Pro Kabaddi 2017: Marvellous Ajay Kumar guides Bengaluru Bulls to comprehensive win

Bengaluru Bulls ride on Ajay Kumar to register a 31-25 win over Bengal Warriors. Ajay's super-raid in the second half helped Bulls take a four-point lead.

By: Express Web Desk | Updated: August 9, 2017 9:30 pm
Bengaluru Bulls, Ajay kumar, Pro Kabaddi 2017, PKL season 5, Kabaddi news, Indian Express Ajay Thakur was the star performer with eight points. (Source: pro Kabaddi)

Bengaluru Bulls fought back to register a comprehensive 31-25 win over Bengal Warriors in Nagpur. An all-round show guided Bulls back to winning ways as they registered their third win of the season. Ajay Kumar was the star performer for the ‘Men in Red’ as he was their leading scorer with eight points, followed by captain Rohit Kumar (6). Super raid by Ajay in the second half helped his side to extend their lead to 20-16. While Rohit was kept quiet, Ajay and Ravinder pahal didn’t let Warriors make a comeback into the game. For Warriors, South Korean raider Jang Kun Lee gave a tough challenge to Bulls defenders as he scored eight points. However, Ravinder’s experience didn’t let the home side lose their hold on the match. Rohit Kumar-led side next face Tamil Thalaivas before they end their home leg.

Match 20
FT
Bengaluru Bulls
31
25
Bengal Warriors
Bengaluru Bulls beat Bengal Warriors (31-25)
Scorecard
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Matchstats
Bengaluru Bulls
Bengal Warriors
Starters
Touch Points
Bonus Points
Raid Points
Tackle Points
Points
5Preetam Chhillar
0
0
0
0
0
10Ashish Kumar
0
0
0
5
5
Raids
6raids
0%Successful raids
Successful
0
Unsuccessful
1
Empty
5
Raid Sequence
Tackles
Successful
4
Unsuccessful
1
4Mahender Singh
0
0
0
2
2
33Ajay Kumar
7
1
8
0
8
Raids
19raids
26%Successful raids
Successful
5
Unsuccessful
4
Empty
10
Raid Sequence
Tackles
Successful
0
Unsuccessful
0
9Rohit Kumar
2
1
3
3
6
Raids
14raids
28%Successful raids
Successful
4
Unsuccessful
2
Empty
8
Raid Sequence
Tackles
Successful
3
Unsuccessful
1
6Ravinder Pahal
0
0
0
2
2
11Sachin Kumar
0
0
0
0
0
Substitutes
Touch Points
Bonus Points
Raid Points
Tackle Points
Points
88Sanjay Shrestha
0
0
0
0
0
99Kuldeep Singh
0
0
0
0
0
8Harish Naik
1
2
3
0
3
Raids
2raids
50%Successful raids
Successful
1
Unsuccessful
1
Empty
0
Raid Sequence
Tackles
Successful
0
Unsuccessful
0
77Sumit Singh
0
0
0
0
0
22Pardeep Kandola
0
0
0
0
0

Bengaluru Bulls: Ashish Kumar, Harish Naik, Sumit Singh, Ravinder Pahal, Ajay, Rohit Kumar, Sinotharan Kanesharajah, Sanjay Shrestha, Sachin Kumar, Gurvinder Singh, Mahender Singh, Pradeep Narwal, Kuldeep Singh, Ankit Sangwan, Amit, Rohit, Preetam Chhillar, Sunil Jaipal

Bengal Warriors: Jang Kun Lee, Ravindra Ramesh Kumavat, Sandeep Malik, Ameares Mondal, Ran Singh, PO Surjeet Singh, Youngchang Ko, Bhupender Singh, Shrikant Tewthia, Virendra Singh, Maninder Singh, Deepak Narwal, Rahul Kumar, Shashank Wankhede, Vinod Kumar, Vikash, Kuldeep, Anil Kumar