Highlights 1 India beat Iran 38-29 in the final2 This is India's third consecutive world title3 This was Iran's third straight loss to India in World Cup finalIndia survived a stiff challenge from Iran in the final to win their third straight Kabaddi World Cup title at Ahmedabad's TransStadia Arena. In perhaps the most exciting match of this World Cup, the Indians overturned a first-half deficit with a superb second-half performance to win 38-29. India have thus won all the three Kabaddi World Cups held so far. PTI ImageSurjeet took India's first point of the match with his team's second raid. Thakur produced a superb raid early in the second half to dismiss two Iranian defenders and reduce the deficit to 16-19.

Source: India Today October 22, 2016 15:54 UTC