Pro Kabaddi League: Gujarat Giants 38-36 U Mumba - Parteek Dahiya is the star for Gujarat Giants
Parteek Dahiya was the best player for Gujarat Giants as they staged an impressive comeback to defeat U Mumba 38-36 in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season nine at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
Image credit: PA Images Gujarat Giants defeated U Mumba 38-36.Former champions U Mumba had a big lead in the first half, but Prteek Dahiya scored 13 points to help Gujarat win.
Pranay Rane scored a couple of touchpoints as U Mumba took a 6-3 lead in the fifth minute. Moments later, Mohit Sandeep attacked and went all-out to help his team take a massive 10-4 lead.
Soon after, Heidarali Ekrami pulled off a super raid taking out Shankar Gadai, Sourav Gulia and Arkam Shaikh to put Mumbai in complete control of the game at 15-4 in the 8th minute. Gujarat's Rinku Narwal and Sandeep provided tackles, but U Mumba remained in the lead at 15-8 in the 12th minute.
Heidarali Ekrami continued to shine as the U Mumba kept storming forward. However, Rakesh led an attack, and the Giants managed to stop Guman Singh with a tackle to stay in the game at 13-18. But Rahul Sethpal made a super tackle in the 20th minute to give U Mumba a 20-13 lead at the end of the first half.
Parteek Dahiya performed a fantastic attack in the first minutes of the second half, reducing U Mumba to just two players on the mat. Moments later, the Gujarat Giants attacked Kamlesh and made sure with an all-out to get them back in the game at 19-22.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Parteek Dahiya ki dahaad se garaj utha Gujarat 🗣️<br><br>The all-rounder was the highest scorer in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MUMvGG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MUMvGG</a> contest with 13 raid points, making him our Raider of the Day❗<a href="https://t.co/2kdGUJ1r6V">https://t.co/2kdGUJ1r6V</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/vivoProKabaddi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#vivoProKabaddi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasticPanga?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FantasticPanga</a></p>— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProKabaddi/status/1599646055075045376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
But Rane ensured U Mumba stayed ahead 24-20 with a multi-point win. But Parteek Dahiya made sure with a couple of attacks that the Giants came within touching distance of U Mumba at 25-26 in the 28th minute. Sourav Gulia attacked Rane soon after and helped Gujarat level the score at 26-26.
Ashish then caught Sourav Gulia and Arkam Shaikh, and U Mumba took a 29-27 lead in the 31st minute. But Gujarat's Manuj tackled Rane, and Shankar Gadai made a couple of tackles to ensure that the Giants levelled the score at 30-30. After that, both sides exchanged blows one after the other, and in the 37th minute, the score was 32-32.
However, in the 39th minute, Parteek Dahiya managed a great attack, and he helped his team to an all-out and 37-34 lead.
In the last seconds of the game, the Gujarat Giants played their cards perfectly and secured a thrilling victory in the end.