Pro Kabaddi League: Dabang Delhi play out 37-37 draw with Jaipur Pink Panthers

Dabang Delhi played out a thrilling 37-37 tie against Jaipur Pink Panthers in a Pro Kabaddi League season 6 fixture at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here Thursday. Selvamani’s four-point raid was the brave moment of the match, while Sandeep Dhull showed immense strength and high fitness levels to score 6 tackle points.

Deepak Hooda scored 8 points for Jaipur, while Chandran Ranjit (11 points) and Pawan Kadian (9 points) were among the top scorers for Dabang Delhi.

Dabang Delhi made a strong start and led 5-0 after four minutes as they picked up a couple of raid and tackle points. A super tackle in the 5^th minute opened Pink Panthers’ account. They were kept alive in the match because of their defence as they forced another super tackle in the 8^th minute to level the match at 6-6.

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Dabang Delhi took the lead once again, inflicting an all-out in the 11^th minute to lead 11-7. Selvamani’s super raid in the 13^th minute got Jaipur back in the match once again.

It was a see-saw of a match with Jaipur cutting the deficit every time Delhi threatened to run away with the match. Ajinkya Pawar’s two-point raid in the 17^th minute made it a one-point gap as at the end of the first half Dabang Delhi led 18-17.

PawanKadian made a super raid in the 21^st minute to give Delhi 21-18 lead. But Selvamani’s brilliant four-point raid in the 24^th minute got Jaipur back in the match once again.

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With less than five minutes to go Jaipur were trailing by five points when Ajinkya made a two-point raid to reduce the gap to three. In the 38^th minute, Jaipur inflicted an all-out as they trailed 35-36 and Deepak Hooda levelled the match in the next minute with a successful raid.