In the first match of the week in Lucknow, UP Yoddha took on U Mumba in the Inter Zone Challenge week of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium. U Mumba edged the home side and won 34-37.
Shabeer Bapu scored 13 points for U Mumba and Anup Kumar contributed 8 points. Rishank Devadiga scored 14 points for UP Yoddha but couldn’t help his side from slumping to a home defeat against the Mumba boys.
Anup Kumar got U Mumba going with a raid point in the third minute but UP Yoddha led 6-3 minutes after, as they continued to lead the visiting team.
Devadiga scored three points in the 26th minute as UP Yoddha further led 23-22. Darshan Kadian responded with a two-point raid in the next minute for U Mumba. But UP Yoddha inflicted the second all out in the 30th minute to lead 29-26.
With less than five minutes to go, U Mumba inflicted their second all out to lead 35-31. UP Yoddha cut the deficit to two points after 37 minutes. U Mumba eventually managed to edge the home side and make it three wins out of five.
In other results, Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Bengaluru Bulls 30-28.
U Mumba face Telugu Titans on August 19 at 21:00 (IST).
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