UP Yoddha on Saturday crushed hosts Haryana Steelers 37-30 out of a Pro kabaddi League match to inch nearer towards the play-off rounds here. UP Yoddha is presently only one win away from qualifying for the playoffs. In a sensational experience, Shrikant Jadhav finished with another excessively 10 of the period, scoring 11 in the success.
The other top performers included Nitesh Kumar and Surender Gill, who scored seven each in defence and assault separately. The Yoddha's no have 58 points from 18 matches and are set fifth in the points table. It was uplifting news for UP Yoddha On Saturday as their star marauder Monu Goyat came back to the side from injury.
Supported by the additional flame control, it was the Haryana kid, Surender Gill who got things moving for UP Yoddha with a super raid. UP Yoddha drove 4-0 with one minute into the half. With the super raid, Surender Gill likewise finished his 50 raid points in his first season. Haryana Steelers bounced back with a super assault by Vinay.
In an additional couple of minutes, it was Shrikant Jadhav who accomplished another achievement of his PKL vocation by passing 350 assault points. UP Yoddha, with seven minutes left in the half, drove 13-7. Haryana had a little blasted of points at last snapshots of the first half and decreased the hole to 11-15 going into the break.
The second half began with a super handle from the young pillars of UP Yoddha. Sumit and Nitesh consolidated to guarantee Vinay was not permitted to get away. UP Yoddha had an important lead toward the start of the second half.
Shrikant Jadhav then scored a double pointer in dramatic design with his foot simply going too far and guaranteeing Dharmaraj Cheralathan and Ravi Kumar were out. With 15 minutes left in the half, UP Yoddha driven by 24-16. With 14 minutes left in the half, it appeared Haryana may very well make an epic rebound similarly as with the first all-out of the match they reduced the gap to 21-25.
Be that as it may, lamentably for Haryana, out of the blue they made two mistakes consecutive with first Vinay venturing outside the field of play and after that Vikas Kandola doing likewise on his assault. UP Yoddha now had an important lead at 29-22.
UP Yoddha then inflicted an all-out on Haryana and stretched out their lead to eight at 36-28 before finally sealing the contest. UP Yoddha will next play Dabang Delhi in the first match of their home leg at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida on October 5.