Panthers overwhelm Pirates to enter final

Jaipur Pink Panthers outclassed Patna Pirates 38-18 to enter the final of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League at the NSCI Stadium here today.
Riding on some telling raids and sound defending which nullified whatever their rivals could throw, the Panthers simply rode roughshod over the Pirates to come out on top.
Except for the initial few minutes when they trailed 1-4 after a successful raid by Ravi Dalal, it was the Panthers all the way as they were led by Jasvir Singh, who was difficult to stop.
The entire Pirates line-up was packed off twice for two 'lonas' by the Panthers, who caght up at 5-all after ten minutes and then surged to a 20-5 lead before the Patna team secured another point.

At half time, the Panthers led 20-7.
Pirates played their Pakistan recruit Waseem Sajjad and Turkmenistan's Dovlev Bashikov in the second half, but could not reverse the losing trait. They were all out four more times in the second half.

For the winners, Jasvir top scored with 8 points, while Rajesh Narwal gave him good support with 4.
For the Pirates, Ravi Dalal got 5 while Bashikov secured 3 on his debut game. Losing captain Rakesh Kumar had an off day in raiding.
Winning captain Navneet Gautam later said they had planned a strategy for every rival player and it worked well.