Asian Kabaddi C'ship: India wins both games on Day 1- HIGHLIGHTS
India started title defence of Asian Kabaddi Championship with two wins on the first day!
Pawan Sehrawat (second from right) will be making a comeback from injury in Asian Kabaddi Championship.
The Indian Kabaddi team got off to a flying start in the Asian Kabaddi Championship after winning both games on the first day of the tournament.
India started the day against Korea and thrashed them 76-13 in the first game to start the title defence on a winning note. The second game saw India face a stiff challenge from Chinese Taipei but India won 53-19 at the end.
India plays Japan tomorrow.
As it happened:
India started the title defence with two wins on the first day of Asian Kabaddi Championships 2023. India will be back against Japan tomorrow 11:30 AM.
Another big win for India after facing resistance from Chinese Taipei in the first half. India end the day one with two wins.
The Indian team is in control now and with less than five minutes to go, the Chinese Taipei team has no chance of a comeback.
Sachin comes with a three-point raid to take out half of the Chinese Taipei team and India has a big lead of 35-16 now.
The Indian team is finding its rhythm now and inflicts the first all-out of this game on Chinese Taipei to lead 30-15.
India has a nine-point lead of 21-12 after the first half but the Chinese Taipei team has been mighty impressive and they kept troubling India throughout the half.
The Indian team needs to avoid the mistakes in defence and not give away easy bonus points.
The Indian team takes a big lead of 19-9 after the initial blip in the first 10 minutes. Chinese Taipei has done well and they are getting bonus points continuously.
India's captain has been tackled on the left side and the Chinese Taipei team is just behind by one point!
India 7-6 Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei team has done well to take bonus during their raids and kept the score down to 3-5.