Top 5 raids of today’s PKL matches | 24 December 2021


Top 5 raids of today’s PKL matches | 24 December 2021

The third day of the PKL season 8 featured many blockbuster raiders throughout the three matches as Dabang Delhi took on U Mumba in the opening fixture, with Dabang Delhi grabbing their second consecutive win in the season.

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In the second game, it was the Bengaluru Bulls against the Telugu Titans who found their first win tonight after their first loss against U Mumba in the season opener of PKL 8. The final contest of the day saw, defending champions Bengal Warriors take on Gujarat Giants as the defending champions keep their momentum running with a thrilling 3 point win over the Giants.

In a day dominated by the defenders in all three games, there were a few moments where the raiders outshined their opponents with great escapes to snap points for their side.

Let’s look at the top five raids from Day 3 in the PKL season 8.

#5 Rakesh Narwal vs Bengal Warriors – 1 point

Rakesh Narwal was brilliant for the Gujarat Giants, in a match dominated by defenders, Narwhal scored 11 points in the fixture, scoring his first super ten of the season. His best raid in the game came against the Bengal Warriors in the first half. With Warriors leading by three points, Rakesh came into the raid for his side and attacked the players at covers, and made an amazing escape jumping over Rinku Narwal to touch the mid-line.

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#4 Maninder Singh vs Gujarat Giants – 1 point

Maninder Singh has been the strike raider for the defending champions, he scored 8 points tonight against Gujarat Giants in a game that was dominated by the defenders. Girish Ernak was lethal tonight but Maninder showed his excellence tonight as he baited Girish into an ankle hold and quickly broke out of it scoring a crucial point for his side.

#3 Naveen Kumar vs U Mumba – 2 points

Naveen Kumar seems unstoppable this season, the raider became the quickest player to reach 500 points, in just 47 appearances. He racked seventeen points tonight U Mumba. Naveen took some time to get into his groove but once he got his momentum, he was all over U Mumba. In the first half of the game, the raider stole a brilliant bonus under Fazal Atrachali, and on his way out he reached out getting a stellar hand touch on the defender at the covers.

#2 Pawan Sehrawat vs Tamil Thalaivas – 1 point

The high-flyer hasn’t found his form from the previous seasons, but we saw a glimpse of what the raider is capable of against the Tamil Thalaivas in the first of the game. Tamil Thalaivas were down to four defenders and Pawan came in for his side and made an amazing back-kick making contact with the left corner to score a point for his side.

#1 Naveen Kumar vs U Mumba – 3 points (Super Raid)

Naveen Kumar is back on our list tonight for the best raids of the day, and this time around it’s for a Super Raid! Dabang Delhi was trailing by two points against U Mumba and Naveen just turned the game around with a single raid as he escaped an ankle hold from Rinku and on his way out he showed his awareness getting a hand touch on the covers who tried to block him from reaching the mid-line.

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The day was dominated by the defenders tonight, but with raiders such as Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat, Rahul Chaudhari, and Vikash Kondola in action tomorrow night, we can expect fireworks exploding from all sides.

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