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Debutants show ends in a tie
The first two minutes saw both teams draw blank raids. Gujarat opened their account with a two-point raid in the third minute. Gujarat scored their fourth point in the fifth minute and reduced Haryana Steelers to just three men. Haryana Steelers scored their first point in the sixth minute as they trailed 1-4.
Hyderabad: In an absolute humdinger of a match, debutants Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortune Giants played out a thrilling tie in Vivo Pro Kabaddi League.
The match swung in both teams’ favour and ended all square at 27-27.Haryana Steelers scored 13 points in the last five minutes but it was not enough to take them over the line. Haryana raiders Surjeet Singh and Vikas Khandola contributed six and seven points whereas Surender Nada scored seven raid points. For Gujarat, Mahendra Kumar scored five points.
The first two minutes saw both teams draw blank raids. Gujarat opened their account with a two-point raid in the third minute. Gujarat scored their fourth point in the fifth minute and reduced Haryana Steelers to just three men. Haryana Steelers scored their first point in the sixth minute as they trailed 1-4.
Haryana came back into the game as their raiders found their feet and trailed 4-5 after nine minutes. Haryana Steelers forced a super tackle in the 12th minute as Surender Nada led the charge with his team trailing 6-7. Haryana leveled the game in the 13th minute as their defence piled the pressure on Gujarat raiders. Gujarat FortuneGiants scored three points in two minutes as they ended the first half leading 11-8.
Haryana Steelers substitute Surjeet Singh scored with a two-point raid and averted an all out as Haryana Steelers trailed 10-11 after 22 minutes. Haryana Steelers led 12-11 in the 24th minute and Gujarat were reduced to just three men. Gujarat came back in the match with a super tackle in the 25th minute and led 13-12.
Fazel Atrachali scored his 100th tackle point in Pro Kabaddi League as Gujarat led 15-12 after 27 minutes. Gujarat inflicted the first all out of the match in 28th minute as they led 20-13.
With less than ten minutes left on the clock, Gujarat was coasting to an easy win as they led 22-15 after 32 minutes. Haryana Steelers picked up three points in less than 40 seconds to cut the deficit to five as they trailed 17-22.
Vikas Khandola came up with a terrific super raid in the 34th minute as they trailed 20-22. Haryana inflicted an all out in the 35th minute to level the game at 23-23.In a nail-biting finish, Gujarat again leveled the game at 27-27 as the match ended in
a tie.
