PKL 2024 Results on November 27: Giants Overcome Warriorz After Table-Toppers Steelers See Off Paltan

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PKL 2024 results on November 27: Table-toppers Haryana Steelers saw off defending champions Puneri Paltan before Gujarat Giants overcame Bengal Warriorz at the Noida Indoor Stadium on Wednesday in PKL Season 11.

In the first match of the day, Haryana Steelers were in exceptional form as they stormed past the challenge of Puneri Paltan by a scoreline of 38-28. For Haryana Steelers, Shivam Patare top scored with 13 points and Mohammadreza Shadloui added 5 of his own.

The Haryana Steelers were out of the blocks very quickly, with the defenders and the attackers working in tandem, racing away to a 5-0 lead within the first few minutes.

The Haryana Steelers were dominating the early exchanges, and then Jaideep landed an ALL OUT, giving his team an 8-point lead and the momentum. Shivam Patare and Vinay were leading the charge in the attack for the Haryana Steelers, who continued to build on their lead.

In the final ten minutes of the first half, the current table toppers, Haryana Steelers, continued to keep the defending champions, Puneri Paltan, at bay. Shivam Patare ended the first half with 8 points to his name, as the Haryana Steelers led 22-14. The second half started off in similar fashion, with the Haryana Steelers dominating the contest.

Vinay and Shivam Patare were helping extend the lead, even as the Puneri Paltan continued to fight on with Pankaj Mohite and Akash Shinde. Mohammadreza Shadloui was also picking up crucial points for the Haryana Steelers, who led by 9 points at the half-hour mark.

In the final phase of play, Shivam Patare notched up his Super 10 and moments later Pankaj Mohite did so too. But, the Haryana Steelers had almost everyone making significant contributions, whereas the Puneri Paltan defensive unit weren't having the best day.

In the final five minutes, the game picked up pace as the Puneri Paltan raiders Pankaj Mohite and Akash Shinde tried to make one final push, but Jaideep and co held strong in defence for the Haryana Steelers.

Eventually, the Haryana Steelers walked off the mat with a 10-point win. Interestingly, earlier in the season when the two sides had met, the Puneri Paltan had won by 10 points.

Gujarat Giants Find Momentum

Gujarat Giants are starting to find some momentum at the right time with a third win in their last five matches. They got the better of Bengal Warriorz with a scoreline of 39-37 in a nail-biting contest in the second match on Wednesday.

A Super 10 from Guman Singh was enough for the Gujarat Giants to get over the line, despite Maninder Singh scoring a Super 10 and Nitesh Kumar completing a Hi-5 for the Bengal Warriorz.

The game got off to a fast start courtesy Guman Singh, who got the first raid of the game. He followed it up with a Super Raid to wipe out three Bengal Warriorz players, giving his side a four-point lead in the opening exchanges.

Bengal Warriorz roared back into the game, levelling things up at six-all, as Fazel Atrachali and Nitin Kumar got their team back into the mix. It didn't take Gujarat Giants too long to extend their lead back to four points as Himanshu Singh got the better of Fazel Atrachali on a successful Do-or-Die Raid.

However, Mighty Mani was starting to find his groove with a couple of raids, while a tackle from Mayur Kadam helped Bengal Warriorz cut the deficit down to two points. With the momentum on their side, Bengal Warriorz moved into the lead after inflicting an ALL OUT on Gujarat Giants.

At the end of a tightly contested first half, Maninder Singh and Guman Singh had seven raid points each, with Bengal Warriorz having a one-point lead as the scoreline read 20-19.

There was no separating the two teams as they went blow for blow at the start of the second half. The back-and-forth nature of the game continued as Gujarat Giants got their noses in front by two points.

The lead didn't last for too long as Nitesh Kumar was starting to make his presence felt on the defensive end alongside his captain, while Maninder Singh efforts helped Bengal Warriorz level the score at 25-points each.

Entering the final quarter of the game, the Bengal Warriorz had a one-point lead with their defense performing exceptionally. Keeping in tune with the seesaw nature of the game though, Gujarat Giants moved ahead again, courtesy of a Super Tackle with under seven minutes to go in the game.

Bengal Warriorz got themselves back in the driver's seat as Nitesh Kumar completed his Hi-5 with a tackle on Guman Singh. He followed it up by executing another brilliant tackle to inflict an ALL OUT on the Gujarat Giants, giving his side a three-point lead. Mighty Mani also completed his third Super 10 of the season, keeping Bengal Warriorz in the lead.

With the clock ticking down, Guman Singh completed his Super 10 and got Gujarat Giants in the lead again with under two minutes to go. He also delivered the final blow to the Bengal Warriorz, inflicting an ALL OUT and settling the result of the game beyond all doubt.

Source: Media Release