National Kabaddi Championship: Indian Railways crush Haryana to go into semifinals

The tournament moved towards the knockout stage on day four.

Pawan Sehrawat's Indian Railways outperformed Dubki King Pradeep Narwal's Haryana by a big margin of 44-26 in the first quarter-final of the 67th Senior National Kabaddi Championship at Jaipur.

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Vikas Kandola was the star raider for Railways as he scored nine raid points and also a super raid while Ravinder Pahal was the best defender for the team. The defending champions beat star-studded Haryana with ease and moved closer towards yet another championship victory.

The home team Rajasthan defeated their worthy opponents Maharashtra with a scoreline of 47 – 34. Kamal Kishore scored a Super 10 while their star player Deepak Hooda performed well in both defence and attack.

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Maharashtra were the favourites in the tournament, However, Rajasthan managed to beat them strategically to achieve a spot in the final four. Services defeated Karnataka 54 – 23 in the third quarter-final of the day as Naveen Kumar excelled yet again for his team with 15 raid points.

The fourth semi-final was played between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to earn a spot in the final four. Bihar started the game on a high note, however, Abhishek Singh's super 10 dashed their hopes of qualifying for the semifinals of the prestigious tournament. Rahul Chaudhary also helped his team with eight crucial raid points.

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The women’s quarter-finals were also concluded with Railways outperforming Goa in the first quarter-final and winning by a huge margin of 30 points (51-21). Jharkhand reached the semi-finals as they defeated their opponents 26 -21 and Haryana also managed to beat the home team Rajasthan with the scoreline of 40-27. 

In another quarter-final, Himachal Pradesh crushed Chhattisgarh 32-20 to win the final spot in the semifinals of the tournament. The crowd will witness the semi-finals and final on Friday. The men’s championship will be interesting to see as defending champions will be facing the hosts Rajasthan.