And Faridabad makes it a dozen

Faridabad is the last confirmed foreign team for the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships to be held at the Stadium Titiwangsa from March 5-7.

Team coordinator Uma Shankar Vashisht made a eleventh hour appeal for the teams inclusion and the entry was accepted.


Uma Shankar Vashisht (extreme left with KAKL's S.T. Arasu and WKF president Dorji Lama (centre) at the International Kabaddi League in Lumbhini, Nepal.

With the confirmation of the Faridabad team, the number of teams in the men's competition would be 12.

The other foreign teams coming for the championships are Chennai, Vijayawada, Mumbai, Patialla, Kapurthala, Katmandu, Oslo and New Delhi.

The local challenge at the championships would come from Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The final team would be the KL Development team.