Titans edge past Pirates to maintain top spot

Pune : Telugu Titans maintained their top spot in the Zone B points table of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) after a narrow 35-31 win over defending champions Patna Pirates here on Friday.

Despite a good start, the Titans faltered during the midway mark but came from behind to eventually edge out the Pradeep Narwal-led team.

The Titans took an early 4-0 lead in the initial minutes however, some successful tackles and fine raids by Manjeet, who picked a total of eight points in the issue, helped Patna to make the score read 4-5. Skipper and star raider Pardeep then came with some excellent raids as Patna took a massive 12-6 lead.

Titans's ace raider Rahul Chaudhary, who collected a total of seven points in the game, then showed some attack as his successful raids cut the deficit to four points with Patna still leading 13-9.

The Telugu Titans now have 16 points from four contests and are followed by Patna at the second place, which has 11 points from the same number of games. IANS