California Eagles quickly becoming one of the betters teams in World Kabaddi League with the addition of Meek Seattlewala and Junni California now raiding for them. In toady’s match California Eagles beat Punjab Thunder with a whopping score of 67-45. California Eagles have already claimed that 4th spot in the overall standings. Match to be posted soon.
California Eagles Vs. United Singhs
Man of the match: Sultan Singh, Punjab Thunder (21 raids)
Best Raider: Sultan Singh, Punjab Thunder (21 raids)
Best Stopper: Meek Seattle, California Eagles (8 stops)
Amritsar, September 26: California Eagles upset Punjab Thunder 67-45 for a thumping win that also took them ahead of the latter in the points tally after the 35th match of the Wave World Kabaddi League on Saturday in Amritsar. This also signalled the return to form of the Eagles, who last week beat Lahore Lions in a stunning upset.
With this win California Eagles moved ahead of Punjab Thunder in the point tally. After the 35th match of Wave WKL California Eagles have joined Vancouver Lions and Yo Yo Tigers at eight points. After winning the toss Punjab Thunder choose to raid first against California Eagles. This was followed by display of plenty of grit in first quarter by both the teams.
In the first quarter both teams converted most of their raids successfully. The quarter also saw few brilliant stops. Mikhail Jamaal Abdul Latif aka Meek won the first stop point for California Eagles in an exciting tussle. In the very next raid Rana Alishan of Punjab Thunder stopped the raider of California Eagles to earn a point for the team. Maninder Singh, a US national who was playing for the first time for California Eagles earned a point for the team in the very first raid. Jagmohan, Sukhpal were the top raiders for California eagles with 3 raids each and Mikhail Jamaal was the top stopper for the team. Sultan Singh and Talwinder Singh were the top raiders for Punjab Thunder with 3 and 4 raids respectively and the scores were 13-13 at the end of the session.
The second quarter saw more action from the California Eagles as they aggressively collected points from both raids and stops. For Punjab Thunder, Sultan Singh gave a tough competition to his opponents with his nine successful raids. For Eagles, it was Sukhpal who made seven successful raids whereas his team-mates stoppers Jamaal Abdul and Angrez Singh made two successful stops each to take their team to lead the quarter by 32-24.
Trailing with 24-32 in the second quarter Punjab Thunder made full effort to comeback in the match. California Eagles on the other hand were in no mood to let go. They converted virtually every raid. Mikhail Jamaal was the star stopper for the California Eagles and did not let the raiders of the Punjab Thunder to earn any points when he grabbed them. California Eagles stop line was in excellent form. By the end of the third quarter California Eagles led 50-35. The match became completely one sided in the fourth quarter. California Eagles had big lead against Punjab Thunder with successful raids of Maninder Singh and Baldev Singh. Both the raiders scored points in their most of their attempts and it became 67-45 by the finish.
The hero of the match was star stopper Meek Abdul Latif who thwarted most of the opponents’ attempts and became instrumental in his team’s win.
For Punjab Thunder, Sultan Singh was the lone man standing with 21 successful raids but failed to close the margin in the scorecard and eventually lost the match by 45-67.
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