Rajputana Royals beat Prithviraaj Yodhas in thrilling Archery Premier League season 2 opener

Hyderabad, Oct 8 (UNI) Rajputana Royals laid down the marker early on in Archery Premier League's second edition too as they beat Prithviraaj Yodhas 5-3 in the opening match here on Thursday. With compound archers Ojas Deotale and world No 1 Ella Gibson leading the way with high-scoring arrows at the start, Royals also had Tokyo Olympic recurve champion Mete Gazoz to thank, as he repeatedly closed out the sets with the 120-second countdown winding down. The Abhishek Verma-led Yodhas bounced back from a slow start and could have taken the match into a hit-or-miss shootoff with the final arrow…