Gujarat Giants are starting to find some momentum at the right time with a third win in their last five matches.
They got the better of Bengal Warriorz with a scoreline of 39-37 in a nail-biting contest at the Noida Indoor Stadium on Wednesday night in PKL Season 11.
A Super 10 from Guman Singh was enough for Gujarat Giants to get over the line despite Maninder Singh scoring a Super 10 and Nitesh Kumar completing a High 5 for Bengal Warriorz.
The game got off to a fast start courtesy Guman Singh, who got the first raid of the game. He followed it up with a Super Raid to wipe out three Bengal Warriorz players, giving his side a four-point lead in the opening exchanges.
Bengal Warriorz roared back into the game, levelling things up at six-all as Fazel Atrachali and Nitin Kumar got their team back into the mix.
It didn’t take Gujarat Giants too long to extend their lead back to four points as Himanshu Singh got the better of Fazel Atrachali on a successful Do-or-Die Raid.
However, Mighty Mani was starting to find his groove with a couple of raids, while a tackle from Mayur Kadam helped Bengal Warriorz cut the deficit down to two points.
With the momentum on their side, Bengal Warriorz moved into the lead after inflicting an All-Out on Gujarat Giants.
At the end of a tightly contested first half, Maninder Singh and Guman Singh had seven raid points each with Bengal Warriorz having a one-point lead as the scoreline read 20-19.
There was no separating the two teams as they went blow for blow at the start of the second half. The back-and-forth nature of the game continued as Gujarat Giants got their noses in front by two points.
The lead didn’t last for too long as Nitesh Kumar was starting to make his presence felt on the defensive end alongside his captain, while Maninder Singh’s efforts helped Bengal Warriorz level the score at 25-points each.
Entering the final quarter of the game, Bengal Warriorz had a one-point lead with their defence performing exceptionally.
Keeping in tune with the seesaw nature of the game though, Gujarat Giants moved ahead again, courtesy of a Super Tackle with under seven minutes to go in the game.
Bengal Warriorz got themselves back in the driver’s seat as Nitesh Kumar completed his High 5 with a tackle on Guman Singh. He followed it up by executing another brilliant tackle to inflict an All-Out on Gujarat Giants, giving his side a three-point lead. Mighty Mani also completed a Super 10, keeping Bengal Warriorz in the lead.
With the clock ticking down, Guman Singh completed his Super 10 and got Gujarat Giants in the lead again with under two minutes to go. He also delivered the final blow to Bengal Warriorz, inflicting an All-Out and settling the result of the game beyond all doubt.
