In a must-win crucial encounter in Group A, India lived up to their reputation to beat Bangladesh 57-20 in the kabaddi World Cup yesterday. Ajay Thakur scored 10 points for India after coming on as a substitute whereas Pardeep Narwal led India's charge in the first half and ended with eight points
Indian players tackle a Bangladesh raider during the match yesterday
Indian players tackle a Bangladesh raider during the match yesterday
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Ahmedabad: In a must-win crucial encounter in Group A, India lived up to their reputation to beat Bangladesh 57-20 in the kabaddi World Cup yesterday. Ajay Thakur scored 10 points for India after coming on as a substitute whereas Pardeep Narwal led India's charge in the first half and ended with eight points.
India have got their World Cup campaign firmly back on track after suffering a setback in the opening encounter against Republic of Korea. This was a stern test for India but they showed their class and brushed away a good Bangladesh side with relative ease.
Anup scores a bonus
India's defence put on a tremendous show as they kept the Bangladesh raiders in their pocket for most of the match. Narwal got the first points for India with a raid in the third minute and Sandeep Narwal followed it with a tackle to give India 2-1 lead. India led 4-2 in the sixth minute with captain Anup Kumar scoring a bonus and tackle point. Bangladesh's Firdaus Sheikh was in good form early in the match as he made four tackle points with the score level at 4-4 after six minutes.
India came strongly to score four points in a row to lead 8-4 after nine minutes with defence doing a fine job. Narwal scored his fourth raid point in the 10th minute as India inflicted an all out to lead 13-4. Bangladesh got their first raid point in the 12th minute. Narwal was in superb form in the first half and scored his seventh raid point to give India 17-6 lead. Thakur came on as a substitute to score five points as India led 21-8 after 17 minutes. India inflicted the second all out in the 18th minute to take a commanding 24-9 lead.
Iran beat Kenya 33-28
Iran held off a terrific second half performance by a spirited Kenya to register a 33-28 victory in a hard fought clash. It was Iran's third consecutive win but they were made to work extremely hard by Kenya. Iran captain Meraj Sheykh missed the game due to a stomach bug and his absence was felt by his team. Fazel Atrachali scored five points for Iran whereas David Mosambayi scored seven points for Kenya.
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