Jakarta Aug 21 (IANS) After suffering a shock defeat to South Korea in the last match the Indian kabaddi team bounced back in style as they defeated Thailand 49-30 in their fourth match of the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Rahul Chaudhari was the standout raider in a match which saw Thailand giving a fight in patches.
Right from the start India started puting pressure on their opponents. Pareep Narwal opened the account for India and soon swelled their lead to eight points (11-3) thanks to a brilliant all-out.
With seven minutes remaining in the first half Thailand regrouped their strategy and started attacking. They were not fully sucessfull as after taking points Thailand s defence lacked the sharpness.
The first half ended with India maintaining a healthy 21-12 lead.
In the second half after a few minutes India inflicted an all-out to take their lead to 32-15 and then made it 41-16 through another all-out.
With less than five minutes remaining the Thailand raiders and defenders started the counter attack and took a few points but that was not enough as India already maintained a healthy lead to clinch the issue.

--IANS gau/bg