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Waikar and co. stuck to their word, bettering on their previous performance to secure a breezy win over the visiting Brazilians.
Kho Kho World Cup 2025: India beat Brazil
Coming off a thrilling win against Nepal last night, and playing after the merciless romp of South Korea by the Indian women’s team, Pratik Waikar and Co. kept the winning streak going as they made light work of Brazil at the Kho Kho World Cup 2025 in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Brazilians won the toss and elected to attack first, craving to draw first blood in the matchup.
The visitors would do so in fair fashion, as the first batch of Indian defenders were run all out within 2 minutes as Brazil got the scoreboard ticking.
The tricky trio of Gowtham, Waikar, and Ganpule then took to the mat for India, sliding and gliding their way through the Brazilian attackers, running the clock down. Ganpule, in particular, was wily as ever, continuing his sensational form from his tie against Nepal. The trio ended up securing the first Dream Run of the match, eating up over three and a half minutes off the clock.
Regardless, Brazil got off to a respectable start, notching up a scoreline of 16-2 over the Indians, securing a slender 14-point lead over the hosts.
All was down on Brazil’s defense now to keep the momentum going for the visitors. But, the Indians, led by a hungry Waikar hounded the opposition with a vengeance, running the initial batch all out within a minute and a half. Before the Brazilians knew it, India demolished the lead the visitors had built, with over three minutes on the clock left for Turn 2 to end.
Then it turned out to be easy pickings for Waikar and his side, as the Indians would breeze to a comfortable 36-16 lead at the end of Turn 2, doubling the opposition’s tally so far with ease.
The game wasn’t beyond the grasp of the Brazilians but they were in desperate need of quick outs against the Indians, something that the hosts were not willing to give out easily.
The trio of Kashyap, Suyash, and Prabani proved to be too much to handle for the visitors, who took more than half of the time allotted for the Turn to run them out.
Brazil did better on their next go around but still wouldn’t do enough for them to snatch away the lead from the Indians, as Turn 3 would end with the scores at 38-34 in favour of the Indians.
All that was needed for the Indians was to keep the attack going and seal the deal with confidence in the last Turn, something that the hosts would achieve with ease.
The slender 4-point lead slowly but surely blossomed into a 30-point lead by the end of the final Turn, as India ended the match 64-34 to notch their second win in a row to remain unbeaten.
The Indian men’s team will face off against Peru for their third clash of the tournament tomorrow Wednesday.
