Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Match 95 Result: U Mumba defeated Tamil Thalaivas to improve their playoff chances
The third match of the night featured U Mumba and Tamil Thalaivas. U Mumba was leading for the majority of the time in the game. U Mumba played brilliantly in the starting minutes of the first half and they inflicted an All-Out on the Pirates to take a six-point lead in the 9th minute of the first half.
Back-to-back raid points from Abhishek Singh helped U Mumba and they reduced Tamil Thalaivas to just three players on the mat. U Mumba inflicted an All Out in the 17th minute and took 15 points lead. The first half ended in the favour of U Mumba with a scoreline of 26-11.
| U Mumba | First Half | Tamil Thalaivas |
| 26 | Total Points | 11 |
| 13 | Raid Points | 6 |
| 8 | Tackle Points | 4 |
| 4 | All Out Points | 0 |
| 1 | Extra Points | 1 |
Sagar and Manjeet picked up early points in the second half and reduced U Mumba to just three players on the mat. Ajinkya Pawar’s super raid helped Thalaivas to inflict an All Out on U Mumba.
U Mumba star raider completed his Super 10, but he had to spend most of his time in the dugout in the second half. Ajinkya Pawar’s 2-point raid in the 15th minute helped Thalaivas to inflict another ALL OUT.
But Mumbai’s Fazel Atrachali and Harendra Kumar clinched 2 successful tackles in the final minutes of the game which ended Tamil Thalaiva’s hopes of a victory.
Manjeet tried his best to draw Tamil Thalaivas closer with his raids in the final minutes of the game but they failed and eventually, the match ended with a scoreline of 35-33 in the favour of U Mumba.
| U Mumba | Second Half | Tamil Thalaivas |
| 9 | Total Points | 22 |
| 5 | Raid Points | 10 |
| 4 | Tackle Points | 8 |
| 0 | All Out Points | 4 |
| 0 | Extra Points | 0 |
Abhishek Singh completed the 135 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 9 raid points and he received great support from V Ajith who scored 7 raid points. On the other hand, Manjeet and Ajinkya Pawar managed to score 14 raid points for Tamil Thalaivas.
This win helped U Mumba to move to the 5th position on the points table with 48 points. They have played 16 matches this season and managed to win 6 of them.
On the other hand, Tamil Thalaivas had an underwhelming season so far, they are currently ranked 8th on the points table. Tamil Thalaivas have played 16 games this season and managed to win only 5 of them
Top Performers (Match 95 of PKL 2021)
U Mumba
- Top Raider – Abhishek was the top raider of U Mumba with a total of 9 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Rinku picked up 3 tackle points for U Mumba.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Tamil Thalaivas
- Top Raider – Ajinkya Pawar was the top raider for Tamil Thalaivas with 7 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
- Top Defender – Sagar picked up 4 tackle points for Tamil Thalaivas.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |