00:00Gold for India in men's Kabaddi event in the Asian Games.
00:04Indian men's team wins gold in Kabaddi event by beating Iran 39-35.
00:09Both the men and women's team do the golden double in the Asian Games 2026.
00:14This is India's fourth gold in the last five editions of the Asian Games.
00:19With this gold, India's gold medal tally that has increased to four.
00:22India wins gold in men's Kabaddi.
00:25India beat Iran 39-35 in the Kabaddi finals.
00:29Kabaddi gold that has come India's way at the Asian Games.
00:33India completes golden double in Kabaddi.
00:37Men's and women's Kabaddi teams both have won gold.
00:40India's fourth gold at the Asian Games 2026 where India's gold tally has risen to four.
00:47India has won Kabaddi gold for the fourth time in five editions.
00:51And this once again is a huge victory.
00:55Let me take this to my colleague Siddharth joining us on the broadcast.
01:00Siddharth, many, many congratulations.
01:01And of course, do take us through the details of how the game panned out.
01:05Proud moment for every Indian.
01:09Well, it is a proud moment for every Indian because we expected the Kabaddi team to dominate both in the
01:16women's and in the men's section.
01:17And they have lived up to the expectations in a big, big way.
01:21And you've spoken about the dominance.
01:23I mean, you look at it in this new format where you have to have the playoff situation and everything.
01:28You have now won four gold in the last five editions.
01:322010, 2014, 2022 and now 2026.
01:36Everybody will have to remember the fact that the Indian men's and women's team were deeply impacted by the fact
01:42that they couldn't win the top medal in Jakarta Palimbang 2018.
01:46And since then, they have used that as a reference point to ensure that we win medals on a consistent
01:51basis.
01:52Now, as far as this game was concerned, let me tell you about the men's team.
01:56The men's team are the actual behemoths of the sport.
02:00But in the first half today, they were trailing 17-18 against an Iranian side that were determined to ensure
02:08that they got through.
02:09But in the second half, what happened is India just collected their nerves, their composure.
02:15They ensured that, OK, let us hang back and let us exploit Iran's weakness of not going for the all
02:22outs.
02:23All outs meaning you try and get as many defenders and you cross the middle line.
02:27But that unfortunately could not happen to Iran on a consistent basis.
02:31India exploited that, overturned the deficit, took the lead and ensured they stayed on that lead for a very, very
02:39long time.
02:41India women, on the other hand, they had a very solid show.
02:44They did not get ruffled by the aggression that was there from the Iranian players.
02:49Whenever the Iranian players tackled the Indian players, they suffered injuries.
02:53But those injuries did not bother them.
02:55And that is why we have managed to get a double gold through sheer grit, determination and aggression.
03:03All right, Siddharth, many thanks for getting us those details.
03:06Big win for India there and four medals that have come our way.
03:11Gold is what is ruling the ruse for India.
03:14I want to thank you for those details.
