Tamil Thalaivas dominated the entire match against Patna Pirates to record a 41-25 victory at the SMS Indoor stadium here in Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 on Tuesday night.
Ajinkya Pawar was the star for the Thalaivas with 10 raid points on the night, meanwhile, raider Narender chipped in with 6 points.
Narender picked up a couple of raid points as the Thalaivas inched ahead at 4-2 in the third minute.
However, Sudhakar M effected a magnificent raid to level the scores at 4-4. But Ajinkya Pawar and Sagar picked up a raid and tackle point respectively to reduce the Pirates to just three members on the mat.
The Thalaivas rode on the momentum and inflicted an All-Out to take a massive lead at 12-6 in the 11th minute. Sagar continued to shine as the Thalaivas extended their lead further to 16-8 in the 14th minute.
The side from Tamil Nadu found a way to stop Sudhakar and Sachin from scoring raid points consistently and eventually went into the break leading at 20-11.
Ajinkya Pawar effected a fantastic raid in the opening minutes of the second half and reduced the Pirates to just two members on the mat.
Moments later, the Thalaivas inflicted another All-Out to lead comfortably at 25-11 in the 24th minute. Ankit then pulled off a brilliant tackle on Narender in the 29th minute, but the Thalaivas continued to dominate at 31-14.
Tamil Thalaivas continued to put pressure on their opponents for the rest of the game and eventually closed out a comprehensive victory.
