U Mumba beats Patna Pirates in the second semi-finals played at Mumbai just few moments ago. It was a dominating performance by U Mumba who outplayed Patna Pirates in all departments.
Sandeep Narwal captain of Patna Pirates won the toss and elected the court. Anup Kumar the captain of UMumba started the raids and earned 3 points in row. The Patna Pirates Korean player Eom was tackled to take UMumba to 4-0. Sandeep earned first touch point. Rishank Devadiga earned a touch point on do or die raid leaving just 3 players of Patna. Sandeep Narwal. Shabeer Bapu pulled Sandeep to midline. Jeeva Kumar was touched by followed by Anup earning a touch point. Rishank Devadiga earned a touch point. Last man surrendered and Patna Pirates ,was all out taking a lead of 11-2. After resumption Gurvinder was tackled by Surinder Nada. Anup was poorly tackled by Suresh Kumar and failed taking UM to 13 points in 13th minute.
Jasmer Singh the substitute was tackled superbly. Shabeer earned a touch point taking UMumba to 15. Rishank was super tackled despite his jump. Gurvinder earned a touch point to take Patna to 6 points. After the technical time out in do or die raid Shabeer Bapu earned a tackle point comfortably. Gurvinder was tackled in his next raid. Rishank, Shabeer and Anup all had earned 3 touch points each and Surender Nada earned 4 tackle points till half time for UMumba. In do or die point Shabeer earned a touch point. Anup,was warned for talking to the raider. The raider Eom was pushed out of the court by 2 defenders followed by last man surrendering tamely and Patna Pirates were all out for the second time to take a lead of 22-6 by half time.
Deepak narwal earned 3 points through a sup raid taking Patna Pirates to 9 points in first raid after resumption. Sandeep Narwal touched Mane. Shabeer’s next bonus point was challenged by Patna Pirates but with no success. Deepak Narwal was well tackled in his next raid. Sandeep Narwal tackled by Mane. Shabeer Bapu was tackled well by Gurvinder but UMumba was still leading 26-11. Anup had his 10th empty raid thong had succeeded 5 times. Gurvinder as do or die raid was pushed out of the court before he could cross midline. Rishank was also tackled in his next raid. Deepak Narwal was tackled by Surinder Nada his 7th victim of the day. Pradeep substitute in a do or die raid was tackled.
In do or die raid Vijay Malik earned a raid point slipping out of defenders hands taking the score to 29-13 in favor of UMumba. In do or die Shabeer was dashed and pushed out of the court. Gurvinder in his do or die raid earned a touch point taking Patna to 15 points. Eom was set tackled in his next raid taking UM to 31 in 33rd minute. Rishank earned a touch point in do or die raid. Malik was tackled and captured taking UM to 33 points. Rishank Devadiga was tackled in do or die raid by Girish taking Patna to 16.
In do or die raid Amit Hooda was tackled by Jeeva Kumar and UMumba led 34-16, 3 minutes before buzzer. Deepak Narwal earned a touch point. Gurvinder was tackled by Surinder Nada taking his tackle Points to the highest of 10 in this season. Anup went for the final raid though empty winning the match at 35-18. The final is set between UM and BB. Best raider and spectator’s choice won by Shabeer Bapu. Inspiring defender and best defender was Surinder Nada. Moment of the match and winning team captain went to Anup Kumar.