With this incredible victory, not only did the Heroes score three points, two points were awarded for winning the match and one extra point for winning it 5-0. David Lee was awarded the Player of the Match.

Jerome Vinith-led Heroes became the second team to secure a semi-final berth. Earlier, the Ahmedabad Defenders also qualified for the knockout stage of the PVL.

SV Guru Prasanth’s spike helped the Black Hawks take the lead at 11-9 in the first set. However, the Heroes won a Super Point to level the score at 11-11 and then maintained a close contest as the scoreboard read 14-14. However, Vignesh Raj D produced a fantastic smash to help Heroes win the first set 15-14.

David Lee helped Heroes forge a massive lead at 5-1 in the second set. Skipper Vinith and Ajithlal C came on to produce brilliant smashes as the Heroes swept the second set at 15-10.

Hyderabad Black Hawks’ Amit Gulia carried out a few spikes as the team attained a 6-4 lead in the third set. However, the Heroes fought back while Abil Krishnan MP and Jerome Vinith put out a tough contest as the scoreboard read 11-11.

Both teams scored points in tandem to tie the score at 14-14. Abil produced another spike to help his team win the third set at 15-14.

The Black Hawks took the lead at 9-6 in the fourth set. However, with the help of David Lee’s brilliance on the court as the scores were tied at 9-9. Thereafter, the Heroes produced a solid block to seal the fourth set at 15-14.

Skipper Vinith produced a fabulous spike as the Heroes maintained the lead at 10-4 in the fifth and final set. The Heroes continued to dominate and eventually wrapped up the fifth set at 15-9 to record a clean sweep.

Although the Black Hawks lost the contest, it did not affect their qualification for the semi-finals. The Vipul Kumar-led Black Hawks became the third team to sail through to the last four.

Prime Volleyball 2022 (PVL): February 22 Schedule & Match Timings in IST

Match: Ahmedabad Defenders vs Kochi Blue Spikers

Date: February 22, 2022 Timings: 7 pm IST

Streaming details:

The Rupay Prime Volleyball League 2022 is being telecast live on SONY TEN 1 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi), SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) & SONY TEN 2 (Malayalam) channels while live streaming is available on Sony LIV.

Also read: PVL 2022: Kochi Blue Spikers’ skipper Karthik and Ahmedabad Defenders’ Manoj speak ahead of their clash

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