Mumbai: Jaipur Pink Panthers registered victory as they beat U Mumba 39-36 in the VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 5 at DOME@NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai. Jasvir Singh scored 10points and Pawan Kumar scored nine points to lead their team to victory. For U Mumba Anup Kumar had a disappointing game.

This was Jaipur’s fourth victory of the season as they now have 22 points from six games. U Mumba crashed to their fourth defeat of the season and have 17 points from seven games.

U Mumba scored two points in the first three minutes to lead 2-0. Jaipur Pink Panthers defence did the scoring in the initial minutes as they led 4-3 after five minutes. Pawan Kumar scored with a two-point raid in the seventh minute to lead 7-3. Kuldeep Singh scored with a three-point raid in the 8th minute as U Mumba trailed 6-7. It was a close game for the first ten minutes as both teams were tied at 8-8.

In the 12th minute Jaipur Pink Panthers inflicted an all out to lead 13-8. Jasvir Singh scored with a three-pont raid as Jaipur led 18-9 after 16 minutes. Jaipur Pink Panthers were relentless in the first half as they went in the break 24-14. For U Mumba Anup Kumar had a quiet game and his team wasn’t strong to cope with Jaipur’s attack.

Anup Kumar scored with a raid point in the first minute of the second half but Pawan Kumar scored two points as Jaipur led 26-14 after 21 minutes. Jaipur inflicted an all out in the 26th minute to lead 35-19. U Mumba were looking down and out and had no answer to Jaipur’s aggression.

Jaipur Pink Panthers were relentless for the entire match and didn’t let U Mumba a chance throughout for 30 minutes. U Mumba tried to make a comeback in the last five minutes as they inflicted an all out in 36th minute as they trailed 30-38.

U Mumba scored four points in the next two minutes as they trailed 34-38 in the 38th minute with Darshan Kadian scoring a raid point. Jaipur survived a late onslaught to win 39-36.