India retain Women's Kabaddi World Cup title

India retained the title of 2nd Women's Kabaddi World Cup with a hard-fought 35-28 points victory over Chinese Taipei in an exciting final encounter held at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city on Monday, reports BSS.

Earlier, India won the inaugural Women's Kabaddi World Cup in 2012 by defeating Iran.

With Monday's win, the global kabaddi powerhouse kept that legacy intact. India also maintained their all-win record in this edition, just as they had done in the 2012 inaugural edition.

Through this win, India has now remained unbeaten against Chinese Taipei for three consecutive matches in major kabaddi tournaments. On October 07, 2023, they beat Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a nerve-wrecking Asian Games final to clinch the gold medal.

The group-stage meeting between the two sides in that same event had also been intense, ending in a 34-34 draw.