Both the women's and men's teams of Nepal have reached the finals of the first Kho-Kho World Cup tournament being held in New Delhi. This is the first time that Nepal has reached the World Cup final in any team game. The finals for both sides are taking place on Sunday.

20 men's and 19 women's teams have reached the finals in the competition. Nepal defeated Uganda in the women's semi-final held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on Saturday. 

The Nepali team led by Saraswati Kadayat won with a score of 89-18. Nepal has reached the final by remaining undefeated. In the semi-finals, Nepal's Pooja Odd was the best player and Deepa Vick was chosen as the best defender. Nagwa Dorothy from Uganda was the best attacker. 

In the women's group stage, Nepal defeated Germany 74-34, Bhutan 83-24, Sri Lanka 110-10 and Bangladesh 83-24. Nepal, who became Group C winners, won 103-8 against Iran in the quarterfinals. In the second semi-final held on Saturday, India defeated South Africa by a score of 66-16 and confirmed the final competition with Nepal. 

After the Nepali women's team reached the final, the Nepali men's team decided to travel to the final. Nepal reached the final after defeating Iran by a score of 72-20 in the semi-final. Janak Chand, who performed excellently to lead Nepal under the captaincy of Hemraj Paneru to the title, was declared the best player, while Suraj Pujara received the trophy of the best attacker. Iran's Mehrab became the best defender. 

Nepal defeated India 42-37 in the men's group stage, defeated Peru 80-34, Brazil 134-8 and Bhutan 98-8. Nepal, who became the runners-up in Group A, defeated Bangladesh 67-18 in the quarter-finals and made it to the last four. Nepal will also compete with India for the men's title. In the men's side, India defeated South Africa 62-42 in the second semi-final and reached the final. 

The Nepali men's team consists of Hemraj, Janak, Suraj along with Yaman Puri, Veda Bahadur Wali, Jhalak Vick, Vikaral Singh Ratgaia, Vishal Tharu, Rajan Bal, Jogendra Rana, Sameer Chand, Biswas Chaudhary, Rohit Kumar Burma, Bharat Saru and Ganesh Vishwakarma. The women's team consists of Saraswati, Pooja, Deepa along with Manmati Dhami, Khushbu Rana, Varsha Pandit, Geeta Chaudhary, Asha Tharu, Deepakumari Vick, Nisha Shahi, Karmakumari Shahi, Kanchan Chaudhary, Poonam Tharu, Mejkan Vick and Anisha Gole.

Nepal has won medals in Kho-Kho games in the 12th and 13th South Asian Games (SAG). The captains of both the teams said that Nepal's goal is a medal as they bid farewell to the World Cup. Saraswati, the captain of the women's team, said that her aim was to win at least a silver medal.

She made the claim as she had already won a medal at the South Asian level. Hemraj, the captain of the men's team, had also won an international medal and said that he was aiming to win a medal as Nepal is the strongest team in South Asia after India and Bangladesh.

The Nepali women's team won the silver in Kho-Kho at the 13th SAG in 2019 at home. At that time, Nepal lost the gold by losing to India with a score of 17-5. 

Nepal has an opportunity to take revenge against India in the World Cup on its own soil. On the men's side, the Nepali team lost to Bangladesh 24-23 in the 13th match and missed out on reaching the finals. Nepal has taken revenge by stopping Bangladesh in the quarter-finals in the World Cup.