Gujarat Fortunegiants dished out an all-round show as they thrashed Telugu Titans 29-18 in a one-sided Pro Kabaddi League clash at the TransStadia Arena in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
With their win, Zone A team Gujarat have strengthened their position at the top of the standings.
Leading them in their win was Sachin with 10 points, while defenders Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani also made significant contributions in the comfortable win.
This was Gujarat’s fifth consecutive win in their ongoing home leg.
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Telugu Titans, on the other hand, struggled despite key contributions from Vinoth Kumar (4 points) and defender Vishal Bharadwaj (2 points).
After initial empty raids from both the sides, Vikas broke the deadlock for Telugu Titans taking a two-point advantage off his successful tackle.
But soon, the Hyderabad outfit looked to have lost momentum in the match which resulted in back-to-back empty raids and failed tackles.
For Gujarat Fortunegiants skipper Sukesh Hedge and Sachin pulled one points a piece from their successful raids to bring back the home side on level terms and further give them a 5-3 advantage in the seventh minute of the match.
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Sachin maintained his speed, agility and movement to pull off a super raid to further strengthen the home side’s position, taking a massive 14-3 lead with less than nine minutes to play in the first-half.
The home side also looked strong on their defence disallowing the opposition to break free helping Gujarat take a massive 20-7 lead in the first-half.
The second-half began with Hyderabad captain Rahul Chaudhari pulling out some successful raid points, along with defender Vishal Bharadwaj and Sombir combining well to narrow the points margin through their successful tackles but failed to take the lead.
While for Gujarat, Sachin continued his fine form to complete a Super 10 from his successful raids. Defenders Abozar Mighani and Fazel Atrachali too kept on picking vital tackle points inside their half to keep the scoreboard ticking and maintain the lead for the home side.
(With inputs from IANS)
