Bengaluru Yodhas thrash Punjab Royals in Pro Wrestling League

Lalita Sherawat of Bengaluru Yodhas and Priyanka Phogat of Punjab Royals contested an exciting bout which went all the way to the final few seconds. Lalita won the lone point of the first round to make it 1-0, but Priyanka came back strongly in the second to make it 2-1 in the fifth minute of the bout.

Priyanka was close to winning the bout with only 10 seconds left, but Lalita managed to get the Punjab player on to the mat and clinched two crucial points to seal the match 3-2 in the final seconds.

Davit Modzmanashvili of Bengaluru Yodhas fought against Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat in the men’s 125kg bout. Davit struck the first point as he dumped Chuluunbat out of the mat with a standing take-down to win four points in the second minute of the first round.

Davit earned another point in the second round due to passivity shown by Chuluunbat. Davit eventually sealed the match in favour of the Bengaluru Yodhas by winning the bout 5-0. This victory helped Bengaluru Yodhas gain an unassailable lead of 4-1 in the match.

Brief Scores:

Bengaluru Yodhas 5-2 Punjab Royals (in order of bout)

1)      Pvlov Oliiynik 4-4  Mausam Khatri (M 97kg) (Winner Pavloz Oliiynik)

2)      Alyssa Lampe 24-14 Yana Rattigan (W 48 kg)

3)      Sandeep Tomar Vladimir2-12 Khinchegasvhili (M 57kg)

4)      Lalita Sehrawat 3-2 Priyanka Phogat (W 53kg)

5)      Davit Modzmanashvili 5-0 Jargalsaikhan Chulunbaat (M 125kg)

6)      Yuliya Ratkevich 8-9 Geeta Phogat (W 58kg)

7)     Narsingh Yadav 6-3 Parveen Rana (M 74kg)