Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 77 Results: Haryana Steelers & Telugu Titans play out 39-39 draw
Haryana Steelers and Telugu Titans played a thrilling game yesterday. The scores were equal for the majority of the time in the game. Vikash Kandola scored a Super Raid in the 10th minute of the game which helped the Steelers to clinch an all-out, but Telugu made a strong comeback and they managed to inflict an all-out on Haryana in the last minutes of the first half and reduced the points gap to one.
Vikash Kandola and Ankit Beniwal both the raider completed their Super 10s in the second half, The Steelers had a one-point lead in the final minutes but their star raider failed to register a legal raid in the last raid of the game, and eventually, the match ended with a scoreline of 39-39.
Kandola completed the 115 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 10 raid points, and he received great support from Vijay who scored 8 raid points for the Haryana Steelers. On the other hand, Ankit Beniwal, Rohit Kumar, and Adarsh T managed to score 21 raid points for Telugu Titans.
Top Performers (Match 77 of PKL 2021)
Haryana Steelers
- Top Raider – Vikash Kandola was the top raider of Haryana Steelers with a total of 10 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
- Top Defender – Jaideep picked up 4 tackle points for Haryana Steelers.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Telugu Titans
- Top Raider – Ankit Beniwal was the top raider for Telugu Titans with 10 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
- Top Defender – Sandeep Kandola picked up 6 tackle points for Telugu Titans .
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Telugu’s defense department performed better than Haryana. Telugu Titans executed 13 successful tackles points in the match, while Haryana Steelers defense picked up 8 successful tackles points only.
Haryana Steelers have performed brilliantly in some of their previous games, they currently ranked 3rd on the points table with 42 points. They have played 14 matches this season and managed to win 6 of them. On the other hand, Telugu Titans had a very underwhelming season so far. They have played 14 matches this season and managed to win only one of them and they are currently sitting at the bottom of the points Table..
PKL Season 8 Stats
Top Raiders
| Player Name | Team | Raid Points | |
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat | Bengaluru Bulls | 186 |
| 2 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 178 |
| 3 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 152 |
| 4 | Naveen Kumar | Dabang Delhi | 135 |
| 5 | Vikash Kandola | Haryana Steelers | 116 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 49 |
| 2 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 43 |
| 3 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 42 |
| 4 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | 40 |
| 5 | Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 37 |