Vancouver Lions scores an exciting win over Yo Yo Tigers at 59-54 in Wave World Kabaddi League

Amritsar, September 27, 2014: Amritsar was treated to extremely close and thrilling matches in Wave World Kabaddi League as Vancouver Lions upset the more fancied Yo Yo Tigers 59-54 late in the evening. Earlier in the day United Singhs edged out Royal Kings USA 55-53 in another thriller which was tight till the very end.
In the Vancouver Lions – Yo Yo Tigers match, the lead swung between the two teams any number of times keeping the spectators enthralled. The first sessions saw Yo Yo Tigers take a 15-14 lead, which was however reversed into a 30-26 lead for Vancouver Lions by the midpoint of the match.
Into the third session, Vancouver stayed ahead 44-41 as the match continued to be very keenly contested with very little separating the two teams.
The match was again very fiercely fought in the last quarter. Vancouver moved to 54-46 at one stage, but Yo Yo Tigers tried to fight back gamely. They did their best with both raiders and stoppers chipping in, but the Vancouver Lions having smelt victory jung onto he lead and won 59-54.
The raiders dominated the match as Vacouver converted 49 of their 56 raids for 87.50 per cent success rate, while Yo Yo Tigers converted 47 of their 57 raids for 82.46% success. As for the stoppers, Vancouver had 10 sccessful stops to Yo Yo Tigers’ seven and that made the difference between the two teams.
The big stars for Vancouver Lions were raiders Sucha Singh, Balvan Singh, Nishan Singh and Kuljit Singh, while their leading stoppers were Manpreet Singh Mani and Gagandeep Satti.
For Yo Yo Tigers Angrej Singh and Sandeep Kumar were the big stars as raiders.
 
This was four win for Vancouver Lions, who now join Yo Yo Tigers at eight points. Both teams have played nine matches each.
In the league standing Khalsa Warriors are clearly ahead with 17 points from nine matches, while Lahore Lions have 10 points, but from only seven matches. United Singhs, who won the first match on Friday, have 10 points. Vancouver Lions and Yo Yo Tigers have eight points each.
 Earlier in the first match United Singhs scored a narrow over Royal Kings USA after trailing for the first half of the match in the 33rd match of the Wave World Kabaddi league on Friday at the start of the triple header in Amritsar.
As has often in many of the close matches earlier in the season, some teams have been slow to start but then pick up quickly once they find their rhythm. United Singhs were in just that kind of a mood this evening.
Trailing 13-15 in first quarter, United were still behind at 26-27 at midway point of the match. The third quarter proved crucial as they turned the match around to go 42-37 ahead and then held on to the lead by a narrow two-point margin for a 55-53 verdict. United Singhs now have 10 points from five wins and four losses in nine games, while Royal Kings are at the bottom with two points from nine matches.

Team position after Match No 34:

Wave World Kabaddi League fixture for Amritsar is:

(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)

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