Pro Kabaddi 2019, U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan Live Score: U Mumba hope to start home leg on a highPro Kabaddi 2019 Live Score, U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan Live Score Streaming Online: The first day of the Mumbai leg starts with the first Maharashtra derby of the season. Anup Kumar is facing off against his former side for the first time as coach. U Mumba have won eight of the 14 matches between the two Mahrashtra sides. The match will see Puneri Paltan coach Anup Kumar lead his team out against U Mumba – a side with which he spent five seasons as a player and won the title back in Season 2.
With a win and a loss in their kitty from the first two matches, U Mumba will look to make full use of their home leg. Meanwhile, Puneri Paltan came up short against Haryana Steelers in their opening match of VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 7 but will be looking to redeem themselves on Saturday.
U Mumba win
That's it! The match ends with a 2-point for Pune but this match has been over for all purposes for a while now. 33-23 the scoreline in the end.
Game almost up
Sandeep Narwal gets the better of Sushant Sail with a super tackle and almost seals the deal for U Mumba. No way back for the Paltans now. 3 minutes left in the match now. Mumbai's lead now 9. Virat Kohli is now seen heading out of the arena.
U Mumba run amok
Another 2 point raid from Arjun Deshwal and Pune are down to one man again. 27-17 in Mumbai's favour now. There have two breaks in this match, and U Mumba have come back from both breaks to dramatically increase their lead.
Paltans attempt comeback
Anup Kumar speaks to his wards in the TimeOut. Virat Kohli, today's special guest, seems to be pretty enthused by the action. Could the Paltans launch an unlikely comeback?
U Mumba surge ahead
Puneri Paltans find themselves under the cosh in the second half. A seven-point lead has opened up now. Which has now turned to a eight-point lead. The Paltans defence is looking to be too tentative in their holds, as Mumbai are sneaking away with one point after another.
Huge point for U Mumba
And exactly as Puneri Paltans would have been fearing, the first ALL OUT of the match comes about just after the break as U Mumba take a 5-point lead. That's the biggest lead we have seen today so far.
Big point for U Mumba
We are going into the interval with U Mumba having just taken the lead at the very end of the first half. 11-9 in their favour. What's more, the Paltans are down to two defenders when action resumes. After a full half when both teams were hard to separate, it is the Mumbai team which takes the lead. Surjeet Singh, with 4 points, the star of that first half.
Do or die
A series of do-or-die raids has seen the two teams locked in an intense battle. However, it is Puneri Paltans who take the lead after a successful review. The first review of the night.
Thigh holds and ankle holds
Not too many raids have not been successful in this match so far. First Sandeep Narwal was sent to the U Mumba bench courtesy a thigh hold, then U Mumba got a point back with a ankle hold. Cagey affair, this!
Excellent raid by Shubham Shinde
Puneri Paltans take the lead after an excellent raid by Shubham Shinde. Showed great game awareness to get a point with the faintest of toe touches.
First Points
The first point goes to U Mumba. Dong Geon Lee gets a bonus point. But gets tackled by the Pune defense and so that's a point for the Paltans too. R. Sriram goes in for a do-or-die raid for Pune, but is easily taken down. Another point for U Mumba.
PKL moves to Maharashtra
We begin the Maharashtra leg of this season's PKL with the two local sides. Both the teams suffered huge losses in their respective previous fixtures and they would look to get back to winning ways.
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Today's kabaddi action in 10 more minutes.
Starting Sevens -
U Mumba - Rohit Baliyan, Surinder Singh, Fazel Atrachali (c), Harendra Kumar, Dong Geon Lee, Sandeep Narwal and Abhishek Singh.
Puneri Paltan - Pawan Kadian, Surjeet (c), Sanket Sawant, R. Sriram, Manjeet, Shubham Shinde and Girish Ernak