United Singhs beat out Royal Kings USA with a score of 55-53 on Sept. 26th 2014 at Wave World Kabaddi League. Watch the full match with a link posted below
United Singhs VS. Royal Kings USA
Amritsar, September 26: United Singhs scored a narrow over Royal Kings USA after trailing for the first half of the match in the 33rd match of the Wave World Kabaddi league on Friday at the start of the triple header in Amritsar.
As has often in many of the close matches earlier in the season, some teams have been slow to start but then pick up quickly once they find their rhythm. United Singhs were in just that kind of a mood this evening.
Trailing 13-15 in first quarter, United were still behind at 26-27 at midway point of the match. The third quarter proved crucial as they turned the match around to go 42-37 ahead and then held on to the lead by a narrow two-point margin for a 55-53 verdict. United Singhs now have 10 points from five wins and four losses in nine games, while Royal Kings are at the bottom with two points from nine matches.
United Singhs won the toss and made a wonderful start with a convincing raid by Gagandeep Nagra.
The first quarter started on a very exciting note. The score was moving neck and neck till the 4th minute. Balram Singh and Kamaljit Singh were the top raiders for the Royals and Yadwinder Singh and Harwinder Singh were the top stoppers for them. On the other hand United Singhs gave a tough fight with Gagandeep Nagra being the top raider. Royal Kings USA stayed 15-13 ahead.
In the 2nd quarter, Royal Kings USA lost few points initially and gave room to United Singhs to level the score many times. After two successful raids by Gagandeep Nagra and Gurwinderpal Golu along with a successful stop by Gurinder Singh, United Singh equalised the score 16-16 in the 11th minute. Jagtar Singh Jagga successfully stopped an opponent’s raider and helped his team to equalise the score 20-20. But after 16th minute of the game, Royal Kings fought back with strong performances by raiders – Gurlal Singh, Balram Singh and Narvinder Bagga – and stopper Harkirat Singh, who helped their team to go back lead and maintained it till the end of the 2nd quarter but by just one point at 27-26.
Second half of the match saw the match turn in favour of United Singhs. Initially in the third quarter Royal Kings USA looked positive and started off well. Soon after United Singhs made an amazing comeback as their captain and star stopper Sandeep Singh Sandhu stopped Narvinder Bagga and turned the game by taking one point lead over Royal King USA.
Gagandeep Nagra, Baljeet Singh Toor of United Singhs outperformed and made six and four successful raids in the quarter and turned around the match in favour of United Singhs. Sandeep Singh Sandhu kept up the tempo in defence and soon United Singhs moved 5 points ahead of Royal Kings USA with 42-37 on the scoreboard.
In the final quarter the spectators were on the edge of their seats with United Singhs and Royal Kings going all out. United Singhs maintained their lead with their star raiders Gagandeep Nagra and Baljeet Singh Toor Beetabeing very successful. Sandeep Singh Sandhu aggressively led the pack of stoppers and maintained a pisitive gap.
On the other side, Royal Kings’ raiders Balram, Gurlal and Narvinder snatched some valuable points through their successful raids to threaten the United Singhs. They came 51-54 score in the last few minutes but United Singhs kept their nerve and finished the match with a winning score of 55-53.
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