In the first Kho-Kho World Cup, host India was champion in both men's and women's categories
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In the first Kho-Kho World Cup tournament, both the women's and men's teams of Nepal are going to return home with historic achievements. Both teams finished as runners-up. This is the first time that Nepal has returned from playing the World Cup final in any team game.
In the final of the tournament held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Sunday evening, both the teams were reduced to runners-up after losing to host India. Nepal traveled to Delhi aiming for silver medal. Being able to complete that has become a historic achievement for Nepal.
President of Nepal Kho-Kho Association Pradeep Maharjan said, 'We have achieved the goals we had set in the World Cup due to the hard work and effort of the players. This is a historic achievement for us.''Kho-kho is a centuries-old game in India. India has a strong grip on it. It would be foolish to say that we will become world champions by breaking that, so we only set a medal target, we have achieved it,' added President Maharjan. In the
final, Nepal lost the men's match to India with a score of 54-36. On the women's side, Nepal was defeated by the Indian team under the captaincy of Priyanka with a score of 78-40. Both Nepali teams won the toss and decided to defend first. India started attacking and scored good points.
On the women's side, India made 34-0 when attacking in the first turn. In the second turn, when Nepal was attacking, scoring 22 points, defensive India added 1 point. In the third turn, India scored 73 runs while attacking, while defensive Nepal added 2 scores. In the fourth turn, when Nepal was attacking, adding 16 scores, defensive India also collected 5 scores.
The Nepalese team was captained by Hemraj Paneru on the men's side. Nepal, who was attacking in the second and fourth turns, added 18-18 scores, while India, who was attacking in the first and third turns, collected 26 and 28 scores.
Under the captaincy of Saraswati Kadayat, the Nepali women's team that played in the World Cup remained undefeated and reached the finals. On the men's side, the Nepali team only lost to India in the group stage. Nepal's Rohit Verma and Manmati Dhami of Nepal were the best defenders in the men's side of the tournament.
The women's final was a repeat of the final of the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal. In 2019, India won gold by defeating Nepal by a score of 17-5. In the first edition of the Kho-Kho World Cup, 20 men's and 19 women's nations participated.
