Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Five talking points from Day 48 of PKL 5

#5 Young Vijay sizzles but can't win it for his team

Despite being in terrific form off late, Monu Goyat was nowhere near his best against UP Yoddha on Friday

Not too far away from Ranchi, a young man in yellow jersey made the Indian cricket team sweat despite finding little support from anyone and finally finishing up on the losing side. Just like Marcus Stoinis whose brilliance proved inconsequential in the larger context of the game, young Vijay of Patna Pirates also provided his team hope when it all looked hopeless for his team with a super raid in the 24th minute of the match.

With both his more famous peers Monu Goyat and Pardeep Narwal on the bench, Vijay came on to raid when his team was behind by 16 points in the game. Attacking the right corner, he made a successful retreat to midline when he overcame several pouncing defenders of UP Yoddha. In the process, he made a Super Raid, which he turned into a four-pointer by getting it reviewed. T

hat began a passage of play where Patna threatened a comeback by quickly reducing the deficit to 7 points before Nitin Tomar, electrifying on the night, picked his own four-point Super Raid to push the match beyond Patna’s reach.