KOCHI (Kerala), Wednesday, 19th October 2022: After three consecutive days of action, Kochi Tigers have emerged as the only undefeated team in the INBL 5x5 Season 1 Round 1 underway at the Regional Sports Centre (Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium).
Kochi Tigers beat Delhi Dribblers 83-57, and in the process consigned the latter to their third straight loss.
Meanwhile, Chennai Heat returned to their winnings ways, a lopsided 100-73 scoreline over Mumbai Titans. Chennai is now 2-1, while Mumbai is 1-2.
The very first game on Day 3 saw Bengaluru Kings post their second straight win, this time over Chandigarh Warriors, 83-72. Rival guards Abhishek Gowda of Kings and Warriors’s Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu had an entertaining three-point shootout, connecting six and five times respectively. In the end, Gowda’s game high 31 points led Bengaluru to the 11 point victory.
Bengaluru Kings is now 2-1, while Chandigarh Warriors is now 1-2, with two games remaining in Round 1.
INBL 5x5 Season 1 Round 1 {Kochi} Results (18-10-22)
1. Bengaluru Kings (Abhishek Gowda 31 pts, Arvind Arumugam 19 pts, Anil Kumar B K 15 pts, Pratyanshu Tomar 10 reb) bt Chandigarh Warriors (Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 23 pts, Palpreet Singh Brar 20 pts, Sahil 14 pts) 83-72 [20-20, 17-12, 19-14, 27-26]
2. Chennai Heat (Anantharaj 18 pts, P Baladhaneshwar 18 pts, Muin Bek Hafeez 14 pts, Prasanna Venkatesh, 14 pts, Lokeshwaran 12 pts) bt Mumbai Titans (Vivek Goti 18 pts, Sameer Qureshi 12 pts, Sayyed Mohd Yousuf 12 pts) 100-73 [27-11, 19-19, 24-18, 30-25]
3. Kochi Tigers (Chacko C Simon 18 pts, Joshua Sunil Oomen 12 pts & 10 reb, Lalrina Renthlei 14 pts, Sejin Mathew 12 pts) bt Delhi Dribblers (Mahipal Singh 18 pts, Piyush Meena 13 pts) 83-57 [17-16, 25-13, 17-19, 24-9]