******KABBADI WORLD CUP 2016 - INDIA CHAMPS******

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The Kabaddi World Cup enters its third edition, with the tournament set to kick off on the 7 October with its first fixture between hosts and strong favourites India, as well as South Korea.

The tournament was earlier inaugurated by the President of the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) Janardan Singh Gehlot at an event in the host city of Ahmedabad, with the captains of the 12 participating teams also present at the venue.

India are grouped with South Korea, Australia, Bangladesh, Argentina and England, while Iran, USA, Japan, Poland, Thailand and Kenya are the teams that form the second pool. The tournament will be played initially in round-robin format, before it progresses to the semi-finals. The grand final will take place on 22 October.

IKF president Gehlot had earlier offered words of praise for the tournament, describing it as a big step towards globalising the sport.

"This is the watershed moment for the sport of Kabaddi globally. The International Kabaddi Federation has been working to develop Kabaddi as a competitive discipline. With 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, the sport is all set to breakthrough on a global stage,"  Gehlot was quoted as saying in a press release by the organisers of the tournament.

All the matches of the tournament will take place at The Arena by TransStadia in the host city of Ahmedabad. The trophy for the event was earlier unveiled by the newly-elected Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, in the host city.

Full schedule of the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 (Indian fixtures in bold):

2016 Kabaddi World Cup schedule

7 October, 20:00 hrs IST: India vs South Korea

7 October, 21:00 hrs IST: USA vs Iran

8 October, 19:00 hrs IST: England vs Bangladesh

8 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Poland vs Kenya

8 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Australia

9 October, 19:00 hrs IST: Argentina vs South Korea

9 October, 20:00 hrs IST: United States vs Japan

9 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Iran vs Thailand

10 October, 20:00 hrs IST: England vs Australia

10 October, 21:00 IST hrs IST: Poland vs Thailand

11 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Iran vs Kenya

11 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Bangladesh

12 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Australia vs Argentina

13 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs Kenya

13 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Bangladesh vs South Korea

14 October, 20:00 hrs IST: England vs Argentina

14 October, 21:00 hrs IST: United States vs Poland

15 October, 19:00 hrs IST: South Korea vs Australia

15 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Japan vs Iran

15 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs Argentina

16 October, 19:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs United States

16 October, 20:00 hrs IST: South Korea vs England

16 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Japan vs Kenya

17 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Poland vs Iran

17 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Australia vs Bangladesh

18 October, 20:00 hrs IST: United States vs Kenya

18 October, 21:00 hrs IST: India vs England

19 October, 20:00 hrs IST: Bangladesh vs Argentina

19 October, 21:00 hrs IST: Thailand vs Japan

Semifinals:

21 October, 20:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA

21 October, 21:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA

Final:

22 October, 21:00 hrs IST: TBA vs TBA

Venue

The Arena by TransStadia, Ahmedabad

 

Where to watch:

The matches will be telecast on the channels Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 3 as well as in their HD versions. For those who do not have access to a television, one can simply log on to Hotstar.com to catch all the action online.

 

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Captains of Participating nations with Trophy..

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India Team Squad (Players List)

Here is the confirmed list of 14 Indian players who are participating in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.

Raider 1: Anup Kumar (captain)

Raider 2: Rahul Chaudhary

Raider 3: Deepak Hooda

Raider 4: Pardeep Narwal

Raider 5: Jasvir Singh

Raider 6: Ajay Thakur

Defender 1: Mohit Chhillar

Defender 2: Surender Nadda

Defender 3: Surjeet Singh

Defender 4: D Cherathalan

Defender 5: Kiran Parmar

All Rounder 1: Manjeet Chillar

All Rounder 2: Nitin Tomar.

All Rounder 3: Sandeep Narwal

 

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Indian Team..

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India take on South Korea in the First game...All the Best to the Team..

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After end of First half India in lead by 6 Points.. India 18-  South Korea 12 is the Score line

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India still in the lead at 23-17

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awesome

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Major turn around but India still in lead..

Kick, turn and a great run. Korea with the raid of the match. Speed and agility by the Korean raider. India down to one man now, lead 25-21

In the last five minutes, Korea have added four points while India have managed just one. Momentum with Korea now, and they have enough minutes on the clock to change the complexion of the match

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India back with the six-point lead as Ajay Thakur converts the crucial raid. The hosts lead Korea 27-21

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Korea inflict an all-out, add three points and reduce India’s lead to three points, with little over three minutes on the clock ..Score 29-26.

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3 min.. 3 pts lead

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