The Haryana Steelers will be up against Tamil Thalaivas in Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 on Monday.
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The Haryana Steelers will be looking to ride on the momentum after defeating Bengal Warriors 41-37 on Friday. The Haryana side will be up against the Tamil Thalaivas in their next game in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 in Bengaluru on Monday. Haryana’s raider Vinay asserted that the team is confident of playing well against any side. He added, “All of us are feeling really good as we have not been defeated in our last three matches. We tied one game in between. Our team combination is properly set now. We are trusting each other on the mat and we feel that we will play well in any match going forward.”
Vinay added that the Steelers played with more confidence in their previous match against the Warriors. “In our first few matches, we couldn’t execute our plans properly. I feel we were playing safe and not being aggressive enough. However, in our last match against Bengal Warriors, we carried out our tasks confidently and played our natural game,” he explained.
While speaking about their next game, Vinay said that the side will have a separate strategy in place for Tamil Thalaivas’ Manjeet and Ajinkya Pawar. “The Tamil Thalaivas are a good team and they are also performing well. We have a strong set of raiders and they can take on any defense unit. And our own defenders have also been performing, so if we continue to gel well on the mat, then we can perform against the Thalaivas. We have to watch out for raiders Manjeet and Ajinkya Pawar in the Tamil team. We will have a separate plan in place for both the players,” said the raider.
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Earlier, the Haryana Steelers produced a brilliant performance to defeat Bengal Warriors 41-37 on Friday. The Steelers were trailing by three points at the end of the first half, however, the side attained momentum in the second half and closed out the victory in an impressive fashion. Meetu was Haryana’s best player with 10 raid points in the match.
The Steelers effected an All Out in the first minute of the second half and levelled the scores at 18-18. Moments later, the Steelers took the lead at 21-18 after carrying out a brilliant tackle and a raid. The Steelers kept picking up points and kept forging ahead. Meetu effected a superb raid in the 26th minute as the Steelers led at 24-20.
However, Bengal got closer to Haryana’s score after pulling off a Super Tackle. Meetu continued to pick up raid points and helped Haryana to take a three-point lead at 28-25. In the 33rd minute, the Steelers inflicted an All Out and took a five-point lead at 32-27. The Haryana side rode on the momentum, kept scoring points and eventually walked off the mat as the winners of the match.
