PVL: Hyderabad Black Hawks steal thrilling win over Bengaluru Torpedoes

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Black Hawks came from behind to beat the Bengaluru Torpedoes 15-13, 14-15, 9-15, 15-10, 15-12 in the second season of the Prime Volleyball League at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, here on Tuesday.

SV Guru Prashanth was named Player of the match.

With Trent O'Dea leading defence, Hyderabad began strongly. As Trent kept blocking Tsvetanov, skipper Pankaj Sharma and Ibin Jose took Bengaluru's attacking responsibilities and made important spikes from zone 4. When Lal Sujan started setting up Hyderabad attackers for spikes, the topsy-turvy contest turned even more unpredictable.

Sujan started running the show from the middle and started involving his captain Guru Prashanth in attacks and Hyderabad took control. Sethu TR's serves kept rattling Hyderabad and Bengaluru found an opening. With Jose's attacks, Bengaluru levelled the playing field.

Guru started testing Bengaluru's defence with hard spikes. As Tsvetanov struggled to create an impact, Ibin's responsibilities increased.