India beat Iran to win 2016 Kabaddi World Cup

The final saw familiar contestants in India and Iran with Ahmedabad’s TransStadia Arena. It was the Kabaddi World Cup final and India were looking to make it three titles in three. For Iran, the target was to avoid making it three losses in three. But after 40 minutes of ferocious kabaddi, the previous sequence of events unraveled with India beating Iran by 38-29 thanks to a heroic second half display.

For India, Ajay Thakur was the marquee man with 12 points and saw good support from Nitin Tomar from the bench with six points.

The second half changed the order of events in the final, attended by a capacity crowd, with India coming from six points down to create an eight points margin for themselves before running away with things.

Meraj was the top scorer for Iran as he finished with seven points followed by Abozar Mighani adding four crucial points for his side.

Last four minutes of game saw Iran not getting any point through raids but it was their defence, which made sure that they do not let the game slip from their hands

Some of the glorious moments below.