Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 104 Result: Raiders help UP Yoddha beat Tamil Thalaivas, Gujarat outwit Titans
UP Yoddhas and Tamil Thalaivas played a thrilling game yesterday. Scores were equal for the majority of the time in the game. Tamil Thalaivas played brilliantly in the starting minutes, Ajinkya Pawar and Manjeet produced consecutive raid points for the team in the first half.
UP Yoddhas made a strong comeback, Pardeep Narwal produced a 3 points super raid and UP Yoddhas inflicted an All Out on Tamil Thalaivas in the 15th minute of the game. Himanshu clinched a 3-point Super Raid in the final minute to extend the lead and the first half ended with a scoreline of 22-20 in the favour of Tamil Thalaivas.
| UP Yoddhas | First Half | Tamil Thalaivas |
| 20 | Total Points | 22 |
| 13 | Raid Points | 17 |
| 2 | Tackle Points | 4 |
| 2 | All Out Points | 0 |
| 3 | Extra Points | 1 |
The UP Yoddhas started the second half on a positive note, their star raiders Pardeep Narwal and Surinder Gill completed their super 10s and helped Yoddhas to clinch another All Out which ended Tamil Thalaivas hopes of a victory.
Manjeet tried his best to draw Tamil Thalaivas closer with his raids in the final minutes of the game but they failed and the match ended with a scoreline of 41-39 in favour of UP Yoddhas.
| UP Yoddhas | Second Half | Tamil Thalaivas |
| 21 | Total Points | 17 |
| 12 | Raid Points | 12 |
| 7 | Tackle Points | 5 |
| 2 | All Out Points | 0 |
| 0 | Extra Points | 0 |
Surender Gill completed the 155 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 13 raid points and he received great support from Pardeep Narwal who scored 10 raid points. On the other hand, Manjeet and Ajinkya Pawar managed to score 19 raid points for Tamil Thalaivas. Both the teams picked up 9 successful tackles points.
This win helped the UP Yoddhas to move to the 5th position on the points table with 58 points. They have been brilliant in some of their recent games, UP Yoddhas have played 18 games this season and managed to win 7 of them.
On the other hand, Tamil Thalaivas had an underwhelming season so far, they are currently sitting at the 9th position on the points table. Tamil Thalaivas have played 18 games this season and managed to win only 5 of them.
Top Performers (Match 104 of PKL 2021)
UP Yoddhas
- Top Raider – Surinder Gill was the top raider of UP Yoddhas with a total of 13 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
- Top Defender – Sumit picked up 5 tackle points for UP Yoddhas.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Tamil Thalaivas
- Top Raider – Majeet was the top raider for Tamil Thalaivas with 12 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
- Top Defender – Sagar picked up 3 tackle points for Tamil Thalaivas.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |