Siddharth Desai was the star for the home side with 9 points, the Telugu Titans produced a fantastic performance to defeat U Mumba 32-26 and ended their 12-match losing streak in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Spurred on by their home fans, the Titans fought back from an early deficit to win the match held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
U Mumba were off to a flyer in the early exchanges with Guman Singh and Kiran Magar leading the charge. And without much ado, the U-Mumba side kept the Titans at arms' length, holding on to the lead, especially with the defensive unit chipping in as well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Midway through the first half, Guman got in a Super Raid, which further strengthened their dominance in the contest, even though Abhishek Singh was doing all he could with his raids for the Titans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, Siddharth Desai in attack and Ankit in defence started the fightback for the home side, squaring up scores with less than 3 minutes to go in the first half. Mohsen Maghsoudlou added more bite to the Titans' attack, but it was U Mumba who led by one point at the break, with the score reading 15-14.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The second half started slower than the first phase, with the early exchanges seeing a few empty raids.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Abhishek Singh gave the Titans the lead for the first time on the night, with 14 minutes left, giving the home fans something to cheer about. A Super Tackle from the U Mumba side on Abhishek though put them back in front with just over 10 minutes to go, in what was turning out to be a low-scoring game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The contest see-sawed in the final stages as well, with the Titans inflicting an All-Out to take a three-point lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Thereafter, Parvesh Bhainswal and Vishal Bhardwaj cranked up the intensity in the final minutes as the Titans eventually picked up a victory, they were desperately looking for.<\/p>\r\n\r\n