The wait is over, 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is going to kick start tonight at 7 PM IST. At Ahmadabad. 1st match is going to played out between India and South Korea. 12 teams are participating in the tournament. Pakistan, however, yet another strong nation when it comes to the sport of kabaddi, are missing from the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 as they were not awarded visas by the Indian embassy in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks across the border citing the security reasons.
Squads: India – Anup Kumar (Captain), Ajay Thakur, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Jasvir Singh, Mohit Chillar, Manjeet Chhillar, Pardeep Narwal, Sandeep Narwal, Surendra Nada, Rahul Chaudhari, Surjeet, Nitin Tomar, Kiran Parmar
South Korea – Dong Ju Hong, Kim Ki-dong, Park Hyun-il, Eom Tae-deok, Lee Jang-kun. Yook Sang-min, Ahn Hwan-gi, Jung Kwang-soo, Seo Dea-ho, Kim Seong-ryeol, Kim Gyung-tae, Heo Youn-chan.
8:00 PM : South Korean team Arrive at Ground
8:03 PM : Team India Led by Anup Kumar Arrive at Ground.
Playing 7 India Anup Kumar , Surjeet , Chirlathan , Rahul Choudhary , Manjeet Chillar
8:06 PM : Toss win by S. korea and they choose the court.
8: 10 PM : one point each. Anup Kumar tackled by Korean.
8:11 PM : Korean Player Self Out score 2:2 . Rahul Choudhary On raid but tackled by Koreans. Score 2:3 in favor of Korea.
8:14 : 1st Super raid by Anup Kumar Score 5:4. favor Of India.
8:16 PM : Super Tackle by South Korea, Jasvir Out Score 7:6 favor of Korea.
8:18 PM : South Korea All out score 12-09. Favor India.
8:21 PM : Super Raid By Rahul Choudhary, Score 15-09. Favor India.
8:25 PM : Rahul Choudhry out in Do or Die raid. Score 15:10. Favor India.
8: 29 PM : Pardeep Narwal come with the bang 1 point in 1st raid. 17:10 Favor India.
8:32 PM : Half time 18-13 in favor of India.
8:40 PM : Second Half begins with Tai pio Young raid from Korean side.
8:44 PM : Super Tackle by Manjeet Chillar score 21-15. favor India.
8:50 PM : Manjeet Chilhar on his first raid, Blank raid.
8:51 PM : Depak Hooda block Kun Lee and Pardeep Narwal got tackled by Korean player in retaliation Score 24:19. Favor of India.
8:57 PM: Kun Lee made a stunning raid got 2 point. score 25:21 favor India.
9:00 PM : Ajay Thakur takes 2 point and was able to revive Anup Kumar. Score 27-22 Favor India.
9:01 PM : India all out, as Anup Kumar tackled by Korean player. score 28-26 favor India.
9:07 PM : Super raid by chain kun lee score 30-30.
9:11 PM : India lost to South Korea as chain kun lee lead his team to mesmarising victory. final score 32-34,favor korea.
South Korean team is led by Lee Jang-kun and Indian team is led by vatran player Anup Kumar.
Match will start at 7 PM Indian Time, Will be telecasted live in many country in Star sports.
NDIA: TV – Star Sports 2/HD, Star Sports 3/HD. Live streaming – Hotstar.
USA: TV – Fox Sports. Live streaming – Fox Sports Go.
UK: TV – Sky Sports. Live streaming – Watch Sky Sports.