Indian authorities disowns Kabaddi team participating in World Cup

Indian Authorities have disowned the Kabaddi team participating in the Kabaddi World Cup, currently underway in Pakistan and said that they had not approved any team from the country.

Narinder Batra, Chief of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said that neither IOA nor Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) had approved any team to participate in the world cup and he had no idea about who had gone to Pakistan.

Narinder Batra said, “The IOA has not approved and it has also not been approved by the federation so I don’t know who has gone. Statements from the sports ministry also confirmed that they have not approved anyone. So I don’t know who they are and what the story is.”

The administrator of AKFI, SP Garg, also confirmed that the federation had not granted permission to any team to take part in the Kabaddi World Cup in Pakistan.

Confusions have been rise as Indian officials have disowned the Kabaddi team that arrived in Pakistan through the Wagah Border to participate in the World Cup 2020 on Saturday.

It is pertaining to mention here that Pakistan is hosting the event for the first time this year.