Patna Pirates to play Dabang Delhi in PKL 8 final

Patna Pirates on Wednesday beat UP Yoddha 38-27 while Dabang Delhi KC defeated Bengaluru Bulls 40-35 to set up a title clash against each other in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 here. In the first semifinal, star defender Mohammadreza Shadloui and Sunil picked up High 5s for Patna while at the other end raiders Sachin (7 points) and Guman Singh (8 points) ensured a difficult night for UP Yoddha. UP Yoddha's Pardeep Narwal had a quiet outing with just four points in the entire match.

In fact, it was substitute Shrikant Jadhav who performed best for UP Yoddha in attack, scoring 10 points (including 2 for a Super Tackle). Later in the day, Dabang Delhi qualified for their second consecutive final of PKL by getting the better of Bengaluru Bulls. Naveen Kumar picked a Super 10 (14 points) as Delhi's experienced stars made it a night to remember by clinching a comeback win.

Pawan Sehrawat (18 points) gave the Bulls a fast start, but Delhi secured important ALL OUTs at crucial points of the game to turn the match in their favour. The final of the event will be played on Friday. Earlier, Patna started on the front foot with their star defender Shadloui looking in red-hot form.

The raiding duo of Sachin and Guman Singh attacked at the other end and even Ashu Singh's Super Tackle wasn't enough to prevent an ALL OUT in the 10th minute. Patna continued to dominate the proceedings with Prashanth Kumar Rai also joining in the attack with important touch points. Pardeep Narwal and Surender Gill had no answers to Patna's high intensity defending.