Bengal Warriors became the champions to vivo
Pro Kabaddi season 7 after a 39-34 victory over Dabang Delhi K.C at the EKA Arena
in Ahmedabad. Strong individual displays from stand-in skipper Nabibakhsh, Sukesh
Hegde, and Jeeva Kumar in what was a solid all-round performance from Bengal
Warriors, led them to their maiden Vivo Pro Kabaddi Trophy.
Dabang Delhi K.C. made a spectacular start
courtesy of good work in offence as well as defence. They quickly moved into a
6-point lead before Bengal Warriors picked up their first point of the night.
That did little to halt Dabang Delhi K.C.’s momentum though as they continued
to go about their business with the minimum of fuss and inflicted an All Out to
move into an 11-3 lead in the eighth minute.
Bengal Warriors came back strongly thanks to
some clinical raids by Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat and Nabibakhsh. The Iranian, in
particular, was devastating in attack and helped enforce an All Out on Dabang
Delhi K.C. with a stunning two-point raid that reduced the deficit to a single
point. Bengal Warriors proceeded to gain the lead shortly after, but a bonus
point from Chandran Ranjit and a successful raid by Naveen Kumar ensured
that the score was level-pegging at 17-17 during halftime.
The first point of the second period went to
Bengal Warriors thanks to a Nabibakhsh tackle. However, neither side managed to
stamp their authority on the mat and establish a big lead in the opening five
minutes of the half. A successful Do-or-Die raid by Kumawat, followed by a
successful Jeeva Kumar tackle, eventually gave Bengal Warriors a slight edge
and BC Ramesh’s men capitalised on their momentum by inflicting a second All
Out on Dabang Delhi K.C. to take a 25-21 lead.
Dabang Delhi K.C. looked to fight their way
back into the contest through Naveen, but Bengal Warriors seemed to just grow
in confidence after the reset. Hegde and Nabibakhsh continued to score points
in attack for Bengal Warriors, while their defence also started to find success
from multiple sources as Dabang Delhi K.C. succumbed to another All Out with
seven minutes left to play.
Bengal Warriors then adopted an intelligent
approach in the final minutes of the game. They chose their moments to pounce
wisely and ran down the clock with tactical raids with Dabang Delhi K.C. trying
to force their way back into the game. Swift raids by Naveen meant that Dabang
Delhi K.C. got to within five points of Bengal Warriors. However, it did little
to prevent what was a comfortable win for Bengal Warriors en-route to their
maiden vivo Pro Kabaddi title.
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