Sri Lanka and Singapore both won 50-28 in the men's event, while Kenya edged Sri Lanka and Scotland's women beat England at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex.
Bangladesh thrashed Canada 67-28 to lead a day of one-sided men’s results at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship on Saturday, 24 October, with Sri Lanka and Singapore both winning 50-28 at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex. In the women’s event, Kenya held off Sri Lanka 23-20 in the closest game of the day, while Scotland’s Kirsty Martin scored 25 points in a 53-36 win over England.
Malaysia’s women closed the second day with the biggest margin of all, beating Nigeria 63-8 and inflicting 10 all-outs.
Bangladesh opened the men’s action and led 33-18 at half-time before pulling away in the second half. Md Rahman and Akash Md Julfiker scored 10 points each, and Md Al-Amin added eight.
The raid count told the story: Bangladesh collected 45 raid points to Canada’s 19, and inflicted five all-outs on the way to a 39-point win.
Sri Lanka’s men beat Malaysia 50-28 after building a 29-11 half-time lead. Milinda Chathuranga led the raiding with 16 points and Viduranga added 11. Sri Lanka finished with 35 raid points and three all-outs, and their defence chipped in with nine tackle points.
Singapore matched that scoreline against Scotland, again doing most of the damage before the break to lead 31-11 at half-time. Aidil Asyraaf top-scored with 10 points and Aadil Senthilkumar contributed five raid points. Singapore scored 28 raid points and inflicted six all-outs, while Scotland managed only 11 raid points and never threatened a comeback.
The standout individual display of the day came in the women’s competition. Kirsty Martin scored 25 points, 24 of them raid points, as Scotland beat England 53-36. Steele added six points for Scotland, who led 26-15 at half-time.
Scotland finished with 38 raid points and two all-outs. England were not short of attacking output, with 26 raid points and six extra points, but could not close the gap Scotland opened in the first half.
Kenya’s 23-20 win over Sri Lanka was the only game of the day that stayed tight to the end. Lavenda Odhiambo scored 12 raid points, more than half of her side’s total, and Lizzeanne Owino added three.
Kenya won the raiding battle 15-11, but Sri Lanka’s defence kept them in the contest with nine tackle points. The result meant a split day for Sri Lanka, whose men beat Malaysia while their women lost narrowly to Kenya.
Malaysia were 36-5 up at half-time against Nigeria and kept going to win 63-8. Darsini was their leading scorer with 14 points, including 13 raid points, while Dhurgadevi made seven tackle points. Malaysia’s total was split between 33 raid points and 14 tackle points, and the 10 all-outs underlined how little Nigeria could do in response.
The hosts return to the mat on Sunday, 25 October. India’s women face Uganda at 6:45 PM, and India’s men take on Malaysia at 8:00 PM.
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