Rahul Chaudhari News
Youngsters Ajeet and Manjeet were the stars for Thalaivas and Paltan respectively in a match that had been billed as a clash of the Kabaddi stalwarts.
Telugu Titans, who are winless after two games, will look to seal their first win when they take on Dabang Delhi KC in their third match of the Pro Kabaddi League 2019 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The clash between these two sides will be the second match of the double-header on the day and will start at 8:30 PM IST.
Rahul Chaudhari who was representing the Thalaivas for the first time having featured for the Titans in all previous editions of the league, made his presence felt with a super 10.
Raider Maninder Singh was in fine form for the Warriors, scoring 11 points to lead his team to victory.
Rahul Chaudhari scored eight points for the Titans and created history as he became the first man to score 600 raid points in Pro Kabaddi League.
Tomar was ably supported by Rishank Devadiga who scored six raid points. Telugu Titans' dismal campaign continued as they crashed to their sixth defeat of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 5. Rahul Chaudhari scored 12 points but his effort went in vain.
For better part of the match, the Bulls dominated the proceedings but mercurial Titans skipper Chaudhari turned the table in the dying minutes with a couple of rampant raids.
With this win, Patna took the top spot in Zone B with 10 points from two games. Telugu dropped to the second spot with eight points from six outings.
The win helped Warriors opened their campaign with a win in Zone B, while Titans suffered fourth successive defeats in five outings. They opened the 2017 campaign with a win over U Mumba in the tournament opener on Friday, but lost to two-time defending champions Patna Pirates, Bengaluru Bulls and UP Yoddha.
In the day's first match, Fortunegiants produced a clinical performance to beat the Delhi franchise 26-20. The Zone A match witnessed Gujarat's Fazel Atrachali leading the defensive chores against his more famous Iranian raider Meraj Sheykh, who was leading the Delhi team.
Captain and raider Pardeep Narwal led from the front for Patna as he contributed 15 raiding points, while fellow raider Maonu Goyat chipped in with eight points.
The 2017 edition of one of India's best leagues started with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar singing the National Anthem at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.
The inaugural match of the tournament would be held at the Gachibowli stadium between the Rahul Chaudhari-led Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas.
India had previously defeated Iran in the previous two World Cup finals, 55-27 at Mumbai In 2004 and 20-19 at Panvel in 2007.
It was an extraordinary effort by Korea, who came back strongly at the death to clinch a thrilling win over favourites India.
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