to another Super 10 also inflicted a third All-Out on Bengaluru Bulls, who continued to look out of sorts as the match came to a close.
In the end, Ayan also completed a well-earned Super 10, taking the team’s total to more than 50 points as Bengaluru Bulls lost by a deficit of 23 points.
