Hyderabad: Telugu Titans were in fine form and put in a brilliant performance against Patna Pirates at the GMCB Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, here during PKL Season 11.
Led by Pawan Sehrawat, Telugu Titans won the game with the scoreline at 28-26 on Monday night. It was the Telugu Titans’ second win of PKL Season 11. For Telugu Titans, Ashish Narwal scored 9 points and Pawan Sehrawat added 5 more to the cause.
It was a cautious start with neither Patna Pirates nor Telugu Titans taking chances in the early minutes. While Patna Pirates had a two-point lead in the initial minutes, Telugu Titans picked up their first points through Ashish Narwal in the fourth minute.
For Patna Pirates, it was Devank and Ayan making the most impact in the early phase of play.
Midway through the first half, Patna Pirates had a slender 1-point lead with the score at 6-5 in their favour. For Telugu Titans, Vijay Malik was leading the way at that point.
Slowly but surely, Patna Pirates moved into a 3-point lead with 3 minutes left in the first half. By the end of the first half, Patna Pirates led 13-10.
After the break, Pawan Sehrawat and Telugu Titans sprang into action, reducing the deficit to one-point in the early exchanges before Vijay Malik brought things to level terms on 14-14 with 14 minutes left in the game.
While Devank tried his best to keep Patna Pirates in the lead, Ashish Narwal and Telugu Titans landed an All-Out and they stormed into the lead with 10 minutes left on the clock.
As the final minutes progressed, the two sides cranked up the intensity and were trading points and raids, such that the difference between them stood at one point with 5 minutes to go. That’s when Ashish Narwal scored a Super Raid, which gave Telugu Titans some breathing space.
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Ayan bounced back with a crisp raid right after for Patna Pirates, which put the game on a knife edge with a couple of minutes to go. However, Telugu Titans held on with some fierce individual performances that got them a much-needed win.
