Gujarat Fortunegiants on Thursday held their nerve to defeat a resurgent UP Yoddha 38-31 in a thrilling Qualifier 2 in Mumbai on Thursday to enter the final of Pro Kabaddi League season six.<\/p>\n
While the first half was closely contested, there was no stopping Gujarat in the initial part of second half as they did not allow UP to even fetch a single point in the eight minutes and also inflicted another all-out raid to double their lead to 28-14.<\/p>\n
After that, UP did stage a comeback into the game and also inflicted an all-out on Gujarat to make it 27-34, with three minutes remaining for the final whistle. Then they made it 30-34, but as they were playing the catching up game, they ended up on the losing note.<\/p>\n
Gujarat Fortunegiants will clash against Bengaluru Bulls in the summit clash scheduled to take place on January 5 at the NSCI in Worli.<\/p>\n
In the second Qualifier, where the pendulum swung till the end, Gujarat emerged on top courtesy their breath-taking raids and equally stunning tackles.<\/p>\n
For Gujarat Fortunegiants, Sachin Tanwar was the most successful raider. While K Prapanjan and Rohit Gulia also contributed to Gujarats win. Sunil Kumar, Iranian Hadi Oshtorak and Sachin Vittala grabbed three points each for Gujarat.<\/p>\n
However, UP did a few successful raids to make it 4-5, with 15 minutes remaining for the first half. And a successful tackle by the UP helped them to level scores at 5-5.<\/p>\n
UP Yoddha meant business and were closing in on the gap. However, Gujarat surged ahead, with a successful raid, followed by a successful tackle and then inflicted an \u2018all-out\u2019 to move up 19-14 at the half-way mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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