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The Indian team includes several stars from the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) and will be captained by Anup Kumar. Interestingly these Kabaddi players and Punjab Kabaddi Association office-bearers did not seek any permission from the Indian authorities to take part in the Kabaddi tournament. The World Cup will provide a further opportunity to build business and trade links between the West Midlands, UK and India, complementing WMGC’s work with the award-winning West Midlands India Partnership. Plans for the tournament include a Business and Trade event, showcasing the best of Indian businesses in the West Midlands.

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However, Iran had the dubious distinction of getting a yellow card slapped on Sedigheh Jafarikalokan. It was for the first time in the championship that a player was shown yellow card for jumping the rules. Japan, who had defeated strong contender Bangladesh in the quarterfinals, won the toss and earned their first point through Yumi Kaneko, who carried out some lethal attacks on the strong Indian defence. But the Indians started blunting the Japanese attacks within minutes and earned their first out of the total four lonas with score reading 8-1. The host team changed its strategy in the second-half and opted for a defensive game to keep the lead. Sedigheh Jafarikalokan, Hajar Shahin Kamal Aghaei and Salimeh kabaddi matches Abdollahbakhsh were given the charge of Iranian raids in the second-half and Sedigheh earned some good points.

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• Due to the exclusion of Pakistan, the traditional South Asian sport has dealt a major blow as Kabaddi is very popular in the country.
• Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi handed over the winner’s trophy to Indian captain Mamatha.
• Aggression was writ large on the players’ faces as both the teams went all out in the final.
• Iran will be a solid contender this WC, they lost to India in the previous two world cup finals in 2007 and 2004 but have enough firepower to change the results in their favour.
• “I am extremely honoured to lead the country for the World Cup. It’s every sportsperson’s dream to represent their country at a global stage. I’m proud of my team and we will all work towards bringing honour to India,” said captain Anup Kumar.

They defeated Iran in the 2004 and 2007 finals by scores of and 29-19, respectively. This has also been recognized by Indian Olympic association and Olympic Council of Asia. As the vice President of Punjab Kabaddi Association Tejinder Singh Midukheda is close to Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal, we tried to speak to the Akali Dal which also distanced itself from the controversy. Another controversy on which the Punjab Kabaddi Association officials refused to comment is the jersey being used by the Indian Kabaddi Players which have the word India inscribed on it which created the confusion as if they were representing India. “We have two years now to take the learnings from the 2022 Commonwealth Games to ensure we can achieve maximum impact from hosting this prestigious global event,” he concluded. The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup will be organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League.

Did you know – the previous two editions of the Kabaddi World Cup also took place in India? With the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup kicking off in Ahmedabad on October 7, here are five interesting things to know about the competition. AKFI controls standard-style kabaddi in India, and their officials call the shots in world kabaddi. The circle-style World Cup still gets participation from teams around the world, and these are not teams with expatriate Indians and Pakistanis alone representing them.

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), the region’s official economic development agency, will support and champion the event to ensure its impact is felt across the West Midlands and the UK. India has won the top prize in all the previous editions of the Kabaddi World Championships and look strong to continu…. Pakistan captain Nasir Ali also feels his team were the favourites to clinch the cup keeping in mind their recent form.

Punjab Kabaddi Association (PKA) has kicked off a controversy by sending nearly 60 Kabaddi Players to Pakistan to take part in Pakistan’s first Kabaddi World Cup 2020 tournament. International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) chief Deoraj Chaturvedi confirmed the news saying, “This is not the right time to engage with Pakistan,” Chaturvedi told AFP.” Due to the exclusion of Pakistan, the traditional South Asian sport has dealt a major blow as Kabaddi is very popular in the country.

Every team is allowed three players for substitution, with the permission of a referee. India won a close final 45-42, with a couple of close TV umpire calls going against Pakistan in the closing stages. Moreover, Pakistan captain and raider Shafiq Chishti, who was interviewed immediately afterwards, alleged misbehaviour by some of the officials, including a claim that his team had been refused water. He solemnly swore he would never return to play in India, and Pakistan stayed away from the 2016 edition in Punjab. For Punjabis, there’s a special emotional connect at play too — the Sikh gurus were said to be great proponents of keeping their troops fit by playing kabaddi on a regular basis.