Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 25 of PKL 5

Modified Aug 25, 2017 23:34 IST

It was a game of two contrasting halves but Jaipur's domination of the the first half helped them prevail — It was a game of two contrasting halves but Jaipur's domination of the first half helped them prevail

#3 Pardeep Narwal's special raid

Pardeep Narwal played sensibly once the team was in a dominant position

Coming into the match with 70 raid points, Pardeep Narwal didn’t take too long to start making an impact against the Bengal Warriors. Unlike the last match, where many initial raids were taken by Monu Goyat, Narwal put the onus on himself on Friday.

The best of the early raids came when he overcame Bhupinder Singh in the 10th minute with a splendid effort. The big Bhupinder thought he had his man with a tight ankle hold as there was still a lot of distance between the midline and Narwal’s hand.

That’s when Narwal displayed some amazing lower body strength as he retreated on his back despite Bhupinder’s tight hold of his leg, pulling Bhupinder with him in the process. What needs to be kept in mind to appreciate this raid of Narwal is the size of Bhupinder Singh against whom Narwal achieved the task. It wasn’t the only time he managed that though, as seconds before the half time he put an encore of that raid against Kuldeep.

Edited by Souvik Roy Chowdhury