Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 80 Result: Stunning performance from defenders guide Patna Pirates to easy win against Tamil Thalaivas
Patna Pirates and Tamil Thalaivas played a thrilling game yesterday. Patna Pirates were leading for the majority of the time in the game. Patna Pirates inflicted an All Out in the 13th minute and the first half ended in the favour of Patna Pirates with a scoreline of 21-12.
The second half started with Patna Pirates clinching another All Out. Prashant Kumar Rai impressed with his raiding skills, Patna Pirates’ defence also performed brilliantly, Manjeetl had to spend most of his time in the dugout and eventually, the match ended with a scoreline of 52-24 in the favour of Patna Pirates.
Rachel completed the 70 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 6 raid points and he received great support from Prashant Kumar Rai and Monu Goyat. On the other hand, Ajinkya Pawan and Manjeet managed to score 9 raid points only for Thalaivas.
Top Performers (Match 80 of PKL 2021)
Patna Pirates
- Top Raider – Prashant Kumar Rai was the top raider of Patna Pirates with a total of 8 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
- Top Defender – Mohammadreza Chiyaneh picked up 6 tackle points for Patna Pirates.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Tamil Thalaivas
- Top Raider – Ajinkya Pawar was the top raider for Tamil Thalaivas with 5 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
- Top Defender – Sagar picked up 7 tackle points for Tamil Thalaivas.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Patna Pirates’s defence department also performed better than Tamil Thalaivas. Patna Pirates executed 21 successful tackles points in the match, while Tamil Thalaivas defence picked up 9 successful tackles points only.
Patna Pirates have performed brilliantly so far in this series, they currently ranked 2nd on the points table with 45 points. They have played 12 matches this season and managed to win 8 of them. On the other hand, Tamil Thalaivas had an underwhelming season so far, they are currently ranked 10th on the points table. Tamil Thalaivas have played 13 games this season and managed to win only 3 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 | 119 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 49 |
| 2 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 49 |
| 3 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 47 |
| 4 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | 41 |
| 5 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | 39 |