Kabaddi Team Makes India Proud, Beats Iran To Become World Champions For The Third Time

Indian kabaddi team made the country proud as it lifted the World Championship title for the third successive time. In a highly-fancied summit clash against spirited and tough team from Iran, India came from behind to score a comprehensive 38-29 win in Ahmedabad.

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In perhaps the most exciting match of the tournament, the Indians overturned a first-half deficit with a superb second-half show. The hosts were trailing 13-18 in the first half and the second half saw fortunes change massively as Ajay Thakur proved to be India's best raider. They not just doubled the points within ten minutes of the second half but also managed to deflate the Iranian spirit with successful raids and impressive tackles.

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India have thus won all the three Kabaddi World Cups held so far. They have beaten Iran in the finals of all the three editions. Twitter went on a frenzy after the game...

Virender Sehwag took pride in India's deep rooted connect with Kabaddi and took a dig at inventors of cricket...

India invented Kabaddi & r World Champs for 8th time.Elsewhere some country invented Cricket & r yet only good in correcting typos.#INDvIRN pic.twitter.com/IG9fucAMMo

¡ª Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 22, 2016

Yeh Jazba ,yeh Spirit ,Hamka De De Thakur. Ajay Thakur, you are a rockstar. Haar ke Jeetne waale ko Team India kehta hain.Champions#INDvIRN pic.twitter.com/8S8PZ8IA6M

¡ª Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 22, 2016

INDIAAA! CHAMPIONS! ??????
We've conquered the Kabaddi world, if ever there was a doubt#INDvIRN #2016KabaddiWorldCup pic.twitter.com/BBbwjC358Y

¡ª India Kabaddi Team (@KabaddiIndia) October 22, 2016

Wow !!!
Congrats #TeamIndia Won Kabaddi World Cup.
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What a Victory ??????
#INDvIRN

¡ª Narendra Modi (@NarendraModil) October 22, 2016

World Champions! What a great game!! Congratulations #TeamIndia ???? on winning the #2016KabaddiWorldCup. #INDvIRN #Champions

¡ª Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) October 22, 2016

We are the champions ???????????????????????????? #indvirn pic.twitter.com/m1MfEaOknK

¡ª Villu Vicky (@Iam_vkiy) October 22, 2016

Congratulations team India ???? for becoming the world champion in #kabaddiworldcup2016 #INDvIRN

¡ª Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) October 22, 2016

Another captain cool anup kumar another aggression ajay thakur another world cup???? #INDvIRN

¡ª akshay khanna (@Theakshaykhanna) October 22, 2016

Ajay Thakur rockstar #kabaddiworldcup2016 Champions!#INDvIRN

¡ª Nikhil Naz (@NikhilNaz) October 22, 2016