Pune: The Bangalore Rhinos team won the title by defeating Pune Pride with 42-38 on Tuesday in the final match of the first edition of the Parle-Indo International premier Kabaddi league that was played here. Bangalore defeated Pune 7-9, 14-6, 10-10, 11-13 to take the title in the final of the four quarters.

According to the sources, the winning team Bangalore Rhinos Rs 1.25 crore prize money while runners-up Pune was provided Rs 75 lakh. For defending champion Bangalore, Vishal took 12 and Arumugam nine points. For runners-up Pune, Amarjeet Singh collected 13 points. Amarjeet Singh opened the account for Pune in the first quarter of the final match played at Sri Kattarawa Stadium here. However, then, the two teams were on a par with 4-4 in the fifth minute of the contest and 5-5 in the sixth minute.

At the same time, a few minutes later, the Pune team took a three-point lead, and then it claimed the first quarter with a double-digit lead from 7-9. Shortly after the second quarter began, the Bangalore team took a score from the Reds of the Raiders giant to level the scores 11-11. He then took a double-digit lead and made the score 14-12.

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