Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 21 of PKL 5

#2 Paltan deflate the Pirates in the first half

Captain Deepak Niwas Hooda ejected the much needed calm in his team against Patna

The match began with the question -- Will Pune be able to win their first match again Patna Pirates? All these years, Patna Pirates have been that one mystery that Paltan unit had failed to solve. But a confident Puneri Paltan played a different game altogether when they turned up against Patna on Sunday in the first half.

Their defence, led by foreign recruit Ziaur Rahman, kept on sending Pardeep Narwal and Monu Goyat back to the bench and Rajesh Mondal, with captain Deepak Niwas Hooda for support, kept piling on the raid points on the scorecard. Patna Pirates, who had been given a scare by UP Yoddha in their last game, were left dazed by what came their way on Sunday and faced two All Outs even before the clock had indicated half time.

Credit to Patna for having come back from a score of 21-7 to a position where they seemed to threaten a come from behind victory. That was, however, averted and Puneri Paltan did succeed in winning their first Pro Kabaddi League tie against Patna Pirates.