On Thursday, on the third day of the Asian Kabaddi Championship (Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023), the teams of India and Iran (India vs Iran) were face to face.
India beat Iran 33-28 in a tough match in the Asian Kabaddi Championship
On Thursday, on the third day of the Asian Kabaddi Championship (Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023), the teams of India and Iran (India vs Iran) were face to face. It is clear that India and Iran are far ahead of the rest of the teams in terms of competitive experience and skills and it showed on the mat. India beat Iran 33-28 in a hard-fought match. It was the Pawan Sherawat-led Indian team’s first proper Test in this tournament and Iran gave them a tough fight.
In the first half, India’s captain Pawan Sehrawat, with his cleverness and quickness, got India the first point through bonus. India took a 19-9 lead in the first half. India put up an all-round performance in the first half. Iran’s captain Shadlu could not show anything special. Pawan played a key role in giving his team the lead. The defense, led by Surjeet, contained young Iranian raider Mustafa. In the first week, when Iran was in danger of all-out, their defenders saved the team with a super tackle.
Iran came back brilliantly as soon as they got on the mat in the second half and Mustafa successfully tried to put pressure on India by scoring consecutive points in the raiding. Iran all-outed India once in the second half, which kept the score very close. However, Pawan Sehrawat continued to pile up the score with bonus points. But, he was also tackled twice during the match. In the last minute, India had three players on the mat, who super tackled Mustafa to widen India’s lead and India won the match by five points.
With this win, India has retained its position on the points table. At the same time, this is Iran’s first defeat in this tournament. Now India’s next match is against Hong Kong at 6:30 am.
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