Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 51 Result: Bengal Warriors beats Tamil Thalaivas in a close clash by 37-28
The first match of the night featured Bengal Warriors and Tamil Thalaivas. Tamil Thalaivas were leading in the starting minutes of the match but, Amit Narwal produced a super in the 5th minute which helped the Bengal Warriors to make a stunning comeback, and the first half which ended with a scoreline of 20-16 in the favour of Bengal Warriors.
Tamil Thalaivas managed to pick up only three tackle points in the second half. Bengal Warriors’ raider Maninder Singh completed his super 10, Bengal Warrior ended the Thalaivas’ unbeaten run and the match ended with a scoreline of 37-28.
Maninder Singh crossed the 110 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 12 raid points, on the other hand, Manjeet and Bhavani Rajput scored a total of 13 raid points for Tamil Thalaivas. Bengal Warriors’ defense department also performed better than Tamil Thalaivas. Bengal Warriors executed 13 successful tackles points in the match, while Tamil Thalaivas’s defense managed to get only 10 successful tackles points.
Tamil Thalaivas ranked 4th on the points table with 32 points. They have played nine matches this season and lost only 2 of them. On the other hand, Bengal Warriors performed very well today and moved to the ninth position on the table. They have played 9 matches this season and managed to win 4 of them.
Top Performers (Match 51 of PKL 2021)
Bengal Warriors
- Top Raider – Maninder Singh was the top raider of the match with a total of 27 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | TouchPoints | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
- Top Defender – Amit Narwal picked up 5 tackle points for Bengal Warriors.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Tamil Thalaivas
- Top Raider – Manjeet was the top raider for Tamil Thalaivas with 8 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Surjeet Singh picked 5 tackle points for Tamil Thalaivas.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
PKL Season 8 Stats
Top Raiders
| Player Name | Team | Raid Points | |
| 1 | Naveen Kumar | Tamil Thalaivas | 130 |
| 2 | Pawan Sehrawat | Bengal Warriors | 122 |
| 3 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 111 |
| 4 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 99 |
| 5 | Vikash Kandola | Haryana Steelers | 77 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | 35 |
| 2 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 31 |
| 3 | Jaideep | Patna Pirates | 29 |
| 4 | Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 27 |
| 5 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | 26 |