Pro Kabaddi: Patna Pirates, Puneri Paltan cruise into next round; set to square-off in Eliminator 3

Pardeep Narwal scored 34 points in a single match. (Source: Pro Kabaddi)

Puneri Paltan kept their hopes alive of winning their maiden Pro Kabaddi title as they edged past UP Yoddha 40-38. Deepak Hooda-led Pune team made a strong come back after trailing in the starting 10 minutes of first half. Deepak scored Super 10 and Girish Maruti Ernak scored a High 5 for Pune as continued their unbeaten run against UP Yoddha. In the next match, Pardeep Narwal’s dominance guided Patna Pirates to a comprehensive victory over Haryana Steelers. Two times defending champions Patna Pirates will next face Puneri Paltan in Eliminator 3. Pardeep became first player to score over 30 raid points in a match.

Pro Kabaddi 2017 Patna Pirates vs Haryana Steelers:

Haryana Steelers: Surender Nada,, Mayur Shivtarkar, Vikash, Neeraj Kumar, Khomsan Thongkham, Mohit Chhillar, Sonu Narwal, CPO Surjeet Singh, David Mosambayi, Deepak Kumar, Mahender Singh Dhaka, Prashant Kumar Rai, Deepak Kumar Dahiya, Wazir Singh, Parmod Narwal, Jeeva Gopal, Rakesh Singh Kumar, Vikash Khandola, Ashish Chhokar, Kuldeep Singh, Babu M, Raju Lal Choudhary

Patna Pirates: 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

Pro Kabaddi 2017 Puneri Paltan vs UP Yoddha:

Puneri Paltan: Deepak Hooda, Ziaur Rahman, Takamitsu Kono, Sandeep Narwal, Girish Maruti Ernak, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Rajesh Mondal, Ravi Kumar, Rohit Kumar Choudary, Umesh Mhatre, More G B, Akshay Jadhav, Suresh Kumar, Ajay, Narender Hooda

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