PKL: Gujarat Fortunegiants continue winning spree

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Aug 01 2019 | 9:20 PM IST

Led by strong performance of raiding duo Rohit Gulia and GB More, Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Dabang Delhi K C 31-26 in a Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) match here on Thursday.

More delivered a critical all-round performance picking 9 points, supporting both in offence and defence, while Gulia grabbed 7 points to help his team remain unbeaten in the league.

This was Dabang Delhi's first loss in their fourth game.

Naveen Kumar continued his rich form and notched another Super 10 to lead the raiding department in the league with 42 points from 4 matches.

Naveen scored a raid in the 6 th minute as Dabang trailed 2-6.

Parvesh Bhainswal made a strong tackle to send Naveen to the bench in the 9th minute as Gujarat led 7-4.

Delhi came back strongly to level the match at 9-9 after 16 minutes.

Delhi inflicted an all-out in the 18 th minute to take the lead and after the first half, Delhi led 14-11.

In the second half, Gulia got into the act as he scored 3 quick raid points as Gujarat leveled the match 16-16 after 24 minutes.

He then made a two-point raid to give Gujarat 19-18 lead.

Gujarat then inflicted an all-out in the 33 rd minute to lead 25-20 and then held on till the end to emerge victorious.

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First Published: Aug 01 2019 | 9:20 PM IST

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