Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 52 Result: Puneri Paltan’s fantastic gameplan stuns U Mumba
The second match of the night featured Puneri Paltan and U Mumba. Puneri Paltan were leading for the majority of the time in the game and a super raid in the 13th minute of the game by Nitin Tomar helped the Puneri Paltan to get an all-out of U Mumba and the first half which ended with a scoreline of 18-10 in the favour of Puneri Paltan.
U Mumba managed to pick up only three tackle points in the second half. Puneri Paltan’s defenders Vishal Bharadwaj and Nitin Tomar completed their High 5s and the match ended in the favour of Puneri Paltan with a scoreline of 23-42.
Aslam Imandar completed the 65 points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 6 raid points, and he received tremendous support from Mohit Goyat, who scored 5 raid points. On the other hand, Abhishek Singh only managed to score 4 raid points for U Mumba. Puneri Paltan’s defense department also performed better than U Mumba. Puneri Paltan executed 18 successful tackles points in the match, while the U Mumba defense managed to get only 7 successful tackles points.
U Mumba ranked 5th on the points table with 25 points. They have played nine matches this season and managed to win only 2 of them. On the other hand, Puneri Paltan performed very well today and moved to the 10th position on the table. They have played 9 matches this season and managed to win 4 of them.
Top Performers (Match 52 of PKL 2021)
Puneri Paltan
- Top Raider – Aslam Imandar was the top raider of the match with a total of 6 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
- Top Defender – Vishal Bharadwaj picked up 5 tackle points for Puneri Paltan.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
U Mumba
- Top Raider – Abhishek Singh was the top raider for U Mumba with 4 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
- Top Defender – Rahul Satpal picked 2 tackle points for U Mumba.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
PKL Season 8 Stats
Top Raiders
| Player Name | Team | Raid Points | |
| 1 | Naveen Kumar | U Mumba | 130 |
| 2 | Pawan Sehrawat | Puneri Paltan | 122 |
| 3 | Maninder Singh | Puneri Paltan | 111 |
| 4 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 99 |
| 5 | Vikash Kandola | Haryana Steelers | 77 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Surjeet Singh | U Mumba | 35 |
| 2 | Sagar | U Mumba | 31 |
| 3 | Jaideep | Patna Pirates | 29 |
| 4 | Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 27 |
| 5 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | 26 |