UP Yoddhas Go Down To Gujarat Giants
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UP Yoddhas Go Down To Gujarat Giants
Chennai: UP Yoddhas, the franchisee owned by GMR Group went down to Gujarat Giants 30-38 playing match number 37 of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 in their last encounter in Chennai of this season at the SDAT Multi-purpose Indoor Stadium. For the Yoddhas Surender Gill was the top scorer earning his super 10 with 13 points, while Nitesh Kumar was the top defender earning six points. With 15 points from seven games UP Yoddhas are now placed eighth in the points tally. UP Yoddhas now move on to the much-anticipated home leg in Noida after a gap of two long years.
UP Yoddhas will now face Bengaluru Bulls at home at the Noida Indoor Stadium in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on 29th December 2023. The match between UP Yoddhas and Bengaluru Bulls will be telecast LIVE on Star Sports Network and can be streamed LIVE on Disney Hotstar on 29th December 2023, 09:00 p.m. (IST) onwards.
Tickets for the Home Leg of UP Yoddhas are available on Paytm Insider website and their Android & iOs applications.
The game began with UP Yoddhas winning the toss and inviting Gujarat Giants to raid. Though Gujarat Giants drew first blood, but the Yoddhas raced their way into the lead with a multi-point raid from Pardeep Narwal and a super raid from Surender Gill. With the able support of their defenders. UP Yoddhas inflicted the first All-Out of the game on Gujarat Giants in the sixth minute with the score card reading 10-4 to the formers favour. The game thereafter in the first half was dominated by UP Yoddhas as the first half came to an end with the scorecard reading 19-14 to their favour.
The second half began with Gujarat Giants pressing hard and their efforts soon paid results. Gujarat Giants took the lead for the first time in the game inflicting an All-Out on UP Yoddhas in the eighth minute of the second half with the score card reading 22-23 to Giants favour. The game thereafter saw the giants not looking back earning back-to-back points maintaining their lead inflicting the second All-out on the Yoddhas with three minutes to go and the score card reading 26-34 to their favour. UP Yoddhas tried hard to make a comeback in the final three minutes but were unable to reduce the deficit as the game came to an end with the scorecard reading 30-38 to the favour of Gujarat Giants.
