Dabang Delhi has won the PKL 12 title by defeating Puneri Paltan 31-28. This is the second time in Pro Kabaddi League history that Delhi has become the champion. In the last one and a half minutes, Pune had a chance to turn the match, but Delhi’s defenders tackled Aditya Shinde and ensured the historic victory. Earlier, Delhi had won the title of Season 8.
PKL 12 champion Dabang Delhi
In the final match, the team of former Indian Kabaddi team captain Ajay Thakur lost. Ajay Thakur was the coach of Puneri Paltan in PKL 12. In the first half, Delhi had taken a huge lead of 20-14 over Pune. Delhi slowed down the match in the second half. On the other end, Pune was also seen playing on a do-or-die raid.
Aditya Shinde used Super-10 for Puneri Paltan, but it did not work. On the other end, Delhi captain Ashu Malik flopped in this match, but Ajinkya Pawar and Neeraj Narwal compensated for Ashu’s poor performance by doing excellent raiding.
This player won the first title in 12 seasons
This was a very memorable moment for defender Surjeet Singh. He has been playing in Pro Kabaddi League since the first season, but he has won his first trophy after 12 seasons. In this long journey, Surjeet also played for Dabang Delhi, Bengaluru Bulls, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Telugu Titans, Tamil Thalaivas, Puneri Paltan, Bengal Warriors and U Mumba, but he got the trophy with Dabang Delhi.
Now Dabang Delhi has made a place among those teams which have won the PKL trophy more than once. Till now only Dabang Delhi, Patna Pirates and Jaipur Pink Panthers have been able to do this.
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