Dabang Delhi beat UP Yoddha 36-27 in PKL

Naveen Kumar was once again the star for home side Dabang Delhi as they beat UP Yoddha 36-27 in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Sunday.

The 19-year-old raider picked up a Super 10 (16 points) for the seventh consecutive time this season as Dabang secured an important victory to keep their record of 100 per cent win at home intact and push them to the top of the Season 7 points table.

Meraj Sheykh got a place in the starting seven for Dabang Delhi after his influential cameo in their win against Bengaluru Bulls in the previous outing while there was no Rishank Devadiga in the seven for UP Yoddha who went in with Monu Goyat as their chief raider.

The UP team raced to a 4-0 lead in the early minutes as Monu Goyat impressed with his raids. But the home side clawed their way back, riding on Naveen 'Express' Kumar's raiding abilities. Naveen's two-point raid, taking out Ashu Singh and Amit in the 9th minute levelled the match at 6-6.

Naveen was once again in the limelight as his raid ...