Pune, Dec 25 (Representative) The U Mumba have made the Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 Playoffs, and taken the fifth spot on the points table, as they swatted away the challenge from Bengal Warriorz, in the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here.U Mumba won the match 132 by a scoreline of 36-27 on Tuesday night, bringing down the curtains on a thoroughly entertaining league phase. For U Mumba, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh got 7 points, while Sunil Kumar got a High 5 and Ajit Chouhan bagged 6 points. For the Bengal Warriorz, Pranay Rane scored 12 points.The Bengal Warriorz were out of the blocks quicker than the U Mumba in the early exchanges, racing into a slender two-point lead. But Manjeet and Sunil Kumar responded well, as the U Mumba edged ahead. For the Bengal Warriorz, Pranay Rane was leading the attack while Ajit Chouhan was having a slow start to the game. UNI BMPranay Rane was giving it all in the final game of the season and it was reflected in the scores, as the U Mumba were back to playing catch up. The U Mumba though were starting to go through the gears, with Ajit Chouhan, Parvesh Bhainswal and Sunil Kumar holding fort. Ajit Chouhan’s flurry of raids propelled the U Mumba into a 4-point lead, with 4 minutes to go in the first half.
Sunil Kumar then landed an All-Out, and the Season 2 champions took charge. At the break, U Mumba led 18-10.U Mumba, who last made the Playoffs in Season 7, picked up the pace from the get-go in the second half, as Amirmohammad Zafardanesh started things off with a three-point lead.U Mumba were marching on towards the fifth spot on the points table. Seven minutes into the second half, the Bengal Warriorz were on the wrong side of another All-Out, which gave the U Mumba a 14-point lead. Meanwhile, Nitesh Kumar had picked up another High-5 for the Bengal Warriorz, and along with Pranay Rane, was soldiering on. U Mumba captain Sunil Kumar too had registered another High-5 by the half-hour mark. Shortly after, Pranay Rane got to his Super 10 and that was followed by an All-Out on the U Mumba. The Bengal Warriorz were threatening to make a comeback, and with just under 7 minutes to go, faced a 7-point deficit. Pranay Rane and Nitesh Kumar were giving the U Mumba a few nervy moments in the final minutes. However, the U Mumba had done enough and walked away with a morale-boosting win and the fifth spot on the points table.