2016 Kabaddi World Cup: Top 5 defenders from the group stage

India Kabaddi World Cup 2016
The Indian defence had a vice-like grip on the tournament

#3 James Odhiambo Obilo (Kenya)

Kenya defence
Obila led from the front for Kenya

With 18 successful tackles, Obila sits pretty on the third position on the leaderboard in that category. He had a relatively quiet start to the tournament with a string of poor scores, particularly in the matches against Poland, Iran and Thailand with just 2 tackle points.

However, the agile and mighty defender erased the blemish of his unsuccessful attempts when he bounced back with a new world record of 13 tackle points in a single match against the Japanese, wherein he powered his team to a 27-48 victory.

With a strike rate of 3.6 and a total of 22 points to his credit, James has rightly earned the repute of a daunting defender and will be a key player to notice in the next instalment of Pro Kabaddi.

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