Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 25 (ANI): Defending champions India stormed into the ladies’s kabaddi closing on the Asian Games 2026 after defeating Nepal 48-24 within the semi-final on Friday.
India began strongly and took a 9-5 lead after the opening 5 minutes, with the defending champions selecting up factors by means of raids, whereas Nepal appeared to place stress on India’s defence.
Nepal continued to problem India and produced a brilliant deal with on Sonali, stopping the Indian raider from reaching the road. India maintained a five-point benefit at 15-10 as Nepal continued to check the defending champions.
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Nepal’s Ganga Ghimire then produced a standout raid, incomes 4 factors regardless of dealing with ankle holds as she managed to the touch the road. After a prolonged examine, the raid was confirmed as 4 factors, decreasing the hole as India led 21-15 with 4 minutes remaining within the first half.
India, nevertheless, step by step tightened its grip on the competition and prolonged the benefit earlier than the break. Strong performances from Sanju Devi and Sonali helped India take a commanding 31-17 lead at half-time.
The defending champions continued to dominate after the restart and maintained a cushty cushion all through the second half.
India ultimately accomplished a complete 48-24 victory to ebook their place within the closing. India will face both Chinese Taipei or Iran within the closing, scheduled to be performed on Saturday. The Indian girls’s kabaddi workforce will now look to defend its Asian Games title and add one other gold medal to the nation’s marketing campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.
Meanwhile, India loved a powerful day on the Asian Games 2026, with capturing main the medal cost. Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh received gold within the 10m air pistol blended workforce occasion, whereas Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar secured silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions workforce occasion. Tomar and Niraj additionally superior to the person closing.
India confirmed medals in desk tennis and squash, with Diya Chitale-Manush Shah and Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar reaching the respective blended doubles semifinals. Abhay Singh additionally entered the boys’s singles squash semifinals after beating Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue 3-0. Yashaswini Ghorpade progressed to the third spherical of ladies’s singles desk tennis.
In hockey, India defeated Japan 3-1 within the girls’s Pool B match, whereas Sajan Prakash, Rishabh Das and Utkarsh Patil superior to swimming finals. Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto and Unnati Hooda started their badminton campaigns with wins.
India additionally superior to Final B in males’s kayak double 500m, whereas the ladies’s kayak 4 completed eighth. There have been exits in fencing, canoe dash and swimming, whereas India’s girls’s heptathlon athletes Anamika Aneesh and Pooja remained seventh and ninth, respectively, general. In esports, India misplaced 0-2 to South Korea in Pokemon Unite. (ANI)