Khalsa Warriors continued their undefeated streak with a win over Honey Singh’s team Yo Yo Tigers at the Wave World Kabaddi League on Sept. 27th 2014.
Khalsa Warriors Vs. Yo Yo Tigers
– Man of the Match & Best raiders: Gagandeep & Manjot Singh, Khalsa Warriors (15 raids each)
– Best Stopper: Eakam Hathur, Yo Yo Tigers (6 stops)
– Makhan Makhi bags Sonalika Raid of the Day
Amritsar, September 27: Khalsa Warriors kept their unblemished record with a ninth win in 10 matches to move further ahead of the rest of the field in the Wave World Kabaddi league. They beat a fighting Yo Yo Tigers 61-57 and took their tally to 19 points with nine wins and one tie.
Yo Yo Tigers slipped down the leaderboard with the loss and now have eight points from four wins and six losses in 10 matches.
Trailing by two points at the end of the first sessions Khalsa Warriors rallied back strongly in the second to wipe out the deficit and go on to win the match itself.
Yo Yo Tigers, showcased great performance against Vancouver Lions on Friday began on a positive note and kept that up to lead 16-14. In the second quarter, Yo Yo Tigers increased the gap to five points at one stage before Khalsa Warriors slowly but steadily came back into the game. With the help of raiders Gagandeep Singh and Jasmanpreet Raju’s seven raids each, Khalsa Warriors finished the quarter with a lead of 31-28.
Yo Yo Tigers did not give in easily and reduced the gap to one point at one stage after 28minutes of the game. Gagandeep and Manjeet were the top raiders in this session for Khalsa Warriors with five raids each and Gurpreet Singh aka Gopi Manki was the star stopper with two successful stops. Yo Yo Tigers’ Angrej Singh and Harpreet earned five and four points respectively in raids and Eakam Hathur was top defender with two stops. Khalsa Warriors stayed ahead marginally at 44-43.
In the final quarter, Khalsa Warriors maintained a narrow lead and did not give it up. Manjot Singh led the raiders in this quarter and earned most of points. On the other side, Yo Yo Tigers fought well with their raiders Gursewak Singh and Harpreet Singh along with stopper Eakam Hathur trying hard but failed to make an impact. Ultimately Khalsa Warriors ran out victors by 61-57.
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