PKL 2019 | Siddharth Desai's super 10 helps Telugu Titans beat UP

The first half of the match started with Telugu Titans taking an early lead in the half as they raced to a 6-4 lead with Siddharth Desai leading from the front for the Titans. U.P. then closed the gap to 8-10 with the help of a bonus point and a touch point by Rishank Devadiga. The match was a neck to neck competition but Titans managed to get a slender lead of 12-9 with nine minutes left in the half. 

But, Yoddha soon closed the gap to level the score with two successful tackles by Amit followed by Captain, Nitesh Kumar and a successful raid by Rishank Devadiga in a do or die situation. Now, it was turn of the Yoddha as they inflicted the first all-out on the Titans with a tackle by local boy Ashu Singh. This helped U.P. rush into an 18-14 lead with 3 minutes left in the half. The Yoddha had the momentum on their side with loud cheers of the home crowd as they went into the half-time leading 20-14.

The score now stood at 33-27 in favour of the Yoddha with seven minutes left in the half. Things were getting really close as a super raid by Siddharth Desai which caught Nitesh, Amit and Gurdeep off-guard to close the gap at 33-31. It was now the Yoddha who made a brilliant effort with a Super Tackle from Sumit to get Siddharth Desai to again move slightly ahead into a two point lead at 35-33. U.P. Yoddha seemed to have lost the flair all of a sudden as a second all-out on them by the Titans made sure the Yoddha trailed in the match for the first time by 36-38.  In spite of the valiant efforts by U.P. Yoddha in the end Titans came out victorious by 41-36.