U.P. Yoddhas, the GMR Group-owned franchise representing the state of Uttar Pradesh in the Pro Kabaddi League, opened their PKL 10 campaign with one point against U Mumba. The Yoddhas fought hard to earn the winning point but went down narrowly to U Mumba with a scorecard reading 31-34. The second game of the opening day of the Pro Kabaddi 2023-24 was being played at The Arena by TransStadia, Ahmedabad.

For Yoddhas, star raider Surender Gill and debutant Anil Kumar stood tall, earning 7 points each from the game. U.P. Yoddhas are placed third on the points table with one point from as many games. They will now take on Haryana Steelers on 06^th December 2023. The match will be telecast LIVE & exclusively on Star Sports Network and can be streamed LIVE on Disney Hotstar from 09:00 p.m. (IST) onwards.

The game began with U Mumba racing ahead with quick bonus points and some worthy tackles; however, Surender Gill and Anil Kumar kept the Yoddhas fight alive but could not save them from an All-Out. With five minutes left in the first half, U.P. Yoddhas were trailing by 8 points, with the scoreboard reading 18-10 to U Mumba’s favour. Yoddhas, however, staged a brilliant comeback to reduce the deficit to just five points as the scoreboard read 19-14 in favour of U Mumba at the end of the first half.

The second half saw stiff competition from both ends. However, U.P. Yoddhas outshone U Mumba to make a comeback to trail by just two points after inflicting an all-out on U Mumba in the 33^rd minute. The scoreboard at this moment read 23-25 in U Mumba’s favour, as U.P. Yoddhas tried hard to get the lead, but some unforced errors in the last few minutes of the game saw them losing 31-34 to U Mumba.