India continued their impressive run in Kabaddi with both the men’s and women’s teams defeating their counterparts in Thailand at the Asian Games on Wednesday. While the seven-time champion team defeated Thailand 63-26, the women’s side won 54-22 in two Group A matches at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre. Chasing the gold medal at the Asian Games, the Indian men’s team, who had slumped to a bronze medal at the 2018 edition in Jakarta, took a commanding 37-9 lead at half-time.
(2023 Asian Games medal count | Full 2023 Asian Games schedule)
It didn’t take India much time to inflict the first all-out on Thailand within the first few minutes of the match’s start.
India soon gained a run in attack before tackling Thailand’s last man to force a second all-out.
Pramot Saising, the last man for Thailand, went for the attack but was beaten down as India delivered a third all-out on the stroke of half-time.
India continued their dominance in the second half, inflicting another all-out on Thailand to take a 53–17 lead.
The Thai players faltered time and again in their attacks as India continued to extend their lead in the second half.
But Thailand showed some fight in the second half as India won the half 26-17 to seal the match.
The Indian men’s team registered an emphatic 55-18 win over Bangladesh earlier on Tuesday.
After the men’s team recorded a fine victory, the women’s team, the silver medalists of the previous edition, took to the field against Thailand and put in a solid performance, taking a dominant 32-9 lead in the first half before led 22-13 in the second half. half.
The team topped their group and qualified for the semi-finals.
On Tuesday, the women’s team recorded a 56-23 victory over South Korea in their second match in Group A.
The women were held to a surprising 34-34 draw by Chinese Taipei in their opening match on Monday.
In the men’s category, India is paired in Group A with Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Japan, while Iran, Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia form Group B.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DailyExpertNews staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Topics mentioned in this article
