UP Yoddha became the second team to win their debut match in Pro Kabaddi.
Suffering their third defeat on the trot, Telugu Titans were thumped by debutants UP Yoddha on Tuesday. The Nitin Tomar-led UP team was brilliant in all departments as they registered a thumping 31-18 win over Titans, making their third defeat on the trot. Tomar, who was the costliest buy in the auction, made sure that he does not disappoint his team owners. Rishank Divadiga was impressive with his raids. Rahul Chaudhari, who looked comfortable in the first half, was not allowed to steal points as UP’s defence stood rock solid. After a win in their season opener, UP Yoddha have a four-day gap before they face Rohit Kumar-led Bengaluru Bulls.
Telugu Titans: Rahul Chaudhari, Vishal Bharadwaj, Athul M S, Sombir, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Rakesh Kumar, Rohit Rana, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari, Vinod Kumar, Amit Singh Chillar, Vikas Kumar, Vikas, Nilesh Salunke, Vinoth Kumar, Munish, Vikrant, Ankit Malik, Elangeshwaran R
UP Yoddha: Nitesh Kumar, Pankaj, Sulieman Kabir, Rajesh Narwal, Jeeva Kumar, Nitin Tomar, Rishank Devadiga, Hadi Tajik, Gurvinder Singh, Surendra Singh, Mahesh Goud, Santosh B.S, Ajvender Singh, Rohit Kumar, Sanoj Kumar, Gulveer Singh, Sunil, Sagar B. Krishna
Gujarat Fortunegiants started their PKL journey with a 26-20 win.
Starting their Pro Kabaddi journey with a 26-20 win over Dabang Delhi, Gujarat Fortunegiants made their debut game memorable. In a match that promised to be an electrifying contest, Delhi-team was completely outplayed by the debutants. With two Iranians on both side of the mat, Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mohajermighani were the standouts against Meeraj Sheykh and Abolfazel Maghsodlo.
Gujarat Fortunegiants: Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia, C Kalai Arasan, Abozar Mohajermighani, Sukesh Hegde, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Seongryeol Kim, Mahipal Narwal, Vikas Kale, Manoj Kumar, Sachin, Amit Om Prakash Rathi, Dange Sultan, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Chandran Ranjit
Dabang Delhi: Meraj Sheykh, Tapas Pal, Vishal, Abolfazel Maghsodlo, Nilesh Shinde, Ravi Dalal, Bajirao Hodage, Sunil, Suraj Desai, Rohit Baliyan, Patil Anand, Rupesh Tomar, Viraj Vishnu Landge, Suresu Kumar, Chetan S, Vipin Malik, Shubham Ashok Palkar, Swapnil Dilip Shinde, Satpal, Yatharth
