Pro Kabaddi League 2021, Result 98 Result: Patna Pirates thrash Bengal Warriors in a one-sided affair
The first match of the night featured Patna Pirates and Bengal Warriors. Patna Pirates were leading for the majority of the time in the game. Patna Pirates played brilliantly in the starting minutes of the first half and they inflicted an All-Out on the Warriors to take a 10-points lead in the 17th minute of the first half.
Back-to-back raid points from Sachin helped Patna Pirates to inflict an All Out in the 17th minute and to take a 10-points lead. The first half ended in the favour of Patna Pirates with a scoreline of 21-11.
| Patna Pirates | First Half | Bengal Warriors |
| 21 | Total Points | 11 |
| 13 | Raid Points | 9 |
| 5 | Tackle Points | 2 |
| 2 | All Out Points | 0 |
| 1 | Extra Points | 0 |
Patna Pirates picked up early points in the second half and extended their lead. Bengal Warrior star raider Maninder Singh spent most of his time in the dugout.
Patna Pirates star raider Sachin completed his Super 10 and helped Patna Pirates to clinch another All Our in the 17th minute of the second half which ended Bengal Warriors hopes of a victory.
Manoj Gowda tried his best to draw Bengal Warriors closer with his raids in the final minutes of the game but they failed and eventually, the match ended with a scoreline of 38-29 in the favour of Patna Pirates.
| Patna Pirates | Second Half | Bengal Warriors |
| 17 | Total Points | 18 |
| 9 | Raid Points | 15 |
| 6 | Tackle Points | 1 |
| 2 | All Out Points | 0 |
| 0 | Extra Points | 2 |
Sachin completed the 95 raid points mark in the PKL season 8 tonight by scoring 11 raid points and he received great support from Guman Singh who scored 7 raid points. On the other hand, Manoj Gowda and Mohammad Nabibakhsh managed to score 16 raid points for Bengal Warriors.
Patna’s defence department also performed better than the Warriors. Patna Pirates executed 11 successful tackles points in the match, while Bengal Warriors defence picked up only 3 successful tackles points.
This win helped Patna Pirates to move to the 1st position on the points table with 48 points. They have been brilliant so far this season. They have played 16 matches this season and managed to win 11 of them.
On the other hand, Bengal Warriors had an underwhelming season so far, they are currently ranked 2nd from the bottom of the points table. Bengal Warriors have played 17 games this season and managed to win only 7 of them.
Top Performers (Match 98 of PKL 2021)
Patna Pirates
- Top Raider – Sachin was the top raider of Patna Pirates with a total of 11 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
- Top Defender – Mohammadreza Chiyaneh picked up 5 tackle points for Patna Pirates.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Bengal Warriors
- Top Raider – Manoj Gowda was the top raider for Bengal Warriors with 8 raid points.
| Total Raid | Total Points | Touch Points | Bonus Points | Unsuccessful Raids |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
- Top Defender – Ran Singh picked up 1 tackle point for Bengal Warriors.
| Total Tackles | Tackle Points | Successful Tackles | Super Tackle | Unsuccessful Tackles |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |