PKL 2018 | We deserved to win the game, asserts Golamreza Mazandarani

In an inter-zone encounter U Mumba defeated the Bengal Warriors 31-20 at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Vizag. It was a team performance which won the game for U Mumba as more than five players from the U Mumba side had three or more points from the match. Siddharth Desai was the highest point getter for U Mumba with seven points. 

This was one of those matches where from both the sides many players contributed few points but there was no raider who touched the Super 10 mark. On that development, the coach asserted that they don’t play to fetch records and focus on winning the match and thanked the audience for supporting the U Mumba team.

“Definitely. I’d like to thank everyone who supported us and would request them to continue supporting us."

On the other hand, the Bengal Warriors tasted a defeat at the hands of U Mumba and coach Jagdish Kumble put the onus of the defeat on the raiding department of the team and stated that except for Maninder Singh no other raiders were up to the mark for them. For the Bengal Warriors, only Maninder Singh was able to score five points and no other raider even looked close to being good. But defence led by Ran Singh, who got four points did decently well for the team.

“No. When he was on the bench, the defence stepped up and revived him every time. Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat scored a few points as well. Not capitalising when he had them down to three men hurt us in this match.” 

The Bengal Warrior team raiders were super tackled twice and that did not help the team’s cause either.  Emphasising on those crucial moments the coach assessed that when the raiders get super tackled multiple times there is nothing a defence can do to save the game.