It was a complete dominance by India as the Men’s Kabaddi team toyed with Pakistan and booked spot in the Asian Games final. The Pawan Sehrawat-led side clinched a 61-14 victory against the arch-rivals in the semifinal on Friday, 6th October.
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India looked rusty at the start. Skipper Pawan Sehrawat was pinned down in the first raid and within a jiffy, the Indian Men were reduced to just two on the mat.
Naveen Kumar saved India from the all out as he started picking up raid points. From them on, the Indian got hold of the proceedings and began to dominate. The Indian team led Pakistan 30-5 at halftime in the semifinal of the Asian Games.
In the first half itself, India inflicted three all-outs. Skipper Pawan Sehrawat made a spectacular super raid as the Men in Blue began to toy around with their arch-rivals.
After halftime, India continued where they left off, adding 31 points to the 30 they had at the break, though Pakistan would have been relieved to reach double digits.
Pawan and Naveen had all-outs in the first half, and Aslam Inamdar, Sachin Tanwar, and Akash Shinde had all-outs in the second. Vishal Bhardwaj was the defensive standout, calmly executing ankle holds from the left corner position.
In the gold medal match, India will face the winner of the second semifinal between Iran and Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
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