Ahmedabad, Oct 28 Ugandan women registered a comprehensive 65-22 victory over Nigeria to march into the semifinals of the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship here on Wednesday.
Their victory sets up a semifinal showdown against fellow African counterparts and Group B toppers Kenya, while hosts India, who topped Group A, lock horns with South Asian neighbours Sri Lanka in the other semifinal.
Uganda, who needed a victory to consolidate the second spot in the group, were neck-to-neck with Nigeria in the initial phase of the match.
Uganda were leading 16-9 when the Nigerian coach called a timeout. After the timeout, Uganda asserted themselves and led 35-12 at half time.
Nalwoga Nahia and Nalubega Olivia were pivotal to Uganda’s win with 22 and 11 points respectively.
In the day’s first match, Bangladesh women, riding on Sraboni Mollick’s 27 points and Bristhi Biswas’s 12 points, hammered England 79-13 in a lop-sided clash.
Bangladesh outscored England 48-12 in raid points and 16-2 in tackle points in addition to inflicting 12 all outs on their opponents.
Bangladesh ended the group assignments with two victories and two losses. The defeats to Kenya (by nine points) and Sri Lanka (by 11 points) put paid to their hopes of reaching the last four.
(PTI News)
