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**Kho Kho World Cup Final Result:**Indian men’s team has created history by winning the Kho-Kho World Cup by defeating Nepal in the final. In the title match, India defeated Nepal 54-36. The host Indian team won the honor of becoming the world champion by remaining unbeaten. Before the men’s team, the Indian women’s team also won the title by defeating the women’s team of Nepal. After taking the early lead, the Indian players put in a brilliant performance.
The first match of the Kho Kho World Cup (Kho Kho World Cup 2025) was also played by India against Nepal (IND vs NEP) where India won. In turn 1, the Indian team played an aggressive game. The Indian team managed to score 26 points. While Nepal could not score a single point in turn 1. In turn-2, India scored 18 points while Nepal added 8 points.
Earlier, the Indian women’s team won the title with an impressive 78-40 victory over Nepal in the final of the first Kho-Kho World Cup on Sunday. The Indian players showed a great example of pace, strategy and skill and dominated from start to finish at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. Nepal won the toss and invited India to attack. Under the leadership of captain Priyank Ingle, the Indian players did not give Nepal a chance to run even once in the opening round and took a lead of 34-0. Nepal attacked in the second turn and came back by scoring 24 points, but in the meantime, B Chaitra fulfilled the dream and gave India a point as well.
After the interval, India’s lead became 35-24. The Indian team completely dominated the match by attacking in the third turn. The team almost secured the victory with a 73-24 lead. Chaitra also troubled the Nepalese players by scoring five runs with a dream run in the fourth over. Nepal’s team could score only 16 points in this round. The Indian women’s team, after recording impressive victories over South Korea, Iran and Malaysia in the group stage, defeated Bangladesh in the quarter-finals and South Africa in the semi-finals in a one-sided fashion.