The dynamic Pawan Sehrawat put on a show at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on the opening night of Pro Kabaddi League season 11, as he rewrote the history books and led Telugu Titans to a clinical win against the Bengaluru Bulls, winning the contest by a scoreline of 37-29. (More Sports News)
How It Unfolded
Seasonღ 11’s first points went to the Telugu Titans, as captain Pawan Sehrawat got the first raid point. He went onto add a couple of more raid points for his side, and much to the joy of the Hyderabad crowd, the Telugu Titans took a three-point lead early on. But a few minutes later, Pardeep Narwal and the Bengaluru Bulls fought back, reducing the lead to one-point.
The contest continued to swing both ways with the Telugu Titans and the Bengaluru Bulls not giving each other an ♉inch. After a time-out, the Telugu Titans picked up the momentum, with Pawan Sehrawat leading the charge. At the half-time break, the Telugu Titans, cheered on by a packed house, went ahead of the Bengaluru Bulls by 9 points, with the score reading 20-1ꦑ1.
The second half started off with the Beꩵngaluru Bulls out of the blocks faster than their opposition, as the def🎶enders kept the Telugu Titans at bay, and the raiders made every opportunity count. Soon enough, the 9-point lead from the first half had been reduced to a 4-point deficit.
Surinder Dehal and Pardeep Narwal were i⛎n fine form for the Bengaluru Bulls, who inflicted an ALL-OUT on the Telugu Titans, midway through the second phase. With 10 minutes to go, the deficit was down to 1 point, with the score reading 24-23.
From then on in though, the Telugu Titans fought back. Pawan Sehrawat reached the 10-point mark and had the likes of Krishan, Vijay Malik, Sagar, and Ajit Pawar giving him ample support. Within the next few minutes, the Telugu Tita🉐ns wrestled back the momentum, and marched into a 7-point lead. Moments after completing his Super 10, Pawan Sehrawat breached the 1200-point mark, to become the third ever player in the history of the PKL to achieve the milestone.
The Telugu Titans then went onto inflict an ALL OU☂T on the Bengaluru Bulls and thwarted any hopes of a comeback, as the lead st🌠retched to 8 points with a couple of minutes to go. Eventually, the Telugu Titans walked off the mat with an impressive win.
Bel🌊ow is the𝕴 schedule for PKL season 11 matches on Saturday, October 19:
Match 1 - Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas – 8pm
Match 2- Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers – 9pm
