PUNE: Riding on a strong performance by its raiders, Patna Pirates extracted revenge on Tamil Thalaivas with a thumping 45-27 in a Zone B encounter of Pro Kabaddi Season 6 at The Arena by Transstadia in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Pardeep Narwal(13 points), Deepak Narwal (10 points) and Manjeet (8 points) combined to score over 20 points to lead their team to victory. Tamil Thalaivas defence had a night to forget as they scored just four tackle points. Ajay Thakur chipped in with 8 points for Tamil Thalaivas. Pardeep Narwal achieved his ninth super 10 of the season.

Patna Pirates are now second in Zone B with 38 points after 13 matches whereas Tamil Thalaivas are bottom of the table with 25 points from 13 matches. 

After 10 minutes, Patna Pirates held an eight-point advantage as they led 12-4.  Tamil Thalaivas came back strongly before the end of the half as they inflicted an all out to trail 11-14. Deepak Narwal’s two-point raid in the 20th minute meant that Patna Pirates led 16-13 at the break. In the end it were the Pirates who emerged victorious.