Live streaming, Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023: India in Group C - full schedule
Indian kabaddi team's archrivals Pakistan are in Group D while home team and defending champions Iran are in Group A. Watch live and get complete schedule.
India are placed in Group C along with Bangladesh and Thailand in the Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 to be held in Urmia, Iran from February 28 to March 4.
Sixteen teams, divided into four groups, will play in the second edition of the Junior Kabaddi World Championships. Home team Iran are in Group A while India’s rivals Pakistan are in Group D.
Iran are the defending champions. They went undefeated in the tournament and upstaged Kenya 42-22 in the final of the inaugural edition of the meet held in 2019, also in Iran. India skipped the kabaddi tournament.
Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 teams and groups
Group A: Iran, Chinese Taipei, Uganda
Group B: Kenya, Iraq, Palestine
Group C: Bangladesh, India, Thailand
Group D: Pakistan, Nepal, Georgia
The teams will play the group stages matches in a round-robin format. After that the top two teams in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals, to be held on March 2.
The semi-finals will be played on March 3, while the Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 final will be held on March 4.
India will play both their group matches on March 1. Their opener is against Thailand. A 15-member Indian kabaddi team, including three reserves, has been named for the Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023. Ankush Rathee has been announced as captain.
The Indian team comprises seven kabaddi players who have played in the popular Pro Kabaddi league in India. These include Narender Kandola (Tamil Thalaivas), Jai Bhagwan (U Mumba), Ankush Rathee (Jaipur Pink Panthers), Manjeet Sharma (Dabang Delhi KC) and Sagar Kumar (Patna Pirates). Parteek Dahiya (Gujarat Giants) and Vinay Redhu (Telugu Titans) are in the reserves.
Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 India squad
Indian kabaddi team: Ankush Rathee (captain, left corner), Nardender Kandola (right raider), Jai Bhagwan (right raider), Manjeet Sharma (right raider), Sagar Kumar (all rounder), Ashish Malik (left corner), Sachin (right cover), Rohit Kumar (left cover), Manu Deshwal (left raider), Abhijit Malik (right raider), Vijyant Jaglan (right cover), Yogesh Dahiya (right corner)
Reserves: Parteek Dahiya (right raider), Vinay Redhu (left raider), Ashish (right corner)
Where to watch Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 live
Live streaming of the Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 is expected to be available on the Telewebion website. There will be no live telecast of the event on any TV channel in India.
Junior Kabaddi World Championships 2023 schedule and live match start times
All in India Standard Time (IST)
February 28, Tuesday
Iran vs Chinese Taipei - 7:00 AM IST
Kenva vs Iraq - 8:00 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Thailand - 9:00 AM IST
Pakistan vs Nepal - 2:00 PM IST
Chinese Taipei vs Uganda - 4:00 PM IST
Iraq vs Palestine - 5:00 PM IST
March 1, Wednesday
Thailand vs India - 7:00 AM IST
Nepal vs Georgia - 8:00 AM IST
Uganda vs Iran - 9:00 AM IST
Palestine vs Kenya - 3:00 PM IST
India vs Bangladesh - 4:00 PM IST
Pakistan vs Georgia - 5:00 PM IST
March 2, Thursday
Quarter-final 1: Winner A vs Runner-up C - 2:00 PM IST
Quarter-final 2: Winner B vs Runner-up D - 3:00 PM IST
Quarter-final 3: Winner C vs Runner-up A - 4:00 PM IST
Quarter-final 4: Winner D vs Runner-up B - 5:00 PM IST
March 3, Friday
Semi-final 1: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2 - 3:00 PM IST
Semi-final 2: Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4 - 4:00 PM IST
March 4, Saturday
Final: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 - 1:00 PM IST
Note: Some information has been sourced from the web and is subject to change.