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Chennai, March 15 (HS). Ahmedabad Defenders defeated Delhi Storms 15-10, 11-15, 10-15, 18-16 in the Super-5 match of the third season of Rupay Prime Volleyball League powered by A23 played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai on Friday. By defeating, they have kept their hopes alive in the tournament. Angamuthu was adjudged player of the match for his excellent play.
Angamuthu made a great start in attack and this made it easier for Muthusamy to receive passes. There were continuous net touches from Delhi Storms since the start of the match and Ahmedabad took full advantage of them. Max Senica's attacking play helped Delhi score an easy point while Santosh's continuous attacks helped Delhi team strengthen its position in the match. But in today's match, Shikhar Singh was in rhythm from the beginning and he maintained the lead of the defenders by continuously making brilliant blocks.
Dodich continued his efforts to get Delhi back and started finding space among Ahmedabad's blockers. Due to Nandagopal's sudden injury, the defenders' attack started looking weak and Aponja took advantage of this and started putting blocks to bring Delhi back into the contest. Santosh's attacking game from the middle kept testing Ahmedabad's defense and the rhythm of the match started shifting in the other direction.
Although Angamuthu made good use of his height and continued to score important points for the team, Dodich's aggressive serves weakened Ahmedabad's defense and Delhi Storms took their 2–1 lead in the match. Shaun T started a good attack to start the Ahmedabad fight. But despite Senica's mistakes, Ahmedabad took the match to the fifth set thanks to Angamuthu's attacking play.
A few block errors from Aponja gave Ahmedabad a chance to attack. On the other hand, Muthusamy kept his team in the match with his attacking game by making brilliant blocks in the middle. Angamuthu continued to hit spikes from the serve line to test Delhi and help his team clinch a crucial super point. With this, Ahmedabad Defenders kept alive the hopes of reaching the next stage by winning this exciting match.
