A team of five high school students from across the country has emerged champion at a world debating tournament, with a city boy bagging the best speaker award at the sixth position, making the state proud.

Team India, comprising Bhavya Shah from Mumbai Central and three from Chennai and one from Jaipur, defeated Team Canada in the final round of World School Debating Championship on July 31. As many as 64 countries participated in the tournament held in Hong Kong.