California Eagles defeated Lahore Lions by 57-47

Lahore: California Eagles, after an exciting and thrilling contest, defeated kabaddi team Lahore Lions by 57-47 in the 28th match of World Kabaddi League (WKL) 2014 on Friday night in Jalandhar. After their shocking triumph, California Eagles moved up the points table to 5th position.

According to information made available here, the first quarter was dominated by the raiders and the only successful stop was exhibited by Balkara Singh of California Eagles by pushing Akmal Shahzad Dogar of the line to score a point for California Eagle. Shafiq Ahmad Chishti of Lahore Lions and Jagmohan Singh Makkhi of California Eagles were among the star raiders in the opening quarter. At the end of first quarter, the points tally was 13-14 in favour of Eagles.

Stopper Mohsin Naseer Wahla of Lahore Lions made some strong efforts to bring back his team in the safe position in the second quarter. He stopped star raider Baldev of California Eagles, however, the overall weak defence of his team pull back Lahore Lions in the tough phase. The entire quarter witnessed several efforts made by the players of both the team to earn points using technical moves. The final score at the end of 2nd quarter was California Eagles 28 and Lahore Lions 24.

The third quarter of the match saw massive tussle between both the teams with Lahore Lions trying hard to reduce the score difference. Akmal Shahzad made successful raid and scored point for the Lions. In one of the raids, Balkara Singh tried hard to stop Shafiq Chishti of Lahore Lions but he was unsuccessful. However at the end of the third quarter California Eagles were leading with a difference of 6 points and score of 36-42.

In the fourth and last quarter, California Eagles overwhelmed their opponents with a sufficient margin through attacking raids and strong coordination between the players. While on the other end, Lahore Lions were seen struggling to maintain a rhythm among them but they didn’t have much time to offer any kind of resistance and match ended with the final scores of 57-47.