India will be making their third successive appearance in the final of the Kabaddi World Cup after defeating Thailand in the second semi-final of the tournament on Friday in Ahmedabad.
After prevailing Iran in the last two finals of the World Cup, India will be up against the same opponents in the summit clash on Saturday, who emerged victorious against South Korea 28-22 in a grueling first semi-final.
After suffering a shocking defeat in their opening match against South Korea, India bounced back in style and recorded 54-20 win over Australia, 57-20 over Bangladesh, 74-20 over Argentina and 69-18 over England which helped them finish the group matches with a whopping score difference of 174 points.
India, who have been riding high on the raiding form of veteran Ajay Thakur and youngster Pardeep Narwal, again proved to be the catalyst of the hosts' victory as the duo notched up 11 and 14 raid points respectively.
India came out all guns blazing with skipper Anup Kumar opening his team's account with a bonus point. The man-in-form Pardeep Narwal came into action with a successful raid to give India an advantage.
Khomsan Thongkham of Thailand got the first touch point that opened his team's account before India inflicted the first all-out of the match in the sixth minute that steered them to 11-2 lead.
It was total domination from the experienced Indian side as they inflicted two more all-outs to go into the half-time with a massive 36-8 lead.
After bringing in Mohit Chhillar, Nitin Tomar and Rahul Chaduhari, Anup Kumar and company had a superb start to the second half, inflicting the fourth all-out to pile misery on Thailand.
India scored 42 raid points as against Thailand's 15. In tackle points also, India were in complete control as they scored 18 points against Thailand's just four, while the hosts had 12 all outs.
After prevailing Iran in the last two finals of the World Cup, India will be up against the same opponents in the summit clash on Saturday, who emerged victorious against South Korea 28-22 in a grueling first semi-final.
After suffering a shocking defeat in their opening match against South Korea, India bounced back in style and recorded 54-20 win over Australia, 57-20 over Bangladesh, 74-20 over Argentina and 69-18 over England which helped them finish the group matches with a whopping score difference of 174 points.
India, who have been riding high on the raiding form of veteran Ajay Thakur and youngster Pardeep Narwal, again proved to be the catalyst of the hosts' victory as the duo notched up 11 and 14 raid points respectively.
India came out all guns blazing with skipper Anup Kumar opening his team's account with a bonus point. The man-in-form Pardeep Narwal came into action with a successful raid to give India an advantage.
Khomsan Thongkham of Thailand got the first touch point that opened his team's account before India inflicted the first all-out of the match in the sixth minute that steered them to 11-2 lead.
It was total domination from the experienced Indian side as they inflicted two more all-outs to go into the half-time with a massive 36-8 lead.
After bringing in Mohit Chhillar, Nitin Tomar and Rahul Chaduhari, Anup Kumar and company had a superb start to the second half, inflicting the fourth all-out to pile misery on Thailand.
India scored 42 raid points as against Thailand's 15. In tackle points also, India were in complete control as they scored 18 points against Thailand's just four, while the hosts had 12 all outs.