Overview

• Bengaluru edged Goa 15-9, 11-15, 13-15, 17-15, 15-9 at Hyderabad’s Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Friday.
• Goa, competing as new entrants, seized momentum in sets two and three through aggressive play by Chirag, Nathaniel Dickinson and veteran Jeffrey Menzel, including key super points.
• Sethu’s early serving burst and captain-setter Matt West’s distribution set the tone before the match swung back and forth.
• Jalen Penrose earned Player of the Match for clutch counterattacks and serving, with Nitin Minhas’s defense pushing the contest to a fifth set and Joel Benjamin and Mujeeb closing out the decider.
• After the comeback win, Bengaluru next face the Kolkata Thunderbolts at the same venue, with West noting the team’s confidence and connection.