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India defeats Iran in Kabaddi World Cup

BI India BureauOct 23, 2016, 10:17 IST

India fought off a tough challenge from Iran to win their third consecutive Kabaddi World Cup last evening. This is definitely a good sign in Indian sports arena when people are actually excited about games other than cricket.

In perhaps the most exciting match of this World Cup, the Indians overturned a first-half deficit with a superb second-half performance to win 38-29.

India has thus won all the three Kabaddi World Cups held so far. They have beaten Iran in the finals of all the three editions.