{"id":59945,"date":"2025-10-16T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/bengaluru-torpedoes-outlast-calicut-heroes-in-pvl-nail-biter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T17:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:41:38","slug":"bengaluru-torpedoes-outlast-calicut-heroes-in-pvl-nail-biter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/bengaluru-torpedoes-outlast-calicut-heroes-in-pvl-nail-biter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru Torpedoes Outlast Calicut Heroes in PVL Nail-Biter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 16: <\/strong>Bengaluru Torpedoes outlasted the Calicut Heroes 20-18, 20-18, 7-15, 11-15, 15-12 in a five-set thriller at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in the ongoing RR Kabel Prime Volleyball League powered by Scapia. Calicut\u2019s Shameemudheen was honoured as Player of the Match for his resolute defensive performance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Badminton star H.S. Prannoy was among the crowd enjoying the drama as Bengaluru snatched the first two sets before Calicut staged a superb fightback. In the end, Bengaluru\u2019s composure under pressure earned them victory, while Calicut picked up their first league point.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The match opened with Sethu T.R. orchestrating Bengaluru\u2019s attack with smart drop shots. Calicut stayed within striking distance, but Sethu\u2019s booming super serve clinched the first set after intense exchanges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57768 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PNN-2025-10-16T154646414.jpg\" alt=\"Torpedoes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In another deuce-heavy second set, Sivanesan\u2019s serves put Calicut ahead before Jalen Penrose and Joel Benjamin swung momentum back. Benjamin\u2019s final strike through a double block gave Bengaluru a two-set cushion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Calicut refused to fade. Tharusha Chamath inspired the third-set recovery, with Vikas Maan ruling the net. Shameemudheen\u2019s towering blocks and Santosh S.\u2019s conversion of the super point gave Calicut a lifeline. They carried that rhythm into the fourth set, exploiting Bengaluru\u2019s service lapses to level the match.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The final set saw end-to-end rallies. Joel and Jalen powered Bengaluru\u2019s attack, while Tharusha and Shameemudheen kept Calicut alive. But in the tense closing moments, Jalen Penrose\u2019s decisive spike sealed the Torpedoes\u2019 victory, capping a memorable evening of high-intensity volleyball.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em> If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. We will respond and rectify the situation in the next 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 16: Bengaluru Torpedoes outlasted the Calicut Heroes 20-18, 20-18, 7-15, 11-15, 15-12 in a five-set thriller at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in the ongoing RR Kabel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_rishi_post_view_count":103},"categories":[10],"tags":[675],"class_list":["post-59945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports","rishi-post"],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","comments_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}