The Gujarat Giants broke their losing rut to get a massive 42-30 win against the Tamil Thalaivas as The Bengaluru Bulls secured an important 42-37 win over U Mumba in what was a closely fought affair at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Rakesh’s 14 points helps Gujarat Giants break losing rut and climb to fourth on the table
A defence firing on all cylinders and two raiders, Rakesh (14 points) and Rohit Gulia (9 points) ensured that the collective would take a huge victory to climb to fourth on the table.
Right from the start the Gujarat Giants were in control of proceedings, for once their raiders outdoing the defence department throughout the first half. Soon enough they had the Thalaivas scrambling on the mat, and despite Sagar’s SUPER TACKLE to stave off a heavy deficit it wasn’t enough.
The Gujarat Giants inflicted the first ALL OUT of the game with seven minutes of the first half left, one in which Rakesh and Rohit Gulia had run riot with impunity. They went into the break leading five points 18-13.
They maintained an iron-clad grip on the game through the second half and within five minutes of the restart had inflicted a second ALL OUT to streak into a massive lead. The Thalaivas slowly attempted to build some momentum back and got an ALL OUT of their own with 7 minutes of the game to go, to reduce the gap to 10 points.
Unbelievably, considering the Giants’ dominance, Fazel Atrachali only managed to get his first point of the game with four minutes to play, at a time when the Thalaivas had suddenly seized the momentum. That one tackle halted it, and the Giants woke up to reestablish their dominance. Rakesh provided one more final highlight for the evening with a multi-point raid, to ensure the Giants took a huge win.
Sushil’s SUPER 10, Ran Singh’s HIGH FIVE sees Bengaluru Bulls prevail over U Mumba in tight clash
Bengaluru Bulls’s Sushil bagged a SUPER 10 and Akshit got eight points, while Ran Singh completed his HIGH FIVE to keep the team afloat despite U Mumba raider Jai Bhagwan’s own SUPER 10.
U Mumba started brightly but the Bengaluru Bulls did not give them much leeway. The Bengaluru Bulls prevented ALL OUT chances on two separate occasions with excellent SUPER TACKLES by Left corner Parteek and All Rounder Ran Singh working. But their resilience was broken by U Mumba raider Jai Bhagwan, who got his team’s first ALL OUT of the match.
U Mumba had to work hard to keep the Bengaluru Bulls at bay. Akshit’s SUPER RAID was key to his team’s revival, and then they got the U Mumba side ALL OUT, reducing the deficit to just two points heading into the second half with the score reading 22-24.
Sombir kept his good form going to complete his HIGH FIVE, but the U Mumba raiders were unable to match the performance of their defenders in the second half. This gave their opponents a chance to take the lead with raider Sushil upping the ante. He was ably supported by Ran Singh, who also completed his HIGH FIVE as the match went neck-to-neck.
The topsy-turvy nature of the match continued to the very end. But an ALL OUT went in the favour of U Mumba after Amirmohammad Zafardanesh was tackled by Parteek to give the Bengaluru Bulls. This was enough to give the Bulls the lead, which they maintained to the very end to seal the victory.
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