Chandigarh 14th November:- On the eleventh day
of Dr BR Ambedkar 6th World Cup Kabaddi 2016, four matches were
held in the grounds of Government Ripudaman College, Nabha, today. From
tomorrow, the knockout matches would be held. Cabinet Minister Surjit Singh
Rakhra was the chief guest for today’s matches.
In Pool A matches of men section, India scored
their fifth victory by defeating England by 56-37 and entered the semi finals.
With four victories, the England team also entered the semis. Similarly, in
Pool A match of women section, Indian eves defeated Sri Lanka by 51-12 and
entered the semi finals. From this pool, the second team entering the semi
finals is Kenya.
The semi finals would
be played between India vs USA and Iran vs England in men section while in
women section, these matches would be played between India vs New Zealand and
USA vs Kenya. In other matches of the men section held today, Canada defeated
Sierra Leone by 48-35 and Sweden defeated Sri Lanka by 55-23.
Prominent among those
present on the occasion included MLAs Vaninder Kaur Loomba and Harpreet Kaur
Mukhmailpur, Punjab Kabaddi Association Senior Vice President Tajinder Singh
Middukhera, vice president Hari Singh Preet Tractors, Senior Akali leader
Makhan Singh Lalka, Satvir Singh Khatra and Randhir Singh Rakhra, Nagar Council
President Gursewak Singh Golu, Nardev Singh Aakri, Punjab Tourism Development
Corporation chairman Surjit Singh Ablowal, Deputy Commissioner Ramvir Singh,
SSP Gurmit Singh Chauhan, Sports Department Deputy Director Rupinder Ravi,
Assistant Director Kartar Singh Sehamby, District Sports Officer Yograj Singh,
besides several others.
