Jaraganahalli, Jyothi win

YFA Jaraganahalli and Jyothi SC registered impressive wins to progress to the second round of the inaugural Red Bull Tashan kabaddi tournament here.

Jaraganahalli survived a late scare to beat Kashi Vishwanath 25-22 in an intense encounter after Jyothi had claimed a hard-fought 37-32 win over YFA Hebbal in their qualifying matches.

A total of 34 matches were held on Wednesday. Jaraganahalli and Jyothi were among the 17 teams that advanced to the next stage after round one of the qualifiers.

Jaraganahalli, on the back of good performances from Raja and Manoj P, took a healthy 14-7 lead at the break and were cruising to victory.

But Kashi staged a superb comeback in the second period to cut the lead to 18-17.

They then went ahead 20-19. Raja, however, came out with a fine effort late in the game to put his team ahead 22-20.

There was no turning back from that point as Jaraganahalli maintained their composure to claim a 25-22 win.
Earlier, Jyothi started well and went ahead 19-11 at the end of the first half but Hebbal fought back in the second period, outscoring their opponents 21-19 but it wasn’t enough as Jyothi held on to claim the game 37-32.

Sanju and Lokesh were the star performers for Jyothi while Niranjan and Ajay did well for Hebbal.