Jaipur Pink Panthers-Bengaluru Bulls match ends in tie

Jaipur, Jun 30 () Jasvir Singh scored a crucial point in the dying seconds of the game as Jaipur Pink Panthers came back from an 11-point deficit to tie 28-28 against the Bengaluru Bulls here today. For long periods of the game, it looked like the Bulls would coast to a comfortable victory but Jasvir had a tremendous second half to snatch a tie from the jaws of defeat. Jaipur Pink Panthers moved up to third place with nine points whereas Bengaluru Bulls jumped to fourth spot with eight points. Jasvir Singh ended with nine raid points and ended as the top scorer in the match. In the first minute of the game, Bengaluru Bulls sentJasvir Singh packing to the bench as they took a 2-0 lead.Singh came back in the fifth minute to score his first pointwith a do-or-die raid.Vinod Kumar was the most successful raider for the Bulls in the first half, as he scored two more points in the 15th minute to give them a 10-7 lead. With less than four minutes to go, Bulls inflicted their first all out to lead 14-9. Jasvir Singh finished the first half of on a high as theyscored two quick points to trail by 11-14. ShabeerBappu hadfive empty raids for Jaipur Pink Panthers in the first half.Bengaluru Bulls defenders were on their game all night asthey forced two successful tackles in the first two minutes ofthe second half to lead 16-11. Jasvir spent more than 11minutes off the court and Bulls made his absence count. Afterfirst five minutes of the second half, the Bulls led 17-12.Bulls inflicted their second all-out in the sixth minuteof the second half to lead 23-12. It looked like curtains forJaipur Pink Panthers but they came back into the game asJasvir Singh three raid points to cut the deficit to sevenpoints as Bulls led 23-16.Jaipur Pink Panthers inflicted an all-out and trailed21-24 with eight minutes remaining. With less than a minute togo, Jaipur trailed by 26-28 but Jasvir Singh made a crucialraid and then the Jaipur defence forced a tackle point to dashBengaluru's hopes of recording their first win against thePink Panthers here. AHAH