PKL 2019 | We need to continue in same vein, says Nitesh Kumar

Starting well helped UP Yoddha win the last evening’s match as their 15-point lead was left to just four points by the end of the match. Both their departments did well and because of that, they were able to inflict two all-outs in the first half itself. They even saw a new player rise as an all-rounder in the form of Sachin Kumar who scored two raid and three tackle points. UP Yoddha are left with two matches before the playoffs and might try their bench strength so that they can rest the main players.

“I think Rishank Devadiga's two-point raid was the big turning point of the contest. Had we tackled him even while giving away the bonus, we would have been in the driver’s seat. Obviously having to venture deep against a defence of four is extremely tough, especially when you are trailing by two and there’s not much time left on the clock,” Puneri Paltan skipper Surjeet Singh concluded.