VELAMMAL YKS TNC 2024

Velammal Yuva Kabaddi Series Tamil Nadu Clubs 2024 went underway on May 5th in the scorching heat of Chennai, YKS was back after the 2nd Edition of KMP YKS in Maharashtra. This was the 10th Edition of YKS and this was yet another special edition where all teams that participated were from the historic state of Tamil Nadu where Kabaddi is a home grown sport for many- the state where Kabaddi word originated from the words- KAI-Pidi. 16 Club teams from Tamil Nadu took centre stage at the Velammal Yuva Kabaddi Series Tamil Nadu Clubs, with some notable names like AZ Club, Vels University, SRM University and PRIST University to name a few. The Tournament kicked off to some intense Kabaddi in the Pool A and Pool B rounds where 16 teams fought it out in a single round robin within their pools. Vels University and PRIST University were the top teams from Pool A and Pool B. After the Pool Rounds, came the Booster Rounds where top teams had lot of lose and bottom teams had Booster Points to gain. Vels University, PRIST University, Karpagam University, NA Academy topped the points table as top 4 out of the top 10 teams who made it to the Summit Round. Karpagam University performed when it mattered to make it to the final, they finished 4th in the overall standings, but in the Summit Round dominated and won 2 games- Quarter Final and Semi Final to cement their place in the final with Vels University. But Vels University dominated from the day 1 in the tournament, the team had back ups for each position and the coach was very vocal about the ‘Rotation Policy’ where all players got a chance and all were very good, they lost just 2 games in the tournament and won 13 matches. In the finals Vels University did not give Karpagam any bit of chance to win the final with a margin of 30 points- Highest Margin of victory in a YKS Final in the last 10 editions. Thanks to Sathish Kannan and Sakthivel Ramu, who were ruthless from the word go to put Vels in a dominating position in the final to help them become the champions of Velammal Yuva Kabaddi Series Tamil Nadu Clubs 2024.

Sakthivel Thangavelu fondly known as the scorpion Thnangavelu, was at his best from the word go in the Velammal Yuva Kabaddi Series TN Clubs 2024, he topped the defender charts with 59 tackle points, his team mate Manikandan Nesamani took everyone by surprise to finish as close 2nd with 53 tackle points in the tournament. Ajith Kumar and Sakthivel Ramu from Vels also gave tough competition to Sakthivel Thangavelu and Manikandan in the race to the top of the best defenders chart. Ganganath Krishnan from KR Sports took everyone by surprise and topped the raiders chart from day 1 to end of the tournament to finish as the best raider of the Tournament eventually with 161 raid points at a strike rate of 72%. Sathish Kannan Suryan from Vels had a tournament to remember he was in his absolute best to finish as the 2nd best defender with 127 raid points with a mammoth strike rate of 74.6%. Another raider who was in complete control and was one of the finds was Noushad from Chennai Sports, he scored 127 raid points in just 12 matches at 10.5 raid points per match. He was also known for his leadership skills on the mat during the tournament but unfortunately couldn’t take his team over the line because of Injury towards the business end of the tournament. The Velammal Yuva Kabaddi Series Tamil Nadu clubs had 121 Intense matches that lived up to the buzz around the tournament and kept the intensity at top through out the 33 days of the tournament.

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