Pardeep Narwal's season-best effort went in vain as his team UP Yoddhas went down 48-41 to Patna Pirates, who continued their winning run, in Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 at the Noida Indoor Stadium on Monday.
The game began on a cagey note, as only five points were scored in the opening five minutes.
The Yoddhas hoped that home court advantage would turn their flagging fortunes around, but in the opening minutes.
Narwal became the first player to record 80 Super 10s in PKL during U.P. Yoddhas' match against Haryana Steelers in Ahmedabad.
Maninder Singh returned to Bengal Warriors after the franchise utilized the FBM card to match Telugu Titans' bid of INR 2.12 crore.
The Titans and Siddharth Desai were in no mood to let the Pink Panthers come back into the game though and the raider ensured his team secured their first All-Out of the match in the third minute of the second half.
Some clever raiding by Abhishek and a few miscalculated moves by Pune's defenders allowed the Mumbai side to make a comeback and level the points in the penultimate move of the match.
With the beginning of the second half of the league stage, which is the ‘Toughest Half', captains and coaches of the teams met in Bengaluru to share their thoughts on the first half of the season.
The tickets can be obtained from BookMyShow and the Puneri Paltan's official website.
Paltan struggled to claw their way back into the match despite Manjeet's solo efforts that saw him secure a Super 10 with six minutes left on the clock.
