From 17-21 down in the first half, Team India pulled off an amazing comeback to defeat Iran 38-29 to win the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup. Ajay Thakur stood out as the star performer for Team India by grabbing 12 points for his side.
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The match saw a difficult start for team India as they lacked consistency in their defense.
Iran looked strong as they were ahead by 19-14, and the champions were struggling down the match. But soon, the adrenalin of the charismatic Indian players pumped up, as they performed a historic comeback in-front of their home crowd. Nitin Tomar stood out exceptionally well in the Indian defense and made sure he was there when his team needed him the most.
So let’s look out how the world reacted to this victory:
Congratulations team INDIA. #2016KabaddiWorldCup winners. #respect
India invented Kabaddi & r World Champs for 8th time.Elsewhere some country invented Cricket & r yet only good in correcting typos. #INDvIRN
Congratulations team India 🇮🇳 for becoming the world champion in #kabaddiworldcup2016 #INDvIRN
Wah mere shero buraaaah chaaa Gaye.. so proud of you.. love u all..💪👊 Champions! #INDvIRN #kabaddiworldcup2016
#TeamIndia #2016KabaddiWorldCup Wooohoooo champions 2016 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
Good win India that was a complete team effort and super Energy from fans#Championindia #2016KabaddiWorldCup
This is a great evening for Ajay Thakur and for India. Wonderful evening. This is coming home. #2016KabaddiWorldCup
World champions baby!!! #kabaddiworldcup2016 India, India!!
One more surgical strike by India. This time in Iran. #INDvIRN #kabaddiworldcup2016
We at Essentially Sports are utterly proud of Team India’s performance and congratulate them as well as the whole nation on this historical win.!