Kabaddi world cup 2016, Schedule

The 2016 IKF Kabaddi World Cup  being organised by International Kabaddi Federation, will kick off on 7th October 2016. Twelve  international teams from across the world will  participate. They will  be  divided into two pools of six teams each.

India has an amazing line of squad for this Kabaddi World Cup which is set to take place in Ahmedabad this month. Following are the  names of the talented squad:

1. Anup Kumar (captain)
2. Manjeet Chhilar
3. Pardeep Narwal
4. Rakesh Kumar
5. Sandeep Narwal
6. Surender Nada
7. Surjeet Kumar
8. Rohit Kumar
9. Mohit chillar
10. Surjeet Singh
11. Jasvir Singh
12. Rahul Chaudary

Full Schedule of 2016 Kabaddi World Cup

Friday 7 October	20:00 hrs IST	India vs South Korea
Friday 7 October	21:00 hrs IST	USA vs Iran
Saturday 8 October	19:00 hrs IST	England vs Bangladesh
Saturday 8 October	20:00 hrs IST	Poland vs Kenya
Saturday 8 October	21:00 hrs IST	India vs Australia
Sunday 9 October	19:00 hrs IST	Argentina vs South Korea
Sunday 9 October	20:00 hrs IST	United States vs Japan
Sunday 9 October	21:00 hrs IST	Iran vs Thailand
Monday 10 October	20:00 hrs IST	England vs Australia
Monday 10 October	21:00 hrs IST	Poland vs Thailand
Tuesday 11 October	20:00 hrs IST	Iran vs Kenya
Tuesday 11 October	21:00 hrs IST	India vs Bangladesh
Wednesday 12 October	21:00 hrs IST	Australia vs Argentina
Thursday 13 October	20:00 hrs IST	Thailand vs Kenya
Thursday 13 October	21:00 hrs IST	Bangladesh vs South Korea
Friday 14 October	20:00 hrs IST	England vs Argentina
Friday 14 October	21:00 hrs IST	United States vs Poland
Saturday 15 October	19:00 hrs IST	South Korea vs Australia
Saturday 15 October	20:00 hrs IST	Japan vs Iran
Saturday 15 October	21:00 hrs IST	India vs Argentina
Sunday 16 October	19:00 hrs IST	Thailand vs United States
Sunday 16 October	20:00 hrs IST	South Korea vs England
Sunday 16 October	21:00 hrs IST	Japan vs Kenya
Monday 17 October	20:00 hrs IST	Poland vs Iran
Monday 17 October	21:00 hrs IST	Australia vs Bangladesh
Tuesday 18 October	20:00 hrs IST	United States vs Kenya
Tuesday 18 October	21:00 hrs IST	India vs England
Wednesday 19 October	20:00 hrs IST	Bangladesh vs Argentina
Wednesday 19 October	21:00 hrs IST	Thailand vs Japan
Semifinals
Friday 21 October	20:00 hrs IST	TBA vs TBA
Friday 21 October	21:00 hrs IST	TBA vs TBA
Final
Saturday 22 October	21:00 hrs IST	TBA vs TBA

 

‘More viewership of women’s kabaddi than Euro’

Based on Broadcast Audience Research Council date, Star Sports revealed that the viewership of Women’s Kabaddi Challenge matches surpassed that of Euro 2016. Nitin Kukreja, CEO,Star Sports,said, “The cumulative match viewership for the matches that were held on June 28 and 30 surpasses Euro 2016 viewership”. The event has reportedly become the highest rated women’s game till date.

Pro Kabaddi League 2016, Season 4 Schedule

Pro Kabaddi League 2016 Squads: Full List of Eight Teams Competing in PKL Season 4

Pro kabaddi league, season 4 is coming this year after the three thrilling and successful season. The auction took place on 14^th May 2016. Plenty of changes happened as the condition was only two players of the last three season are allowed to be retained by each team.

Let us see the changes of new teams and squads.

Top 10 Contracted Players in Pro Kabaddi Season 4

India invincible in kabaddi in Asian Games

Kabaddi, which originated in ancient India, is one of the most popular games in Asia. That’s why whenever it comes to competitions, India are the pioneers in this sport. In Asian Games, India have dominated in this sport by winning all the gold medals in both men’s and women’s category since the inception of the tournament.

Wizz Kabaddi takes a look on the champions of Asia Games in kabaddi.

Patna Pirates wins Pro Kabaddi League Season 3

Patna Pirates won the Pro Kabaddi League season 3 for the first time after defeating the defending champions U Mumba at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday.

Rohit Kumar and Sandeep Narwal were the impressive performers for Patna Pirates as they defeated the defending champions by a lead of 3 points (31-28). In the first half, Patna has taken a huge lead of 19-11 against U Mumba. U Mumba fought back in the second half with their captain Anup Kumar and defender Mohit Chhillar to take it to 28-28 against Patna. But substitute Deepak Narwal came good on a do-or-die raid to take it to 29-28 and help Patna emerge winners.

Patna Pirates’ Rohit Kimar won the most ‘valuable player of the tournament’ and ‘best raider of the match’ award by scoring 8 raid points with one bonus points from 17 raids. Sandeep Narwal bagged the Pro Kabaddi ‘defender of the tournament’ award. He bagged 7 points including 2 raid points and 5 tackle points. Pradeep Narwal won the Pro Kabaddi’s ‘rising star of the tournament’.

It was really an unlucky day for U Mumba’s super raider Rishank Devadiga.  He had only one successful raid from 8 raids to score a single raid point. Skipper Anup Kumar shone with some good show in this match as he bagged 8 raid points with two bonus points from 26 raids. Substitute Shabeer Bappu bagged 3 raid points. Mohit Chhillar bagged 6 tackle points with one super tackle.

Puneri Paltan finishes 3rd

Puneri Paltan finished third in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 3 by defeating Bengal Warriors at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday.

Puneri Paltan won by a lead of 4 points (31-27) against Bengal Warriors. They laid the foundation of the win in the first half with a (15-8) 7 points lead and carried the same form in the second half to emerge winners.

Puneri Paltan’s Deepak Nivas Hooda and captain Manjeet Chhillar came good against the rivals. Deepak got the ‘best raider of the match’, ‘player of the match’ and ‘top player of the winning team’ award by scoring 9 points including one tackle point and 8 raid points.

Manjeet Chhillar won the Inspiring defender of the match award. He scored 6 points including one raid point and 5 tackle points with one outstanding super tackle. Ajay Thakur’s raids failed three times as he scored just 4 raid points from his 11 raids.

Bengal Warriors fought on gamely without their star raider Nitin Tomar and Mahesh Goud. Jang Kung Lee and skipper Nilesh Shinde raised their game for the big match. Jang Kung Lee was the top scorer for the unlucky Warriors. He bagged 9 points including one tackle point and 8 raid points with 2 bonus points and super raids.

Mahendra Ganesh Rajput came up with some successful raids for Bengal Warriors as he bagged 5 raid points with 2 bonus points. Warriors finished on fourth spot.

U Mumba stun Bengal Warriors to maintain remarkable title

Ronnie screwvala promoted U Mumba, maintained their unbeaten run with comfortable victory over their Bengal Warriors rivals to storm in to the finals of the 3^rd season of Pro Kabaddi at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi on Friday

The defending champions U Mumba was strong both in defends and attack which initially destroyed the rivals’ defense. In the first half itself they have taken a huge lead of 26-08 against Bengal Warriors and when it came to the second half U Mumba toyed with their opponents to emerge an easy 41-29 victory in the semi finals.

Rishank Devadiga’s outstanding performance made him the top scorer of the match. During the match he crossed the 100 raid points in this season only which was followed by Patna Pirates’ Pradeep Narwal. He bagged total 13 points including two tackle points with one super tackle and 11 raid points from 15 raids. Captain Anup Kumar too played his role to perfection as always resulting in a third consecutive entry into the title round. He led the side admirably and bagged six raid points for U Mumba. Mohit Chhillar and Fazel Atrachali showcased impressive defends last night too. Mohit bagged six tackle points including one super tackle. Fazel assisted Mohit and bagged three tackle points too.

For Bengal Warriors, Jang Kun Lee and Nitin Tomar who had devastated many a defense on their way to the semis looked like harmless warriors without arms and ammunition. Nitin Tomar came back to the game in the second half to show some good raids for warriors, he bagged 8 raid points with bonus point. The substitute Vineet Sharma bagged six points including one tackle points and 5 raid points from his outstanding performance in the second half. Jang Kung Lee couldn’t take successful raid from his four raids against the defending champions.

U Mumba will be facing the Patna Pirates in their third final of Pro Kabaddi League. Bengal Warriors and Puneri Paltan will fight for the 3/4^th position on Saturday at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.

U Mumba beats Telugu Titans

Defending champions U Mumba defeated Telugu Titans in the 54^th match of the Pro Kabaddi League season 3 at DOME@NSCI SVP Stadium in Mumbai.

U Mumba recorded a (38-22) win over Telugu Titans. U Mumba led in the first half by a lead of 8 points (18-10) and carried the same form in the second half to emerge winners. With this win, U Mumba registered ninth consecutive win in this season.

For U Mumba, Rishank Devadiga bagged 14 raid points including one bonus point from 12 raids. Captain Anup Kumar bagged four raid points. Mohit Chhillar came up with some good tackles in this match. Mohit scored six tackle points and crossed the 100 tackle points in the Pro Kabaddi League.

Telugu Titans’ captain Rahul Chaudhari bagged 12 points including two tackle points with an outstanding super tackle and 10 raid points with four bonus points. Rohit Baliyan scored four points including one tackle point and three raid points with one bonus point. Sukesh Hegde bagged 3 raid points from six raids for Titans.

U Mumba is placed second with 55 points in 13 matches. Titans is placed fifth with 38 points.