Hyderabad: Bengal Warriorz produced a fantastic all-round team performance as they defeated UP Yoddhas at the GMCB Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, here.
Bengal Warriorz won the contest by a scoreline of 32-29 on Thursday night.
For Bengal Warriorz, the likes of Maninder Singh, Sushil Kambrekar and Nitin Dhankhar were the standout players, while Bharat scored 13 points for UP Yoddhas.
Maninder Singh started off brilliantly for Bengal Warriorz as he picked up the majority of the points in the early exchanges for his side.
Maninder’s burst meant that UP Yoddhas fell behind in the first phase of play. Supporting Maninder quite well was the in-form Nitin Dhankhar.
Bengal Warriorz looked determined to stop UP Yoddhas and were not letting them settle into a rhythm. At the midway stage of the first half, both sides were locked at 8-8 with UP Yoddhas having fought back after trailing up until then.
Bengal Warriorz fought hard and went into the half-time break with the score reading 12-11 in their favour. For UP Yoddhas, Bharat was leading the points tally with 5 points to his name at the break.
It was a cautious start to the second half from both sides, but the first points went to UP Yoddhas. As the half wore on, both teams continued to trade points with neither letting the other out of sight.
Maninder Singh, Nitin Dhankhar, Sushil Kambrekar and Fazel Atrachali were leading the charge for Bengal Warriorz, while Bharat was fighting away for UP Yoddhas. Midway through the second half, Bengal Warriorz had a slender 1-point lead.
In the final 10 minutes of the contest, Bengal Warriorz looked to crank up the style. Nitin Dhankhar inflicted an All-Out on UP Yoddhas to further extend the Bengal Warriorz lead. That was followed up by some superb defending led by Fazel Atrachali, which put more pressure on UP Yoddhas.
In the final few minutes, UP Yoddhas threatened as Bharat and Bhavani Rajput picked up a few crucial points.
However, Fazel Atrachali, Maninder Singh, Sushil Kambrekar and Nitin Dhankhar were having none of it. Eventually, Bengal Warriorz came away with their first win of the season.
