Telugu Titans registered their second consecutive win of the Pro Kabaddi Season 6 by beating UP Yoddha 34-29 in the first match of the evening here on Saturday.
Prashanth Kumar Rai scored 11 points for UP Yoddha but his effort went in vain.
Telugu Titans led 3-0 after three minutes while UP Yoddha opened their account with a tackle point in the fourth minute. Rahul Chaudhari scored a raid
point in the 10th minute to give Titans 8-7 lead.
UP Yoddha's raiders found a bit tough to get going in the first half as they trailed 9-13 after 15 minutes. Rishank Devadiga had three points but didn't get too
much support from the likes of Shrikant Jadhav.
In the 19th minute Rishank scored with a two-point as UP Yoddha cut the deficit to just two points.
Telugu Titans ended the first half strongly by forcing a super tackle in the 20th minute to lead 18-13 at the break. Abozar put in a solid defensive shift in the first half and scored four tackle points.
The second half followed a similar pattern as Telugu Titans led for most of the first 10 minutes. Rishank scored with a two-point raid in the 26th minute as UP Yoddha trailed 16-21.
With less than three minutes to go, UP Yoddha forced a super tackle and trailed 25-30.
Prashanth Kumar Rai came up with the brave moment of the match as he made that tackle which led to the super tackle. For a fleeting moment, it seemed like UP Yoddha might make a comeback as they trailed by four points with just two minutes left.
However, Abozar made another crucial tackle in the 39th minute to give Telugu Titans a 31-26 lead. Rahul then sealed the match with a super raid in the dying seconds to win 34-29.
In Sunday's matches, Patna Pirates will face UP Yoddha while hosts Haryana Steelers will play Puneri Paltan.
--IANS
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