Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 89 Result: Puneri Paltan beats U Mumba in Maharashtra derby
Puneri Paltan and U Mumba played a thrilling game yesterday. Scores were equal for the majority of the time in the game. U Mumba inflicted an All Out in the 13th minute and U Mumba took a 4 points lead, the first half ended in the favour of U Mumba with a scoreline of 19-18.
Puneri Paltan made a great comeback in the second half, Mohit impressed everyone with his raiding skills. Puneri pushed U Mumba to an All Out in the 10th minute of the second half, took a 3 points lead and eventually the match ended with a scoreline of 36-34 in the favour of Puneri Paltan.
Aslam Imandar completed the 100 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 7 raid points and he received great support from Mohit Goyat who scored 9 raid points. On the other hand, Abhishek Singh and V Ajith managed to score 18 raid points for U Mumba.
Top Performers (Match 89 of PKL 2021)
Puneri Paltan
- Top Raider – Mohit Goyat was the top raider of Puneri Paltan with a total of 9 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
- Top Defender – Sombir picked up 3 tackle points for Puneri Paltan.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
U Mumba
- Top Raider – V Ajith was the top raider for U Mumba with 10 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
- Top Defender – Rinku picked up 4 tackle points for U Mumba.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Puneri Paltan’s defence department also performed better than U Mumba. Puneri Paltan executed 11 successful tackles points in the match, while U Mumba defence picked up 8 successful tackles points.
This win helped Puneri Paltan to move to the 7th position on the points table with 42 points. They have played 15 matches this season and managed to win 8 of them. On the other hand, U Mumba performed well in their recent games, they are currently ranked 4th on the points table. U Mumba has played 15 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 |