FULL-TIME: Telugu Titans crush Patna Pirates 53-32A dominant performance from Telugu Titans as they thumped the defending champions Patna Pirates 53-32 in Patna on Tuesday. Apart from the first 10 minutes of the contest, Pirates did not come up with much of a fight, and Titans jumped to top of the Zone B standings with 22 points.
40' - Another super tackle by Titans and they lead 51-32
39' - Super Tackle by Titans, two points - lead 49-31 with less than a minute to go
38' - It's a one-sided affair in the second half. Titans lead Pirates 47-30
35' - Final five minutes to go - Titans lead 45-29
33' - Rare unsuccessful raid from Rahul Choudhary, but Titans still have a big 16-point lead in the game
30' - All-out for Pirates again. It's 38-23 in favour of Titans
29' - Super Raid from Rahul Choudhary and another three points for Titans, 35-22
25' - Titans maintained a healthy 8-point lead
21' - Surrender all-out by Pirates as Titans increased the lead with another three points
Second half begins...
HT - Titans lead Pirates 25-17 at the half-time breakGood comeback by the visitors Telugu Titans in the second part of the first half. They took the lead, 11-9, with a super raid in the 13th minute and maintained it till the half-time whistle.
20' - Two-point raid from Pirates
17' - Titans increased the lead to 20-11
15' - Another three points for the Titans, Pirates all-out. Titans lead 16-9
13' - Super Raid by Nilesh for Titans - earned three points to take the lead, 11-9
9' - Pardeep Narwal scored another point from raid. It's 7-5 in favour of Pirates
6' - Good defence from both the sides, it's 4-4 in the first half
4' - Pirates raider scored two points to take a 3-2 lead early in the contest
Here we go...Pirates with the raid but the first point went to Titans
TOSS | Telugu Titans win the toss and select the Choice of CourtThe teams are out in the middle, the contest will begin shortly
* In the first match of the day, Gujarat Fortune Giants defeated Puneri Paltans 37-27 in a Zone A contest.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the
Pro Kabaddi League match between Patna Pirates and Telugu Titans at the Patliputra Indoor Stadium.
Patna Pirates suffered a close defeat to Telugu Titans the last time these two teams met this season and would be looking for payback.
Refreshed after a week-long break, Telugu Titans will look to get back to winning ways after having suffered defeat against U Mumba in their previous match.
Telugu Titans will take inspiration from their win in the last match against the home side and also from the fact that they have a better record against Patna Pirates.