A terrific second half performance saw India emerge victorious as they won 37-30 to become the world champions for the third time. Surjeet, however, produced an excellent tackle on Sheykh in the 39 th minute as India led 35-27. Meraj Sheykh scored with a two-point raid in the 28 th minute as Iran trailed 27-34. Ajay Thakur all but sealed the match in India’s favour in the 37 th minute as he scored two points and India inflicted another all out to take an unassailable 34-24 lead. Fazel Atrachali forced a super tackle in the 35 th minute as Iran trailed 24-29. Nitin Tomar produced another excellent raid in the 34 th minute as India led 29-22 and reduced Iran to just two men. TransStadia Arena was a cauldron of noise and passion as India played it smart once they had the lead. The all out was perhaps the fillip India needed as Ajay Thakur completed his super 10 and sent Meraj Sheykh to the bench. India inflicted their first all out the match in the 30 th minute to lead 24-21 as they took their biggest lead of the match. The tide turned for India when Ajay Thakur scored his ninth point in the 29 th minute to level the game at 20-20. Iran sent Pardeep Narwal to the bench yet again as they led 20-17 in the 28 th minute. Ajay Thakur scored two points in the 25 th minute as India cut the lead to three points and sent Fazel Atrachali and Meraj Sheykh to the bench. Iran made India commit errors as Meraj Sheykh forced Manjeet Chhillar off the court during a raid to lead 19-13 in the 23 rd minute. ![]() Both Manjeet Chhillar and Pardeep Narwal scored zero points and their subdued performances hurt India’s chances. The first half belonged Iran’s defence as they did a brilliant job on Indian raiders as they led 18-13 at the end of the first half. India were again reduced to just one man and Iran inflicted the first all out of the match in the 19 th minute to lead 16-12. Meraj Sheykh continued to be a thorn in the Indian defence but Nitin Tomar came up with a brilliant raid and scored two points in the 18 th minute as India trailed 11-12. Iran reduced India to just two men but a brilliant super tackle by Mohit Chhillar the 16 th minute to cut the lead to just one point again. ![]() India’s defence had a below par first 15 minutes as they scored just one tackle point. Meraj Sheykh scored with an excellent raid and reduced India to just three men as Iran led 9-7 in the 13 th minute. Skipper Anup Kumar scored his trademark bonus point to level the scores at 6-6 in the 10 th minute. The match lived up to its expectations as both teams fought hard and refused to give an inch. Also check: As it happened: India vs Iran Final, Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Also Read - AKFI Requests Pakistan to Not Permit 'Unauthorised' Kabaddi Team to Use India Flag in World Cup Final Iran’s defence were up for it as they contained Pardeep Narwal effectively and then sent Ajay Thakur to the bench to lead 5-4 in the eighth minute. Meraj Sheykh scored Iran’s first point as they leveled the game at 2-2 in the fourth minute. India struck the early blows as Sandeep Narwal and Ajay Thakur scored raid points to lead 2-0 in the third minute. ![]() The final was like a boxing bout as both teams traded punches and gave it as good as they got.
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