Sukhesh Hegde (7 points), Ajay Thakur (6 points) and Manjeet Chillar (4 points) contributed to Tamil Thalaivas’ score while for the Haryana team, Vikas Kandola (14 points) emerged as the star. Kandola attempted 21 raids for his 14 points.
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