Haryana Steelers play out a thrilling 40-40 tie with Tamil Thalaivas

Kolkata, December 25: Tamil Thaliavas and Haryana Steelers played out an exciting 40-40 tie in a Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season 6 match on Tuesday.

Haryana Steelers avoided defeat as they scored two points in the last minute. Monu Goyat top scored for Haryana with 17 points and put in a stellar performance. Ajay Thakur was in fine form for Tamil Thalaivas and he too scored 17 points. Haryana ended their league campaign on a positive note as did Tamil Thalaivas. Both teams finished bottom of the table in their respective zones.

Tamil Thalaivas began strongly and led 3-0 after three minutes with Ajay Thakur picking up a raid point. Haryana Steelers came back to trail 3-4 after five minutes. It was a close affair in the first 10 minutes. Monu Goyat picked up a two-point raid in the 7th minute to level the match at 6-6.

They tried, they tested and they tied! 🤜💥🤛

Bowing out of their #VivoProKabaddi Season 6 journeys, both @HaryanaSteelers and @tamilthalaivas gave it their best shot, fighting tooth and nail.

Here's how it all went down in #HARvCHE: https://t.co/HJ4zMHY0C4 pic.twitter.com/PbCoyPdAcC

— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) December 25, 2018

Steelers forced a super tackle in the 13th minute as they tied the match at 11-11. Anand was the star raider for Thalaivas in the first half. He picked up three raid points in two minutes as they led 16-14 at the end of the first half.

Tamil Thalaivas inflicted an all out at the start of the second half to lead 19-16. Haryana Steelers weren’t deterred by the all out and kept picking up points. In the 26th minute Haryana inflicted an all out to lead 27-23. Ajay Thakur made a super raid in the next minute to bring Thalaivas back in the match. In the 29th minute, Thalaivas inflicted an all out to lead 32-28.

It was a closely fought encounter with both teams level on 36-36 after 36 minutes. Ajay Thakur picked up two raid points in two minutes to give Thaliavas 39-37 lead after 38 minutes.

Source: Press Release