Kho Kho World Cup 2025: Indian women's team became first world champion, won it by defeating Nepal

Kho Kho World Cup 2025: India has become the first world champion team of Kho Kho. In the final played on Sunday, January 19 in New Delhi, the Indian women's team easily defeated Nepal in a one-sided fashion by a huge margin of 38 points and won the title. The Indian women's team, which has been winning every match with constant dominance since the first match of the tournament, continued the same style in the final as well and won the championship by defeating Nepal with a scoreline of 78-40.

India become the first world champion team of Kho Kho

The first Kho Kho World Cup started on January 13 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi and in its very first match, the Indian women's team registered a big win by scoring 176 points against South Africa. With this victory, Team India had made its intentions clear and this intention was to destroy every team. With the final on Sunday, the Indian team turned its intentions into reality and captured the title.

India's dominance from the beginning

This match was considered tough for the Indian team because like them, Nepal is also a strong Kho-Kho team, but the Indian women dominated from the first turn itself. In turn-1, the Indian team attacked and taking full advantage of the mistakes of the Nepali players in defense, started the match with a big lead of 34-0. In the second turn, it was Nepal's turn to attack and this team also opened its account, but the Indian defenders did not let them score points easily. In this way, the score after the second turn was 35-24.

India's decisive lead in the third turn

In the third turn, it was India's turn to attack again, and this time Team India took its lead to a decisive position. Although the start was a little slow this time, but after half time, the Indian players increased the speed of attack, and the score reached 73-24. From here, it became almost impossible for Nepal to make a comeback and this is what happened in the end. In turn-4, Nepal's attackers were also not able to score many points, and India won the match with a scoreline of 78-40.

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