BENGALURU BULLS THRASH THALAIVAS IN PRO KABADDI

Bengaluru Bulls earned the bragging rights in the southern derby, outplaying Tamil Thalaivas 44-35 in the Pro Kabaddi Season 6 on Wednesday.

Pawan Sehrawat with 16 points and Kashiling Adake (12 points) were the star performers for Bengaluru as they registered their second consecutive win of the tournament.

This was Tamil Thalaivas’ fifth straight defeat and they haven’t won a match since the opening day of the season. Ajay Thakur was once again tried to salvage the match for Thalaivas but couldn’t get enough support.

Adake started the match with a bang as he came up with a super raid in the 2nd minute to give Bengaluru Bulls 4-1 lead. Thakur got his first point of the match in the fourth minute as Tamil Thalaivas trailed 2-4. Adake made another successful raid as Bengaluru Bulls inflicted an all out to lead 9-2.

Tamil Thalaivas were clearly struggling a much fitter outfit in Bengaluru Bulls as they didn’t have answer to their raiding prowess. In the sixth minute, Sehrawat came up with a four-point raid to give Bengaluru Bulls 14-3 lead. Tamil Thalaivas defence had a half to forget as they scored just two tackle points. At the end of the first half Bengaluru Bulls led 25-14 with Adake scoring 10 points.

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NEHRU HOCKEY

One-sided matches were the order of the day in the league stage of the Nehru subjunior Hockey Tournament here at the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday. Sangrur’s Government Senior Secondary School thrashed SNBP School, Pune 23-0, while Army Boys Sports Company, Danapur got the better of Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai scoring a 21-0 win. Delhi’s Government School (Ghuman Hera) also scored a facile 16-4 win over Sri Guru Nanak Khalsa High School, Ganganagar. In another match, Faridkot’s Government School beat Gautam Public School, Ahmednagar 14-1.

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