Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba in the first match of the day at Hyderabad just few hours to go. It was an excellent performance by Jaipur Pink Panthers who lost their previous match against U Mumba and avenged their defeat.
Sonu Narwal & Jasvir for Jaipur Pink Panthers (Jaipur Pink Panthers) and Anup Kumar & Pawankumar for U Mumba had first two empty raids. In the third and do or die raids JPP earned 2 touch points. Rishank Deavadiga earned a bonus point in his do or die raid. Jasvir was tackled in next raid. Sonu Narwal was tackled and caught to give UMumba a lead of 3-2 followed by technical break.
Rajesh Narwal got a touch point followed by Pawan Kumar doing the same for UM. JPP earned bonus point to equal the score again. Anup got a touch point sending Jasvir out. Rajesh Narwal was tackled in next raid. Anup was tackled well by Rana & Prashant and pushed out of court before touching mid line earning 2 points and equalling score at 6. Rishank had empty raid and Sonu Narwal was captured through an excellent tackle. Rishank was out in a super tackle Jaipur Pink Panthers taking lead of 1 point.
Kuldeep earned a point slipping out of hands of Rane. UMumba asked for referral claiming raider out, that was successful UM earning a point. This was quickly followed by a touch point by Anup Kumar. Ransing earned a bonus point. In the next raid Anup faced a super tackle taking Jaipur Pink Panthers to 11-9 lead in 15th minute. Jasvir earned a touch point in his fifth raid of the day mainly due to the fault of UM player who unnecessarily tried to tackle. Pawan Kumar was tackled and by a similar tackle Jasvir was also caught.
Rajesh Narwal was pushed out of the court taking Jaipur Pink Panthers to 14-11 lead. Sonu had empty raid and Rishank was tackled just before half time break the score standing at 15-11. Jaipur Pink Panthers had 3 super tackles in first half.
Anup Kumar (2) & Prashant Chawan & Kuldeep had one empty raid each after break. Pradeep,was tackled in the do or die raid. Jasvir in the do or die raid earned 2 points touching 2 player, last man Nada was tackled by Jaipur Pink Panthers PP getting UMumba all out taking the lead to 23. Next Sonu Narwal earned 2 touch points again to take the point tally to 23. Team referral led to declaring Anup Kumar out taking the score to 24.
Pawan Kumar earned a touch point to take UMumba to 13. Rajesh Narwal was tackled and captured to earn a point. Rishank hand empty raid followed by successful raid of Sonu to earn 2 points taking Jaipur Pink Panthers PP score to 26. Pawan Kumar was declared out in the donor die raid for not touching any one. Then Jasvir was caught followed by Sonu getting out taking UMumba to 17.
Rishank in the do or die raid was pushed out of court by Kuldeep to earn 28th point for JPP. Substitute Prajatan earned two touch points to take UMumba to 19. Rajesh Narwal also earned 2 touch points, JPP asked referral claiming 3 points. Surender had gone in lobby while Rajesh touched two players. The referral failed and Jaipur Pink PanthersPP got only 2 points to take their tally to 30. Anup earned a touch point taking UM to 20 but Jaipur Pink Panthers also got a point.
In the do or die raid Kuldeep was pushed out. Pawan Kumar was also tackled in next raid taking the score to 32-22 in 35th minute. Jasvir with one successful raid out of 13 raids had another empty raid. Rishank and Rajesh Narwal were tackled well. Prajatan was also tackled taking Jaipur Pink PanthersPP to 34-23. Sonu and Rajesh and Prajatan had earned 6,3 & 2 points respectively at time out 2 minutes before final whistle.
Bhpender sing nearness a touch point, soon Sonu Narwal was also tackled reducing the gap to 9 points. In final Kuldeep’s raid Jaipur Pink Panthers was awarded a point and they won by 35-25. Jaipur Pink Panthers had earned 2 additional points both in tackle and touch points and five bonus points compared to UMumba that clinched the match for Jaipur Pink Panthers.