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40' India 54-20 Australia - Brown takes away Anup Kumar with a touch point. Kiran Parmar raids again and Brown tries hard to take him down but it is not enough. The last minute remaining and India are leading by 36 points. LOOK AT THAT. Kuldeep from Australia gets a SUPER RAID. Rahul Chauhdari ends the game with a touch point.
38' India 52-16 Australia - Play resumes after Time Out and India complete their half century. Australia get one back. Rahul Chaudhari is up next but he takes it easy and gets the bonus.
36' India 49-15 Australia - Rahul Chaudhari looking good but not in his prime. He gets two points as we head into the last four minutes of the match. India bring on Kiran Parmar and he straight away gets a point. Another All Out looming large as Koss is the only man left. ALL OUT!!
34' India 43-14 Australia - The away team has performed much better in the second half than the first one. Kuldeep Singh takes Rahul Chaudhari out with an excellent raid. Ajay Thakur quickly takes two points to bring Rahul back. India leading by 29 points.now.
32' India 41-13 Australia - Brown gets the bonus point for Australia and that brings on Rahul Chaudhari, who straight away gets two points. India need to increase their lead.
30' India 39-11 Australia - The game resumes and Australia gets a point through Kossy but Ajay Thakur negates that with an excellent touch point. The inevitable happens and Rahul Chaudhari comes on for India along with Surender Nada. India are leading by 28 points. They need a bit more. Ajay Thakur has been good today but this time returns without anything.
28' India 38-10 Australia - Anup Kumar seems to be giving a lot of instructions to his team and India are not being too attacking. A bit peculiar to see pure raiders not attacking for India. TimeOut. India need to step up the ante a bit more.
26' India 38-9 Australia - Kossy comes on for Australia as Brown goes for the Do or Die raid and manages to get Manjeet Chhillar with a superb toe touch. Ajay Tahkur with India's do or die raid and he gets the bonus point.
24' India 37-8 Australia - Deepak Niwas Hood with a superb raid that gets India two points. He evades an ankle hold from Jasvir Singh. Australia raid next but they do not get anything. The boisterous Sandeep Narwal raids next but decides to play on the do or die. Sharp next for Australia but he too goes back.
22' India 35-8 Australia - Second half starts with Deepak Niwas Hooda taking down the last man and India now lead by 28 points. Australia raid but look a bit more careful. India are using Ajay Thakur quite a lot today. He raids again but plays it safe.
Second half set to begin
India need to keep going and not stop. Bringing Rahul Chaudhari in for the second half will not be such a bad idea. He needs a bit of confidence and this is the ideal game to do the same.
Was that enough from the perspective of making a statement for India or Australia are too inexperienced? A bit of both. Australia have been too hasty while India have capitalised on their inexperienced.
20' India 32-7 Australia - Excellent raid by Ajay Thakur as he manages to get the bonus and a touch point. Cunningham tries really hard but cannot evade the Indian defence. Ajay Thakur continues his good form by taking another point. Australia raid and who is there to stop the raid? Manjeet Chhillar. Second Super Five. The first half ends with Australia having just one man on the mat.
18' India 26-7 Australia - How good has Manjeet Chhillar been tonight? He has showed what it really takes to perform on the biggest stage. Australia, in the meanwhile, get a bonus point. Just over two minutes remaining in the first half. This is a 19 point lead.
16' India 26-5 Australia - Kuldeep Singh from Australia takes the bonus point as we head into the 15th minute of the first half with India in the driver's seat. A couple of empty raids are followed by Nitin Tomar's raid and he gets the bonus.
14' India 23-4 Australia - Pardeep Narwal with the first do or die raid and he takes Nugent with him. Two points as he gets the bonus as well. Australia have got a technical point. India make a substitution as Nitin Tomar comes on.
13' India 21-3 Australia - India have slowed down the pace of the game and are happy to sit back and take it easy. Australia, on the other hand, look a bit clueless. Manjeet Chhillar takes Sharp down with ease. India lead by 18 points.
10' India 20-2 Australia - One thing India are doing clearly better than the game against South Korea is the relentlessness. Pardeep gets another point and then Manjeet Chhillar brings down Cunningham to reduce Australia to two men. Deepak Niwas Hooda gets a touch point and Australia are down to one man. The All Out looms large and there it is. India lead by
8' India 13-1 Australia - India have laid down a strong marker her with an excellent start and it continues with Deepak Niwas Hooda, who gets a brilliant kick away. Australia raid next through Cunningham but he goes back. Anup raids again and looks to get a touch point. Empty raid.
6' India 12-1 Australia - The away team gets off the mark with a bonus point but they have been quite hasty. Australia need to be a little careful. Pardeep gets the bonus for India there. Kuldeep, a player of Indian origin, raids for Australia but returns empty handed. Anup then adds one more after evading a challenge.
4' India 10-0 Australia - That is more what we expect from India as they produce a collective effort bring down Cunningham. Pardeep Narwal then causes more damage with a touch point. India are running away with this as they take another man down. Sandeep Narwal comes to raid and reduces Australia to one man. They are staring at an ALL OUT. There it is. India lead by 10 points.
2' India 3-0 Australia - Captain Brown starts off proceedings for Australia but is taken down immediately by Sandeep Narwal. Wow. India off the mark. Captain cool of India Anup Kumar comes on next and gets the bonus as usual. Thomas Sharp up next and he is blocked by Surjeet. Brilliant defence from India. Off to a great start.
HERE WE GO!!!! Australia to raid first.
We are ready to go here!!! India cannot take this World Cup easily as Bangladesh has laid down a marker by thrashing England. India will have to produce a big win. Australia, on the other hand, will have to be fearless but intelligent.
The message is loud and clear to the Indian team from the management, perform or perish. Expect Deepak Niwas Hooda to star tonight alongside Pardeep Narwal.
Australia starting 7: Brown, Jasvir, Sharp, Lo Presti, Cunningham, Nugent, Singh
India and Australia have gone head to head in cricket and hockey. It is about time we add Kabaddi to the mix as well.
We are just moments away from the start of the match between India and Australia but one thing can be said, the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is alive and kicking.
PHEWWWW!!!! What a match that was between Poland and Kenya. The African nation has defeated their European opposition in game that was highly entertaining.
India starting line-up: Anup Kumar (C), Pardeep Narwal, Manjeet Chhillar, Sandeep Narwal, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Surjeet
We have some big news here!!! Rahul Chaudhari and Jasvir Singh have been dropped from the starting line-up in favour of Pardeep Narwal and Deepak Niwas Hooda. This is a strong move by India as they have left out possibly the best raider in the world.
Hello friends and welcome to Sportskeeda’s live coverage of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and it is the second game of host nation India and they will be taking on minnows Australia, who are being coached by Indian kabaddi player Navneet Gautam.
India were stunned yesterday by South Korea in the opening fixture of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup in Ahmedabad. After being in the driver’s seat for a major part of the game, India let the lead slip away and South Korea, who were relentless, stayed in the hunt produced a stunning resurgence through Jang Kun Lee to win the game 34-32.
The host nation will not be taking anything lightly and would like to send out a strong message to both Australia and the rest of the teams. India will be wary of the fact that Australia are coached by Navneet Gautam, who has plenty of kabaddi under his belt. However, the likes of Rahul Chaudhari, Mohit Chhillar and Pardeep Narwal would want to bounce back after a quiet day one. Anup Kumar was stellar for India yesterday and his leadership will play a critical role as well.
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A grand gesture at the end as Indian team salutes the Indian Army.