Dabang Delhi KC put up a spirited show as they trounced Jaipur Pink Panthers 40-29 in their Pro Kabaddi League match here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the second match of the day, Haryana Steelers defeated U Mumba 35-31 in a closely contested match, where the momentum shifted throughout the encounter.<\/p>\n
But in the dying moments of the game, the Haryana team held their nerves to emerge triumphant.<\/p>\n
This is U Mumba\u2019s second consecutive loss after their defeat to Gujarat Fortunegiants last night.<\/p>\n
In front of a capacity crowd at the NSCI in Worli, Naveen Kumar (10 points), Meraj Sheykh and Chandran Ranjit emerged as the heroes for the Delhi side.<\/p>\n
Joginder Narwal was the top-defender for Delhi.<\/p>\n
However, it was initially a close contest as Jaipur led 5-3 after the first seven minutes, with some superb defence and tackling.<\/p>\n
It soon became 8-3 as their raider Deepak Hooda continued his successful raids.<\/p>\n
When it seemed that Jaipur was inching ahead, Delhi swung back with a \u2018Super Raid\u2019 by Meraj Sheykh, which earned them three points to make it 10-10 and level the scores.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Super Raid\u2019 seemed to have instilled confidence in the Delhi team as they inflicted an \u2018all-out\u2019 and went marginally ahead.<\/p>\n
Delhi was on the upsurge as Sheykh again did a successful raid and earned two points.<\/p>\n
But then Jaipurs Deepak Hooda earned 2 crucial points for his side to reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n
After the break, Delhi, with some successful raids and breath-taking tackles, increased its lead to 24-17.<\/p>\n
But Jaipur inched back into the game as they reduced the deficit to 21-26, with 12 minutes for the final whistle.<\/p>\n
But Delhi always had an upper hand and Chandran Ranjit earned two points to make it 28-21 in their favour.<\/p>\n
Then Naveen Kumar inflicted more agony on the opposition as Delhi cruised ahead.<\/p>\n
There was no stopping Delhi after that as it inflicted another all-out, the second of the match, to make it 38-23, with just over five minutes remaining in the game.<\/p>\n
From there, it was too late for Jaipur to come back into the game, as they slumped to their seventh defeat in nine games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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