Surender Gill’s performance stood out on Monday as not only did he achieve his career best of 21 raid points in a game, but this also included 2 Super Raids and four 2-point raids.
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UP Yoddha, the GMR Group owned franchise in the Pro Kabaddi League, displayed supreme form continuing their winning momentum with a thumping 50-40 win over Puneri Paltan. Monday’s game being the highest scoring game in PKL 8 saw Surender Gill shine bright earning a whopping 21 points in the game followed by Pardeep Narwal’s 10 important points. Surender Gill’s scintillating performance stood out on Monday as not only did he achieve his career best of 21 raid points in a game, but this also included 2 Super Raids and four 2-point raids. Pardeep Narwal also achieved his career’s 63rd ‘Super 10’ that also included a ‘Super Raid’. This also becomes the first PKL match of season 8 where a total of 4 ‘Super10’ were made. UP Yoddha with this win are now placed 4th in the points table with 33 points to their kitty.
UP Yoddha started strong with Pardeep Narwal opening the scoresheet with a Super Raid in the first few seconds. The game thereafter moved at a very fast pace with the scoreline reading 5-5 in the first 4 minutes of the game. However thereafter the Yoddha’s made defensive errors as Puneri Paltan walked ahead with critical points and soon inflicted an ‘All Out’ on UP Yoddha in the 8th minute as the score board read 7-11 to the Paltan’s favour. The lead, however, was short lived as UP Yoddha picked up their pace with Surender Gill making his first Super Raid of the match. This super raid was followed by the Yoddha’s inflicting an ‘All Out’ on Puneri Paltan in the 13th minute that gave UP Yoddha a slender 1-point lead as the scoreboard read 17-16. The game thereafter saw both the teams playing safe, and the Paltans notching up a few crucial points from the Yoddha’s defensive errors. The first half came to an end with the scoreboard reading 20-20.
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The second half saw UP Yoddha take charge of the game as they galloped their way ahead. Surender Gill’s super raid of 4 points in the 24th minute helped the Yoddha’s race ahead with a 26-21 lead. Moments later the Yoddha’s inflicted Puneri Paltan’s with their second ‘All Out’ of the game to get a comfortable 29-22 lead. Thereafter UP Yoddha never really let the Paltan’s come near them all throughout the game. UP Yoddha extended their lead further to 40-25 by inflicting their 3rd All-Out on Puneri Paltan’s in the 30th minute.
The Yoddha’s thereafter gave away a few quick points but the Paltan’s couldn’t really get close to them at any point. Surender Gill’s multi-point raids received able support from Pardeep Narwal and Shrikant Jadhav in the attack along with a much needed defensive support from Nitesh Kumar, Shubham and Ashu that helped UP Yoddha wrap up the game with a thumping 50-40 win over Puneri Paltan’s.
UP Yoddha will next face Bengal Warriors on 21st January. This game would be broadcast live 8:30 PM onwards on the Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar.
