Bangladesh Kabaddi team made a flying start in the 12-team Kabaddi World Cup’2016 outplaying England by 52-18 points in their first match at the state-of-the-art stadium in the Indian city of Ahmedabad Saturday evening.
Hosts India beat South Korea by 34-32 points in the day’s other match.
Earlier, Bangladesh have been placed in Pool A along with defending champions India, South Korea, Australia, England and Argentina while Pool B teams consists of Iran, Thailand, Japan, USA, Poland and Kenya.
In the remaining Pool A matches, Bangladesh will play India on Oct 11 at 9:30 pm, South Africa on Oct 13 at 9:30 pm, Australia on Oct 17 at 9:30 pm and Argentina Oct 19 at 8.30 pm
All the matches will be held on round robin league basis and later top two teams from each of the pool will qualify for semi-finals.
