Srikanth, Sai Praneeth shine as Bengaluru beat Delhi in PBL

Skipper Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth put up a strong show as Bengaluru Raptors defeated former champions Delhi Dashers in a Premier Badminton League Season 4 match here on Wednesday.

With this, Srikanth continues his unbeaten streak this season, having won all three of his matches so far.

In the first rubber of the game, Bengaluru's Sai Praneeth met his Pullela Gopichand Academy training partner HS Prannoy, who represented the Delhi franchise.

When the match started, it was evident that Prannoy, already hobbled by a right knee injury, wasn't at his best.

Facing breathing issues, the Indian national champion had a hard time stringing together points. Sai showed beautiful control of the shuttle to build a 6-2 lead.

It was only after the mid-game break that Prannoy started showing signs of resurgence and drew level at 10-10 before Praneeth dashed his hopes with a 15-12 scoreline.

Having gone down 8-10 in the second game, Prannoy found his second gear to explode to 13-10.

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