NEW DELHI: Punjab Royals registered a superb 5-2 victory over Delhi Sultans despite the home team skipper Sakshi Malik and her fiancé Satyawart Kadian's heroics in the second edition of the Pro Wrestling League in New Delhi on Sunday.

Punjab took the upper hand with an early 3-0, lead but Satyawart and Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi managed to keep Delhi Sultans hopes alive with back-to-back wins. However, Azerbaijan's star wrestler Togrul Zasgarov dashed the home team's hopes as he wrapped up the tie in Punjab's favour in just 30 seconds for a rather comfortable victory, with the last bout of the evening still remaining.

For Delhi, Praveen Rana failed to live up to the expectations, going down to a lesser known opponent Jitender, despite gaining an early lead, to hand over the advantage to the Punjab team. In the end, Punjab extended the margin of victory, winning the final encounter also with ease.

Earlier, in the 57kg category, Rio Games champion Vladimir Khinchegashvili lived up to his huge reputation to post a comfortable 8-1 win over Delhi's Pankaj and gave Punjab an early lead.

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