Kabaddi
Asian Kabaddi Championship: India wins the title- HIGHLIGHTS
Indian Kabaddi team overcame a tough Iranian challenge in the finals to lift the trophy of Asian Kabaddi Championships.
The Indian Kabaddi team defeated Iran twice in two days to win the title of the Asian Kabaddi Championships. In a high-voltage final, India dominated the first half 23-11.
But inspired by their skipper Shadlu, Iran made a comeback in the second half to reduce the gap considerably.
Although a mistake from Shadlu at the last moment ensured that India would lift the title without more hiccups.
Indian skipper Pawan Sehrawat led from the front and did the heavy lifting of scoring points in the bulk.
As it happened:
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- 30 Jun 2023 6:29 AM GMT
HALF TIME: India 23-11 Iran
A clinical performance from India while Iran has struggled. But Iran made a fabulous comeback in last game against India, so we have an interesting half coming up.
- 30 Jun 2023 6:22 AM GMT
16' Arjun executes a super raid.
Shadlu goes for an ankle hold but Arjun breaks free taking two more defenders out and India leads 16-6 now.
- 30 Jun 2023 6:18 AM GMT
13' Iran calls a time-out.
Iran needs a time-out as the Indian team has raced to a lead of 13-5 and the defence has been executing tackles very cleanly.
- 30 Jun 2023 6:14 AM GMT
9' A multi-point raid from Pawan and India inflicts the first all-out.
A two-point raid from Pawan and the Iranian team is all-out.
India 10-4 Iran
- 30 Jun 2023 6:09 AM GMT
5' Both teams are tied at the moment.
Five minutes are gone and both teams have started slow here. The Indian team has accumulated one point in defense and two in raid, Iran is yet to execute a tackle.
India 3-3 Iran
