Captain Maninder Singh led from the entrance as defending champions Bengal Warriors defeated Tamil Thalaivas 37-28 in a Professional Kabaddi League (PKL) match, right here on Thursday.

Skipper Maninder bought a Tremendous 10 (12 factors) whereas defenders Amit Narwal and Ran Singh managed the defence to halt their two match shedding streak.

The victory additionally ended Thalaivas’ unbeaten run.

Within the second match of the day, Puneri Paltan outclassed U Mumba 42-23 within the season’s first Maharashtra Derby.

Left-cover Vishal Bhardwaj and all-rounder Nitin Tomar picked up Excessive 5s for the Pune group who jumped to tenth on the factors desk.

The primary half of the derby was dominated by Pune with Aslam Inamdar and Nitin Tomar impressing of their raids.

After a cautious begin to the match, Nitin Tomar produced a surprising 3-point Tremendous Raid within the thirteenth minute to provoke Pune’s cost for an ‘All Out’.

Mumbai appeared disjointed as a unit, clearly lacking V Ajith Kumar’s presence within the raiding division at the same time as Abhishek Singh tried his greatest to assist Mumbai keep in contact with their opponents.

Pune opened up a 17-point lead with 10 minutes remaining as Vishal Bhardwaj and Baldev Singh ensured their corners remained raid-proof.

They bought one other ‘All Out’ instantly after the primary Time Out as Vishal Bhardwaj picked his Excessive 5.

The skilled Nitin Tomar picked up a Excessive 5 within the closing phases as Pune received the derby comfortably.

Earlier, the Thalaivas began on the entrance foot with their defensive mixture of Surjeet and Sagar tackling Maninder.

That set the tone for the preliminary minutes with Manjeet raiding sensibly on the different finish.

However Narwal produced a surprising Tremendous Deal with within the fifth minute to vary the stability of energy.

The defending champions constructed on the momentum and shortly lowered the Thalaivas males on the mat.

Surjeet produced two Tremendous Tackles to select up his Excessive 5 however Bengal ultimately bought their ‘All Out’ with seven minutes to the interval.

The Thaliavas saved trying the extra proactive aspect regardless of trailing and launched super-sub Ajinkya Pawar so as to add extra hearth within the raiding division.

The half ended 20-16 in favour of Bengal.

Bengal maintained a 6-point lead on the first Time Out however it felt solely a matter of time earlier than both group tried one thing formidable.

Ran Singh, returning to the mat after an extended damage layoff, produced a surprising sort out within the left nook for Bengal to spark an ‘All Out’.

Bengal opened a 11-point lead with seven minutes remaining as Amit Narwal reached his Excessive 5.

The defending champions ensured there have been no slip ups within the dying minutes to win the match comfortably.