Kabaddi World Cup 2016: India storm into final, crush Thailand 73-20

India stormed into the final of the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 on the basis of a strong all round performance.

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Kabaddi World Cup 2016: India storm into final, crush Thailand 73-20

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India stormed into finals of Kabaddi World Cup 2016 with a brilliant performance in the semi final match against Thailand.

A top class performance from the host nation helped them to win the match with a huge margin of 73-20.

India, the stalwarts of Kabaddi left little room for error as Pardeep Narwal, Ajay Thakur and Nitin Tomar played a remarkable game along with notching up huge points. Whereas Narwal scored 11 points, Thakur gave him good company with 7 points. 

The whole match was dominated by India and the defending champions went 18 straight points without conceding in the second half.

In the other semi-final Iran defeated Korea by a small margin of 28-22.

India, which has lost only one match in the World Cup thus far to South Korea, remain a firm favorite to pick the coveted trophy once again. 

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