Patna Pirates rode on Pardeep Narwal’s brilliant performance to make it to the semi finals of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League as they beat Puneri Paltan 31-28. This is the fourth consecutive season in which Patna have made it to the semi finals.

Patna Pirates are now top of the table with 47 points from 12 games whereas PuneriPaltanare now fifth with 32 points from 12 games. Pune have an outside chance of still qualifying for the semi finals.

Patna Pirates made a swift start as they led into 4-2 as Rajesh Mondalscored two raid points. However, PuneriPaltan came back to trail 4-5. PardeepNarwal scored his second raid point as Patna Pirates led 6-4 after 10 minutes. Narwal continued to garner points and he scored two more points as Patna Pirates led 9-4after 12 minutes. Patna Pirates inflicted an all out in 14th minute to lead. PuneriPaltan came back into the game in the last four minutes of first half as they trailed 10-15 at the break. Ajay Thakur scored four points for PuneriPaltan in the first half.

PuneriPaltan began the second half in fine fashion as they ParmodNarwal scored two raid points in the 22nd minute as they trailed 12-15. Patna Pirates forced a super tackle in 24th minute as they led 18-12. PardeepNarwal continued his hot streak and scored with a super raid in 26th minutes to lead 22-12.PuneriPaltan scored four points in the next three minutes as they tried to cut Patna’s lead and trailed 16-22 after 29 minutes.

In the 30th minute Patna Pirates inflicted their third all out as they led 28-16 with PardeepNarwal leading their charge with crucial raids throughout the game. PuneriPaltan mounted a strong comeback as they cut the lead to just four points with four minutes go. They also inflicted an all out on Patna Pirates in the 35th minute.

PardeepNarwal scored his 12th raid point in the 37th minute as Patna led 30-25. PuneriPaltan scored two raid points in the last 90 seconds but it wasn’t enough as they lost 28-31 in the end.