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Thalaivas goes down fighting to Titans
Tamil Thalaivas put up a late rally but that was not good enough to defeat Telugu Titans in the first match of the Pro-Kabaddi League here on Friday.
Hyderabad
Telugu Titans, which controlled the match midway through the first session, won 32-27 after leading 18-11 at half time. The Tamil Nadu team narrowed the lead towards the end in the match in which Telugu Titans was mostly nine or 10 points ahead.Â
Telugu Titans won the toss and decided to raid first. Ajay Thakur gave Tamil Thalaivas the first point. And Thalaivas scored through Prapanjan. Then Rahul Chaudhary swung into action for Titans. With Prapanjan and Rahul trading points, it pointed to a close match but that was not to be. Midway through the first half, Nilesh Salunke gave Titans the lead and from then on, the Titans never looked back.Â
Rahul was back to the scoring act and it opened up a good lead for Titans at  half time. In the second half, Titans widened the lead after storming the Thalaivas. Soon it opened up a 23-13 lead. The Thalaivas woke up a little bit late when it scored towards the end.
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