Rahul Tiwari
khelja|16-01-2025
The first World Cup of Kho Kho is being organized in India. The Indian men's team continues to perform well in this ongoing tournament in Delhi. Team India faced Peru on Thursday 15 January at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. In this match, India defeated the Peruvian team by a huge margin of 70-38 and scored a hat-trick of victory in the tournament. Before this, the Indian team has defeated Nepal and Brazil. With this, after the women, the men's team has also confirmed its place in the quarter-finals and has continued its dominance in the tournament.
The Indian team made a strong start in the third match of the group stage against Peru. He established his dominance right at the beginning of Turn 1. Peru defended for a short time in Turn 2 and tried to create some problems for India. But under the leadership of captain and manager Prateek Vaikar, host India soon once again took control of the match. Team India players finished the first round with 36 points.
Aditya Pote, Shiva Reddy and Sachin Bhargo performed brilliantly, thanks to them the Indian team controlled its game during turn 2 and the dominance continued till the third turn. By the fourth turn, the players together took the score to 70 points. During this period, Peru's team could score only 38 points and India won the match by a margin of 32 points. With this spectacular victory, the Indian team has now entered the quarter-finals.
The Indian team has entered the knock-out stage and now its eyes are on winning the title in the tournament. But he still has one match left in the group stage. This match will be played against Bhutan on Friday, January 16 at 8.15 pm. At present, Team India is at the top of its group with 3 wins in 3 matches. Nepal is at second place and Bhutan is at third place. Let us tell you that a total of 4 groups have been formed and 2 teams each will go to the quarter finals. After the group stage, the playoff matches will start from January 17. Whereas the final matches will be played on January 19.