The first phase of ongoing Telangana premier kabaddi tournament, conducted by Chintala Sports Pvt Ltd ended successfully at the Jawaharlal indoor stadium Hanmakonda yesterday.
The second will commence from 2nd February at Karimnagar. In yesterday’s matches, Siddipet Stallions and Gadwal Gladiators scored important wins to strengthen their semifinal chances.With Rangareddy already confirming its semis berth and Hyderabad almost are there the fight will be among Siddipet Stallions, Karimnagar Kings and Gadwal Gladiators to join them. In the first match yesterday Nalgonda Eagles put up yet another disappointing show against Stallions.
Thanks to Muganands fine allround performance Eagles did get to a good start, enjoying slender lead in the initial stages. But they couldn’t capitalize on that, making quite a few mistakes. In particular their defense was fairly poor. Stallions came back strongly in the second half to score a fine win.
The second match between Warangal Warriors and Gadwal Gladiators proved to be a one sided affair, with Mallikarjun, one of the star raiders of this meet being in terrific form again. Gladiators were dominant right through, not allowing the local team to stage any comeback. Warangal mainly depended on Nagaraj and Nikhil, who were a little off colour yesterday. With this loss Warriors are out of this meet.
By Sudheer Mahavadi – DD Commentator
