#5 Patna defence the culprit again

Dependent on their raiding department throughout the season due to a misfiring defence, Patna Pirates looked clueless on Thursday when their raiding came to a cropper against UP Yoddha in the first half. Both Pardeep Narwal and Monu Goyat kept making failed raid attempts as the Yoddha raiders kept nicking bucketful of points.
Rishank Devadiga and Nitin Tomar weren't extraordinary with their raiding but still managed to get easy points due to a pathetic defensive display, not for the first time in Season 5, by the Patna Pirates.
When the raiders did start coming good in the second half, it was too late as the likes of Vishal Mane, Sachin Shingade and Jawahar Dagar had again put in a flop show to nullify all the gains achieved by Narwal and young Vijay in the second half of the game.