The 67th Senior National Kabaddi Championship moved towards its climax on day 4 at the Poornima University in Jaipur. Railways, Services, h...
The 67th Senior National Kabaddi Championship moved towards its climax on day 4 at the Poornima University in Jaipur. Railways, Services, hosts Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh progressed to the semi-finals in the men’s category, while Indian Railways, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana made the last four in the women’s competition.
In the first men’s quarter-final, Railways outperformed Haryana 44-26 thanks to star raider Vikas Khandola who scored nine raid points for the team that included a super raid. Ravinder Pahal was the best defender for the team as the defending champions inched closer to another final.
The home team Rajasthan beat a young Maharashtra side 47-34. Maharashtra, the 2017 champions had not selected many of its big-name players like Rishank Devadidga, Girish Ernak, Siddharth Desai and Vishal Mane for this tournament.
For Rajasthan, Kamal Kishore scored a Super 10 while their star player Deepak Hooda performed well both defensively and while raiding. Roared on by the home crowd, Rajasthan managed to beat Maharashtra despite Pankaj Mohite’s heroics.
In the third quarter-final, Services handed Karnataka a 54-23 thrashing thanks to young raider Naveen Kumar who excelled yet again for his team by scoring 15 raid points. The youngster was well-supported by the experienced duo of Rohit Kumar and...
