Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 67 Result: Nabibakhsh’s freak raid helps Bengal Warriors beat Bengaluru Bulls
Bengal Warriors and Bengaluru Bulls played an electrifying game yesterday, scores were equal for a majority of the time in the game. Both the teams failed to inflict an ALL OUT in the first half. Maninder Singh and Pawan Sehrawat spent a lot of time in the dugout and the first half ended with a scoreline of 13-14 in the favour of the Bengal Warriors.
Bengaluru Bulls made a great comeback in the starting minutes of the first half, they pushed Bengal Warriors to an all-out, but the raid points from Mohammad Nabibakhsh and 7 technical points were given to the Bengal Warriors in the final minutes of the game which helped Bengal Warriors, and eventually, the match ended in the favor of Bengal Warriors with a scoreline of 39-40.
Pawan Sehrawat completed the 160 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 13 raid points, and he received great support from Chandran Ranjeet who scored 8 raid points for the Bengaluru Bulls. On the other hand, Maninder Singh, Sukesh Hegde, and Mohammad Nabibakhsh managed to score 20 raid points for Bengal Warriors. Both the teams executed 10 successful tackles points in the match.
Bengaluru Bulls have played brilliantly so far in this tournament. They are currently ranked 2nd on the points table. They have played 12 matches this season and managed to win 7 of them. On the other hand, this win helped Bengal Warriors to move to the 4th position on the table. They have played 12 games this season and managed to win 6 of them.
Top Performers (Match 67 of PKL 2021)
Bengal Warriors
- Top Raider – Maninder Singh was the top raider of Bengal Warriors with a total of 8 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Abozer Meghani picked up 3 tackle points for Bengal Warriors.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Bengaluru Bulls
- Top Raider – Pawan Sehrawat was the top raider for Bengaluru Bulls with 13 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Saurabh Nandal picked up 4 tackle points for Bengaluru Bulls.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
PKL Season 8 Stats
Top Raiders
| Player Name | Team | Raid Points | |
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat | Bengaluru Bulls | 164 |
| 2 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 146 |
| 3 | Naveen Kumar | Dabang Delhi | 135 |
| 4 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 127 |
| 5 | Surinder Gill | UP Yoddhas | 94 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 41 |
| 2 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | 40 |
| 3 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 38 |
| 4 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 36 |
| 5 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | 33 |
PKL Updated Points Table
| Pos | Teams | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Points |
| 1 | Dabang Delhi | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
| 2 | Bengaluru Bulls | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | Patna Pirates | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Bengal Warriors | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Up Yoddhas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Tamil Thalaivas | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | U Mumba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Haryana Steelers | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Gujarat Giants | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Puneri Paltan | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Telugu Titans | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17 |