Lucknow Aug 22 (IANS) Gujarat Fortunegiants stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches after beating Puneri Paltan 35-21 in a Zone A contest of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 5 at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.
Gujarat Fortunegiants remained on top of Zone A with 41 points after 10 matches while Puneri Paltan after suffering their second defeat of the season stayed second with 21 points from six games.
Iran s Fazel Atrachali scored nine tackle points to create a record of scoring most points this season.
Raider Sachin opened Gujarat s account in the first minute to make it 1-0 before making it 2-0 with a bonus point thanks to Fazal successfully tackling Pune skipper Deepak Hooda.
Pune s defenders scored their first point of the match in the second minute as the initial few minutes witnessed a close contest with the scores levelled at 5-5 after eight minutes.
Thereafter it was Gujarat all the way scoring 11 points in a row including an all out to lead 16-5 after 12 minutes.
Fazel marshalled Gujarat s defence as they didn t give a sniff to Pune who finally managed to break the deadlock by earning two crucial points towards the end of the first half.
Pune seemed to have no reply to Gujarat s aggression as the Sukesh Hedge-led side went on the rampage even after the breather.
In the initial few minutes of the second half Deepak Hooda s boys tried to make a comeback by reducing the gap to 16-9.
Deepak scored a raid point in the 26th minute as Pune trailed 11-18 before Sachin s raid point in the 31st minute helped Gujarat stretch it further to 22-11.
Gujarat were looking in total command as Pune found the going tough even in the second half.
In the 32nd minute both teams exchanged a raid point as the scoreboard read 23-13 in favour of Gujarat.
Pune managed to score five points in the next few minutes and reduce the deficit to six points.
With less than five minutes remaining Fazel achieved a high five as Gujarat led 25-18 but Pune forced a super tackle in the 38th minute to reduce it to 20-27.
But Gujarat sealed the match in their favour by inflicting another all out in the final minute to extend their lead to 33-21.
--IANS
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