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BADAL (Bathinda): The Pakistan team announced it will never return to India again to play kabaddi after losing to India in the final of the fifth edition of the Kabaddi World Cup organised by the Punjab government in Bathinda.
The players accused the organizers of bias and foul play to ensure that India won. They accepted the prize money as runners-up but only under protest. The organizers, however, insisted that there was no attempt to ensure an Indian win.
Punjab deputy chief minister and a member of the organizing committee, Sukhbir Badal, said, "No unfair means were used but we will look into the issue."
The Pakistan team was winning till the last couple of minutes and was at least 4 points ahead of India but the hosts won four points in the last two minutes to win the cup.
Pakistan team captain Shafiq Chishti said, "The organizers played a partisan role. The match was stopped three minutes before the scheduled close to ensure the Indian team's victory. The Indian players were applying mustard oil to their bodies so that we would fail to get hold of them. We were also not allowed to drink water."
Pakistan coach Malik Safdar said, "We believed that India would play fair but we got a raw deal. This was bad sportsmanship and we are taking back bad memories of the tournament and will never take part in the World Cup again."
Police officers then intervened and stopped the Pakistanis from interacting with the media.
Initially, the agitating players refused to accept the prize money but then Sukhbir directed rural development minister and Punjab Kabaddi Association president Sikandar Singh Maluka to convince the players. Maluka had a tough time convincing them.
Maluka told TOI no injustice had been done to the Pakistanis. "The Indian team won because of performance not because of unfair means," he said. Sukhbir was seen consoling the Pakistan players.
The players accused the organizers of bias and foul play to ensure that India won. They accepted the prize money as runners-up but only under protest. The organizers, however, insisted that there was no attempt to ensure an Indian win.
Punjab deputy chief minister and a member of the organizing committee, Sukhbir Badal, said, "No unfair means were used but we will look into the issue."
The Pakistan team was winning till the last couple of minutes and was at least 4 points ahead of India but the hosts won four points in the last two minutes to win the cup.
Pakistan team captain Shafiq Chishti said, "The organizers played a partisan role. The match was stopped three minutes before the scheduled close to ensure the Indian team's victory. The Indian players were applying mustard oil to their bodies so that we would fail to get hold of them. We were also not allowed to drink water."
Pakistan coach Malik Safdar said, "We believed that India would play fair but we got a raw deal. This was bad sportsmanship and we are taking back bad memories of the tournament and will never take part in the World Cup again."
Police officers then intervened and stopped the Pakistanis from interacting with the media.
Initially, the agitating players refused to accept the prize money but then Sukhbir directed rural development minister and Punjab Kabaddi Association president Sikandar Singh Maluka to convince the players. Maluka had a tough time convincing them.
Maluka told TOI no injustice had been done to the Pakistanis. "The Indian team won because of performance not because of unfair means," he said. Sukhbir was seen consoling the Pakistan players.
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