Haryana Steelers win maiden Professional Kabaddi title after defeating Patna Pirates in Season 11 remaining

The Haryana Steelers, who completed prime of the desk within the league stage throughout PKL Season 11, produced an impressive show on the mat on Sunday night, as they went onto clinch their maiden PKL crown, after they defeated the Patna Pirates, on the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports activities Advanced, Balewadi, Pune.

With the Present Stopper Shadloui in full stream, the Haryana Steelers received the ultimate with a scoreline of 32-23. For the Haryana Steelers, the champions, Shivam Patare scored 9 factors, Mohammadreza Shadloui bagged 7 and Vinay added 6 extra to the trigger. The champions have been awarded INR 3 crore while the runners-up Patna Pirates bagged INR 1.8 Crore.

It was an electrical begin to the massive night, with the Haryana Steelers choosing up the primary few factors, and the lead within the early exchanges. Devank and Ankit have been preventing away for the Patna Pirates, however it was the Haryana Steelers, who have been dictating phrases and controlling the tempo, with Shivam Patare and Mohammadreza Shadloui doing the heavy lifting.

The Haryana Steelers’ defence, led by Jaideep and Rahul Sethpal, have been displaying precisely why they’re thought of to be among the finest items within the competitors, as they made scoring extraordinarily powerful for the Patna Pirates. Nonetheless, because the half progressed, Gurdeep and Sudhakar introduced the Patna Pirates again to inside touching distance of their opponents.

Devank and Ayan then levelled issues up, earlier than Shivam Patare and Vinay, put the Haryana Steelers within the field seat, after which the Season 10 runners-up continued to construct on additional. On the half-time break, the Haryana Steelers led 15-12.

The second half began off slower than the primary, with the Patna Pirates choosing up the primary factors by means of Sudhakar. The Haryana Steelers had finished nicely to maintain Devank and Ayan quiet thus far, however the three-time champions have been preventing again.

Nonetheless, the Present Stopper Shadloui was scoring essential factors, as was Jaideep, which stored the Haryana Steelers within the hunt for his or her first title within the historical past of the PKL. Near the half-hour mark, the Haryana Steelers had a three-point lead, which had the sport on a knife-edge.

After that, the Haryana Steelers began to show the screws on their opponents, touchdown the primary ALL OUT of the sport. The Present Stopper Shadloui was in his parts, because the Haryana Steelers stormed right into a 9-point lead. Within the remaining minutes, the Haryana Steelers managed the sport and the clock brilliantly, and slammed the door shut on any hopes of a comeback.

Victory etched in glory – behold the second of the brand new 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 – HARYANA STEELERS 🥇#ProKabaddi #PKL11 #LetsKabaddi #PKLFinal #ProKabaddiOnStar #HaryanaSteelers #PatnaPirates pic.twitter.com/zHOAukyCYk

— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) December 29, 2024

On the finish of the forty minutes, the Haryana Steelers walked off the mat with the win, which gave them their first ever PKL title.

Match Awards

Raid of Season 11: Manjeet (Telugu Titans)

Sort out of Season 11: Ankit (Patna Pirates)

Greatest Raider of Season 11: Devank Dalal (Patna Pirates)

Greatest Defender of Season 11: Nitesh Kumar (Tamil Thalaivas)

New Younger Participant of Season 11: Ayan Lohchab (Patna Pirates)

Most Priceless Participant of Season 11: Mohammadreza Shadloui (Haryana Steelers)

Tremendous Coach of Season 11: Manpreet Singh (Haryana Steelers)