
On Sunday, the heavyweights Gujarat Fortunegiants will clash against the Patna Pirates as a part of the Inter-Zone Wildcard fixture at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in the Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5. On one hand, the Gujarat Fortunegiants are top on of the points tally in Zone A while a win in this game will take the Pirates in a similar position in Zone B, ahead of the Bengal Warriors. Gujarat is coming into this match after defeating the Jaipur Pink Panthers while the Patna Pirates slumped to a one-point defeat in their last match against Gujarat in Chennai during the Inter-Zone Challenge Week. Rohit Gulia, Chandran Ranjit and Sachin have led Gujarat’s attack well in captain Sukesh Hegde’s absence. Their defence is probably the best with Abozar Mighani and Fazel Atrachali manning both the corners. Patna, on the other hand, is all about their dynamic captain Pardeep Narwal who has scored over 240 raid points in the league so far.
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Here are Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Patna Pirates Live score updates:
8.38 pm: Gujarat manages increase lead even as Pardeep Narwal runs riots. Scores 26-22
8.37 pm: Gujarat all out as Pardeep makes another spectacular raid. Makes massive impact, scores 24-22
8.36 pm: Pardeep Narwal on raid. Finally, he avoids block, gets hand across halfway line. Score 24-18.
8.35 pm: Gujarat gets bonus plus 2 points. Score 24-17
8.34 pm: Review successful. score 21-17
8.34 pm: Giants ask for review as their raider manages to cross line despite being blocked.
8.33pm: Pardeep Narwal fizzles as Giants lead 21-17
8.32 pm: Super Tackle by giants, on Pardeep Narwal; giants lead 21-15
8.31 pm: Pirates strike again, get two point, Giants lead 18-15
8.30 pm: Pardeep men contain a raid from Gujarat. Score first point in second half. Score 18-13.
8.28 pm: 2nd half begins. Will Pardeep shine?
8.23 pm: Fazel Atrachali, this Iranian man has been highly impressive in containing Narwal. He made successful anckle hold twice on Narwal. A key aspect for Gujarat’s lead.
8.20 pm: At half time, Gujarat lead Patna 18-16. Red guys have eliminated Pardeep 5 times in first half. This is special from Gujarat.
8.17 pm: Pardeep Narwal is contained again. Guys in red look to have formulated some effective pre-match strategy for this man. He is indeed struggling, and this is very rare from him.
8.16 pm: Monu Goyat, the ‘support raider’, makes an empty raid. Patna is trailing 11-16.
8.15 pm: Ranjit makes an unsuccessful raid. Pirates are looking to get back in the game.
8.14 pm: Monu Goyat strikes, he gets a running hand touch on Abozar.
8.13 pm: Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia are in very good touch. Pardeep Narwal must be in a big spot of bother. The game has been dominated by men in red so far. They have a lead of 8 points now.
8.12 pm: Gujarat dominate Patna, take early lead. Pardeep Narwal has failed to shine in by far.
8.10 pm: In first 10 minutes, both teams have started off well. Scores are 5-5 each.
8.08 pm: Abozar scores a point. He keeps Monu Goyat out.
8.05 pm: Narwal is once again touched! He is out if the court again.
8.04 pm: Ranjit makes a successful raid. Scores a point for Gujarat.
8.02 pm: Gujarat successfully tackles Pardeep Narwal. Their strategy looks clear – focus on Pradeep, win match!
8.01 pm: Patna Pirates take early lead. lead Gujarat 2-1
7.58 pm: Khel Kabaddi! Match begins.
6.13 pm: Patna Pirates full squad: Pardeep Narwal, Vijay, Parveen Birwal, Arvind Kumar, Mohammad Maghsoudlou, Vishal Mane, Sachin Shingade, Monu Goyat, Md. Zakir Hossain, Jaideep, Manish, Jawahar, Satish, Sandeep, Virender Singh, Vikash Jaglan, Vishnu Uthaman, Vinod Kumar
6.03 pm: Gujarat Fortunegiants full squad: 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