Haryana Steelers beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 32-25 in PKL
Sonipat, Oct 12: Haryana Steelers beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 32-25 to start their home leg of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season VI on a winning note here on Friday.
Steelers' star raider Monu Goyat scored seven points and was ably supported by Kuldeep Singh who chipped in with seven points as well.
For Gujarat, Sachin and Prapanjan combined to score 17 points.
Steelers were the better team in the first half as they scored raid points at will with Monu and Kuldeep inflicting bulk of damage on Gujarat.
Just before the end of the first half, Haryana Steelers inflicted an all out and led 20-13 at the break.
The fittest player of the match was Kuldeep Singh who looked sharper than all other riders on the mat.
In the crowd was Olympic Games bronze medalist Yogeshwar Dutt, who is also the brand ambassador for Haryana.
In front of a vociferous home crowd, Steelers continued to pile on the pressure on Gujarat Fortunegiants.
Sunil Kumar, at the back for Gujarat, was rock solid and scored five tackle points.
In the second half it was once again Haryana Steelers who dominated the proceedings.
The bravest moment of the match came from Prabhanjan who scored back-to-back raids to get Gujarat back in the game.
However it wasn't enough as Haryana Steelers maintained their composure to win the match
Telugu Titans will play UP Yoddha while Haryana Steelers face U Mumba in tomorrow's matches.Sonepat, Oct 12 (PTI) Haryana Steelers beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 32-25 to start their home leg of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season VI on a winning note here on Friday.
Steelers' star raider Monu Goyat scored seven points and was ably supported by Kuldeep Singh who chipped in with seven points as well.
For Gujarat, Sachin and Prapanjan combined to score 17 points.
Steelers were the better team in the first half as they scored raid points at will with Monu and Kuldeep inflicting bulk of damage on Gujarat.
Just before the end of the first half, Haryana Steelers inflicted an all out and led 20-13 at the break.
The fittest player of the match was Kuldeep Singh who looked sharper than all other riders on the mat.
In the crowd was Olympic Games bronze medalist Yogeshwar Dutt, who is also the brand ambassador for Haryana.
In front of a vociferous home crowd, Steelers continued to pile on the pressure on Gujarat Fortunegiants.
Sunil Kumar, at the back for Gujarat, was rock solid and scored five tackle points.
In the second half it was once again Haryana Steelers who dominated the proceedings.
The bravest moment of the match came from Prabhanjan who scored back-to-back raids to get Gujarat back in the game.
However it wasn't enough as Haryana Steelers maintained their composure to win the match
Telugu Titans will play UP Yoddha while Haryana Steelers face U Mumba in tomorrow's matches.
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Confident we are going to win Kerala: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed confidence in the victory of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, saying the Congress-led alliance will win more than 75 seats out of the total 140 in the state.
Tharoor, who hails from Kerala, said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls, most of which predicted a victory for the UDF that has been out of power for 10 years in the state.
"We have been on the ground. I have campaigned in 59 constituencies across 12 districts out of 14. I was very confident we are going to win.
"Everything that I have picked up from not just my party colleagues and workers but also from other observers, media and others have always convinced me that we were going to score a comfortable win of above 75 seats. And all the (exit) polls have confirmed the same thing," he told reporters here.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls but in general he was not a big fan of exit polls in India.
"Because ours is not purely a homogenous society. We have to take into account gender issue, caste issue, class issue, regional disparities. You never get a convincingly large enough sample to give an accurate poll and now there is the additional complication that we have heard about in West Bengal this year that many people are unwilling to answer the questions of the pollsters," he said.
The Congress leader said normally, it used to be below 10 per cent that people said that they would not answer.
"Even if you are a reputable exit pollster, in Bengal, one polling company has said 60 per cent of people refused to answer. So, what is the worth of a poll where 60 per cent of your respondents have not answered," he said.
Several exit polls on Wednesday predicted a comeback by the Congress-led UDF in Kerala after 10 years, dethroning the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Polling for the 140-member Kerala assembly was held on April 9. Results of assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry, besides Kerala, will be announced on May 4.
