Bengaluru Bulls beats Tamil Thalaivas

Bengalaru Bulls players trying to grab the Tamil Thalaivas player Prapanjan during the match between Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengalaru Bulls in PRO Kabaddi League on Thursday. Photo: R.Ragu

Bengaluru Bulls defeated Tamil Thalaivas 45-35 in a Zone-B match of the ProKabaddi League here on Thursday. It was the sixth defeat in a row for Thalaivas, all at home.

The match was looked as a face-off between two of the best raiders in the league, Ajay Thakur of Thalaivas and Rohit Kumar of Bulls, in so much as either team’s victory on the day was seen as contingent on how the two were to perform.

Rohit scored the first point of the match — a bonus — and remarkably put a defender out with a scorpion kick soon after. He managed eight points in the first-half.

Thakur scored four points in the first-half. He made eight raids — four successful, two empty, and two unsuccessful.

Bulls caused an all-out in the first half and led 19-10 at half-time.

It raged in the second half, going up 27-10, 34-15, and 39-22 before calling a timeout with six minutes to go. It had inflicted two more all-outs on the Thalaivas.

In the end, there was to be no home win for the Thalaivas this season.

The result: Bengaluru Bulls 45 bt Tamil Thalaivas 35.