Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 88 Result: Patna Pirates defeated UP Yoddha by 37-35
The first match of the night featured Patna Pirates and UP Yoddha. Patna was leading for the majority of the time in the first half. Patna Pirates inflicted an All Out in the 13th minute of the first half and the first half ended in the favour of Patna Pirates with a scoreline of 20-15.
UP Yoddhas made a great comeback in the second half, Surender Gill came up with a multipoint raid, pushed Patna Pirates to an All Out in the and UP Yoddha equalised at 21-21 just two minutes to the first half. Sachin scored super 10 and the Pirates took a 4 points to lead by inflicting an all-out with just 4 minutes left and eventually the match ended with a scoreline of 37-35 in the favour of Patna Pirates.
Sachin completed the 90 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 12 raid points and he received great support from Prashant who scored 5 raid points. On the other hand, Surender Gill scored 10 raid points for UP Yoddha.
Top Performers (Match 88 of PKL 2021)
Patna Pirates
- Top Raider – Sachin was the top raider of Patna Pirates with a total of 12 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 21 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
- Top Defender – Mohammadreza Chiyaneh picked up 5 tackle points for Patna Pirates.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
UP Yoddha
- Top Raider – Surender Gill was the top raider for UP Yoddha with 10 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Nitesh Kumar picked up 3 tackle points for UP Yoddha.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Patna Pirates’s defence department also performed better than UP Yoddha. Patna Pirates executed 12 successful tackles points in the match, while UP Yoddha defence picked up 8 successful tackles points.
This win helped Patna Pirates to move to the 3rd position on the points table with 50 points. They have played 14 matches this season and managed to win 9 of them. On the other hand, UP Yoddha performed well in their recent games, they are currently ranked 6th on the points table. UP Yoddha have played 16 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 | 216 |
| 2 | Maninder Singh | Bengal Warriors | 187 |
| 3 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 169 |
| 4 | Naveen Kumar | Dabang Delhi | 135 |
| 5 | Surender Gill | UP Yoddhas | 131 |
Top Defenders
| Player Name | Team | Tackle Points | |
| 1 | Sagar | Tamil Thalaivas | 54 |
| 2 | Jaideep | Haryana Steelers | 51 |
| 3 | Saurabh Nandal | Bengaluru Bulls | 50 |
| 4 | Mohammadreza Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | 44 |
| 5 | Nitesh Kumar | U.P. Yoddha | 43 |