Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: 5 talking points from Day 33 of PKL 5
Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium hosted two encounters on Sunday evening as Zone A's table toppers Gujarat Fortunegiants took on Jaipur Pink Panthers while Zone B's table toppers and home team Bengal Warriors squared off against bottom placed Tamil Thalaivas.
The first match saw the mighty Fortunegiants defence come a cropper, allowing Jasvir Singh's side to score an easy win with vital contributions coming from under fire Somvir Shekhar in the defence and raider Pawan.
In the other match, Bengal Warriors made light work of Tamil Thalaivas who staged their usual second half comeback, only to fall short in the dying moments of the game. For Bengal, their defence with Surjeet Singh and Rann Singh shone brightly.
Here are five talking points from the day.
#1 Ajit's double Iranian bonanza
Just 19 years old, Ajit Singh is playing in his first season of Pro Kabaddi League and in just his third game, on Sunday, he did something he can claim to be proud of for a long time. With his team’s raiders getting snaffled one by one by Abozar Mighani in the first half, Ajit went in to raid with his team trailing by two points. Till then the game had unravelled in a familiar fashion with Gujarat's defence calling the shots.
But Ajit turned things around with his magical raid when he first got out of Mighani’s constrictor-like ankle hold and then overcame a charging Fazel Atrachali to get rid of two Iranians in one go, something not many can claim to have done this season. More importantly for Jaipur, he levelled the scores and that began a passage of play which the Panthers completely dominated.