Pro Kabaddi League 2018, Match 25: Bengal Warriors v UP Yoddha Player Ratings

The sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League 2018 witnessed its third tie as UP Yoddha and Bengal Warriors dealt blow for blow in a game that swung like a pendulum and ended with both teams finishing on 40 points at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.

The Yoddha walked into the game with three losses and faced an uphill task to pick up an important win. However, the Warriors were coming into the contest with a lot of confidence, unbeaten from their last two games.

In the initial stages of the opening half, the scores were level for a majority of the period until the UP Yoddha struck continually to take an 18-15 lead into the break. However, in the second half, both the teams effected an all-out each to keep the match in the balance until the buzzer raid where Prashant Rai was easily given the bonus while facing a one-point deficit that saw the match end in a thrilling tie.

For the Warriors, Maninder Singh top-scored with 16 raid points while Surjeet Singh's wily defense came to the fore as he finished with six points. Prashant Kumar Rai was the man of the moment for UP as he finished with 13 points while skipper Rishank Devadiga notched up nine points as well.

Here are the player ratings from this game.

UP Yoddha

Prashant Kumar Rai top-scored for UP

Rishank Devadiga - 8/10

The UP skipper was in his element right through the game but was often put under the pump by his opposite number. He did well to get the better of Surjeet with powerful dives toward his own half. Rishank finished with nine points and kept UP in the hunt.

Prashant Kumar Rai - 9/10

The lanky Prashant Rai was in top form as he outshone his skipper with 13 points to his credit. Rai was in top nick all through the game as he kept nipping away with the bonus points and was also responsible for making sure that UP did not finish with another loss in the end.

Sagar Krishna - 7/10

The left corner defender had his moments as he came in with some strong blocks to keep the Bengal raiders at bay but was also the main target for Maninder Singh.

Shrikant Jadhav - 5/10

The raider was off-color for the most part but his pace and travel on the mat did induce some errors from the Bengal defense. However, his inability to pick points hurt his campaign on the day.

Amit - 6.5/10

The left cover defender looked patchy but was instrumental in helping out the rest of his teammates apart from the two tackle points he picked individually.

Narender - 4/10

Narender's woeful advance tackles hurt his team's cause as the right cover defender's attempts at ankle holds on Maninder went in vain.

Nitesh Kumar - 3/10

Nitesh has had a good season thus far but against the Warriors, the left corner defender was too hasty in his tackles. He failed to keep the Warriors' raiders down and finished with just one point from six tackles.

Bengal Warriors

Rishank was kept relatively quiet by the Warriors' defense

Surjeet Singh - 8.5/10

Surjeet Singh was in top form right throughout the game and appeared like a man on a mission, whose primary focus was getting the better of Rishank Devadiga. Surjeet managed to pick six tackle points from eight tackles and with that, his first 'High-5' of the season.

Maninder Singh - 9/10

The top raider of the day, Maninder started slow but soon picked up the pace as he kept the Yoddha defense on their toes and finished with 16 points, leading his team to a thrilling tie.

Jang Kun Lee - 7.5/10

The Korean raider started off in fine fashion as he picked up a bonus point and a touch point in his first two raids but faded away in his next few raids, picking seven points in the end.

Rakesh Narwal - 7/10

Rakesh Narwal was given the role of the supporting raider which he did in fine fashion as he picked two bonus points and also helped effect a tackle alongside Surjeet Singh.

Shrikant Tewathia - 4/10

Tewathia on the right corner did not have the best of outings as he finished with just two points and was also involved in a rookie error that saw him stepping out and gifting away an easy point to Jadhav.

Ran Singh - 4.5/10

The left corner had a quiet outing and he often succumbed to the raiding guile of Rishank Devadiga and Shrikant Jadhav, the latter in particular managing to get more than just a few running hand touches on Singh.

Ziaur Rahman - 3/10

The left cover defender had a woeful game as his advance tackles and dashes helped UP accumulate some easy points.

SUBSTITUTES

Vijin Thangadurai - 2/10

The defender was substituted in for just the one raid which saw him being touched by Prashant Rai.