“Every game brings a new challenge. We practised well for today and we executed our gameplan to perfection. The captain has been instrumental in leading the troops. And Naveen Kumar had obviously been unbelievable. The raiding unit played extremely well. The defenders also played brilliantly,” Dabang Delhi coach Krishan Kumar Hooda said in the post-match press conference.

Delhi had a shaky start as they gave points in both the departments but they recovered quickly, thanks to good raiding performances by Meraj Sheykh and Naveen Kumar. It meant that Delhi was able to inflict two all-outs in the first half itself, as they took an inconsolable lead of 12 points over the Tamil Thalaivas at the end of the first half.

Their raiding unit scored 32 points collectively, the highest scorer was Naveen Kumar with 17 points and he was complimented well by Meraj Sheykh who scored 12 points. In defence, while they did make a few mistakes, Delhi covered well as Anil Kumar finished as the top scorer with 3 points followed by Ravinder Pahal and Vijay who scored 2 points each.