Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 49 Highlights: U.P. Yoddha and Haryana Steelers played out a thrilling 36-36 tie
Haryana Steelers and UP Yoddha played an electrifying game. Both sides matched each other in the first half, and scores were equal for a majority of the time in the match, and the first half ended with a 13-14 scoreline in the favour of UP Yoddhas. UP Yoddhas were leading in the second half but Vikash Kandola pushed an all-out on UP Yoddhas in the last minutes of the game, and eventually, the match ended with a 36-36 draw.
Rakesh crossed the 75 PKL point mark tonight by scoring a super 10 (17 points), and he received tremendous support from Meetu, who scored six raid points. On the other hand, Surender Gill scored 13 raid points, Pradeep Narwal scored 6 raid points, and Nitish Kumar picked up three tackle points for UP Yoddhas.
Haryana Steelers defence department performed better than UP Yoddha. Haryana Steelers executed 10 successful tackles points in the match, while UP Yoddha defence managed to get only 7 successful tackles points.
Top Performers (Match 48 of PKL 2021)
Haryana Steelers
1) Top Raider – Vikash Kandola was the top raider of the match with a total of 17 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
2) Top Defender – Surender Nada scored 5 tackle points for Haryana.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
UP Yoddha
1) Top Raider – Sureneder Gill was the top raider with a total of 13 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
2) Top Defender – Nitish Kumar was the top defender with 3 tackle points.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Updated Points Table
UP Yoddhas ranked 6th on the points table with 23 points. Pradeep Narwal is still struggling and not performing very well this season. UP Yoddhas have played nine matches this season and won only 2 of them.
On the other hand, Haryana is still struggling with consistency this season. They are currently sitting at the 8th position and will look to improve their points table rankings in the upcoming game.
| Pos | Teams | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Points |
| 1 | Patna Pirates | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | Bengaluru Bulls | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | Dabang Delhi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | Tamil Thalaiva | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | U Mumba | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | UP Yoddhas | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Haryana Steelers | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Gujarat Giants | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Bengal Warriors | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Puneri Paltan | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Telugu Titans | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 |