India made history by defeating Uganda to win the inaugural Women’s Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship

India made history by defeating Uganda to win the inaugural Women’s Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship India made history by beating Uganda 35-15 in the final to win the inaugural Women’s Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Captained by Nidhi Sharma, the team completed a perfect campaign by winning all six matches unbeaten to lift the trophy.Sakshi was India’s top scorer in the final, picking up nine raid points from 10 attempts, including two bonus points. She scored seven points in the first half alone. Anu contributed six run points while captain Nidhi added five.Defenders Ritu and Suman also played a key role, scoring four points each.India started strongly and led 7-3 with 10 minutes left in the first half. They then increased the pressure, scoring 15 points to Uganda’s four to take a 22-7 lead at the break. The Indian raiders were successful throughout the first half while Uganda struggled to stop them.Uganda put up a better fight after the break, scoring seven runs to India’s six. However, India’s second All-Out with less than 10 minutes remaining made the result all but certain.Nakayongo Shirat was Uganda’s top scorer with 11 points but her efforts were not enough to challenge India.

Sakshi praises the team effort

After the win, Sakshi expressed her happiness and spoke about the importance of the tournament for the sport.She said, “I feel great that I could score 9 runs and help the team win. The atmosphere in the team is euphoric after winning the gold medal and everyone is very happy. This event was very important for Kabaddi because such international tournaments will help the growth of the sport and our young players will benefit a lot from this experience.”“I have seen a lot of improvement in the other teams since last year. I want to thank AKFI for organizing such a wonderful championship.”Sakshi finished the tournament with 52 points in six matches and was named India’s best player in the final.India opened their campaign with a 73-13 win over Malaysia and beat Singapore, Uganda and Nigeria in the group stage.They then defeated Sri Lanka in the semi-finals before defeating Uganda in the final to become the competition’s first women’s champions.