The fourth version of Khelo India Youth Games has began. A complete of 4700 gamers are taking part from completely different components of the nation, together with 2262 women. All of them will present their mettle in 25 completely different sports activities.

The Andhra Pradesh girls’s kabaddi crew, which arrived to take part within the event, is one such crew that has impressed everybody on day one. Nine of the 12 members of this crew are daughters of farm labourers, who made a grand begin to their marketing campaign by defeating Chhattisgarh 40-28 within the opening match on Friday. Vandana Suryakala, who scored 14 factors on this match, mentioned, “What does it matter that I am the daughter of a farm labourer. I am proud of my parents.”

The participant, from Kapusambham close to Vizianagaram within the state, made her debut on the Tau Devi Lal Stadium right here with a thumping victory and mentioned, “Everyone has a profession and my parents are laborers by profession. I am very proud of them. I started out as a sprinter. When I was young, I used to run in the fields. At the age of seven, I took up the sport after watching all my friends play kabaddi.”

Munakala Devika, a debutante pupil of GNR Junior College, additionally mentioned the identical factor. “We are proud of our parents and it is because of them that we are here. They have encouraged us to play sports. We got the support of the family,” he mentioned.