Dabang Mumbai beat Kalinga Lancers 5-2 to top table

TIL Desk Sports/ Dabang Mumbai avenged their bitter loss to Kalinga Lancers in their home game with a sensational 5-2 win here today that ensured they earned their top spot on the points table again.  Harmanpreet Singh (23rd minute), Florian Fuchs (31th) and Gurjant Singh (53rd) scored to fetch five points for the visiting team.

Kalinga Lancers are now pushed to the second spot after today’s loss.  The game between Kalinga Lancers and Dabang Mumbai was nothing short of a battle of supremacy as both teams vied to earn the top slot on the points table. While Kalinga Lancers toppled Dabang Mumbai after their previous win against Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Dabang Mumbai were playing this game after two successive loses.

The first quarter featured nail-biting action and high tempo as Dabang Mumbai ensured they kept dangerman Glenn Turner at bay, with at least three men marking him, making sure an entry into their circle was restricted. Dabang Mumbai did well in earning the game’s first penalty corner in the ninth minute but was ably blocked away by Kalinga Lancers keeper Andrew Charter.