Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 79 Result: Puneri Paltan registers an easy win over UP Yoddha by 6 point
Puneri Paltan and UP Yoddha played a thrilling game yesterday. Puneri Paltan were leading for the majority of the time in the game. Pune inflicted an All Out in the 8th minute, but Yoddhas’s star raid Surender Gill scored 2 point raid and pushed Puneri Paltan to an All Out in the final minutes of the first half. The first half ended in the favour of Puneri Paltan with a score of 22-18.
Second half started with Puneri Paltan clinching another All Out. Mohit Goyat completed his super 10 in the second half, Puneri Paltan’s defence also performed brilliantly, Pradeep Narwal had to spend most of his time in the dugout and eventually the match ended with a scoreline of 44-38 in the favour of Puneri Paltan.
Surender Gill completed the 115 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 16 raid points, but he didn’t receive much support from his other teammates. On the other hand, Mohit Goyat and Aslam Imandar managed to score 23 raid points for Puneri Paltan.
Top Performers (Match 79 of PKL 2021)
Puneri Paltan
- Top Raider – Mohit Goyat was the top raider of Puneri Paltan with a total of 14 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
- Top Defender – Abinesh Nadarajan picked up 4 tackle points for Puneri Paltan.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
UP Yoddha
- Top Raider – Surender Gill was the top raider for UP Yoddha with 16 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
Puneri Paltan’s defence department performed better than UP Yoddha. Puneri Paltan executed 14 successful tackles points in the match, while UP Yoddhas defence picked up 2 successful tackles points only.
Puneri Paltan have performed brilliantly in some of their previous games, they currently ranked 8th on the points table with 37 points. They have played 14 matches this season and managed to win 7 of them. On the other hand, UP Yoddha had a decent season so far, they are currently ranked 7th on the points table. UP Yoddha have played 14 games this season and managed to win 5 of them.
PKL Season 8 Stats
Top Raiders
| Player Name | Team | Raid Points | |
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat | Bengaluru Bulls | 200 |
| 2 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 178 |
| 3 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 152 |
| 4 | Naveen Kumar | Dabang Delhi | 135 |
| 5 | Surender Gill | UP Yoddha | 116 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 49 |
| 2 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 47 |
| 3 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 42 |
| 4 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | 40 |
| 5 | Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 37 |