India vs Pakistan Kabaddi Highlights, Asian Games 2023 Semifinal: IND reaches final after beating PAK 61-14

India sets up its date in the men’s Kabaddi final with a dominating 47-point win over Pakistan. The 2018 Jakarta Games bronze medallist will face the winner of Iran vs Chinese Taipei on Saturday.

With only 20 seconds left on the mat, Aslam goes into the do-or-die raid. He decides to let the clock run out and gives away a freebie point to Pakistan to end this game. India secures a spot in the final and assures at least a silver medal.

Usman Ahmed has been tackled by the Indian defence.

Usman Ahmed gets a bonus. 13th point for Pakistan in the match.

A touchpoint of Waqar Ali to Akash Shinde in the do-or-die raid.

A bonus for Pakistan.

Usman Ahmed gets a running hand touch on Nitesh Kumar.

Another surrender raid as India INFLICTS SIXTH ALL-OUT on Pakistan.

Akash Shinde takes two touchpoints before the Indian defence tackles the second-last player of Pakistan on the mat.

Sachin uses his reach to get a hand touch.

Mudassar Ali uses the lobby to come back with a point in the raid.

Umair Khan has been dashed away.

Aslam with a multi-point raid. Comes back with two touchpoints.

India INFLICTS FIFTH ALL-OUT on Pakistan with almost 9 minutes still left on the clock.

Sachin, with an acrobatic effort, escapes a double thigh hold from Mudassar Ali.

Usman Ahmed has been tackled by Vishal Bhardwaj with an ankle hold before Sachin gets a point in the raid via a quick hand touch.

Sachin with another multi-point raid as he takes two touchpoints in the raid.

Akhlaq Ahmed could not do much but get himself caught by the Indian defence as Pakistan has been ALL-OUT for the fourth time in the match!

Sachin escapes a double thigh hold of Muzammil Zafar to come back with a point in the raid.

A point for India in the raid before Adil was tackled by the roaring defence.

SUPER TACKLE! Sachin has been tackled once again, this time against a three-man Paksitani defence.

Aslam tags a defender to leave Pakistan with just three-man on the mat.

Aslam and Nitesh pounce on Akhlaq Ahmed to get India a point in defence.

Finally, a point for Pakistan in the defence as they combined well to tackle Sachin, who went way too deep in search of a point.

Aslam, in the following raid, gets one more touchpoint.

Sachin starts the proceedings for India in the second half with a touchpoint via a sliding toe touch.

Pakistan started on a high to get the first four points of the match. But India showed its true might as it gave only a single point in the rest of the match. Naveen single-handedly led India’s initial comeback by taking all first eight points to inflict the first all-out. India induced more damage by forcing two more all-outs to steamroll Pakistan in the first half.

A couple of empty raids from Pawan and Usman Khan as the scoreline remains the same at halftime.

Another point in defence for India.

A surrender raid to Naveen means INDIA INFLICTS THIRD ALL-OUT ON PAKISTAN!

Aslam and Surjeet pounce on Tahseen Ullah to reduce Pakistan with the last man on the mat.

A sliding toe touch with perfection on Iqbal Mazhar will fetch a point to Naveen in the raid.

Vishal Bhardwaj gets another point in the defence. He gets a hold of Mudassar Ali’s ankle.

Aslam Inamdar gets a touchpoint with a sliding toe touch.

Back-to-back empty raids from Pakistan. First Taheseen Ullah and then Mudassar Ali.

Aslam goes in the raid and escapes a backhold of Muhammad Imran.

Vishal Bhardwaj gets an anklehold of Iqbal Mazhar to get a point in defence.

Aslam goes in the raid. Muhammad Imran surrenders to Aslam as India INFLICTS SECOND ALL-OUT on Pakistan!

Mudassar Ali loses his balance while raiding and Naveen is quick to react by touching him in pursuit. Great presence of mind from Naveen to get a point and Pakistan is just one man standing on the mat right now.

Iqbal Mazhar makes a mistake to give his tag to Pawan, who was in the raid.

Pawan Sehrawat is back in action! He delivers a SUPER RAID to take three points in the raid! India extends its lead by 10 points.

First point for the Indian captain in the raid. Pawan gets a touchpoint.

Mudassari Ali touches Surjeet in the raid. Fifth point for Pakistan.

Naveen comes back after wiping out Pakistan’s two-man defence of captain Muhammad Imran and Waqar Ali to INFLICT FIRST ALL-OUT on Pakistan single-handedly!

Naveen gets all 8 points in the raid and India takes two extra points for the all-out.

Naveen goes in the raid. He shrugs off a tackle attempt on him and crosses the midline. But the question is, how many points does he get in this raid? Iqbal Mazhar and Akhlaq Ahmed have been sent away by the referee as Naveen gets two points in the raid. He has taken all six points for India in this match!

A poor raid from Mudassar Ali who went to the lobby to give India a freebie point in defence. Parity restored!

Naveen gets the third point in the raid as he touches Adil Hussain.

A bonus and then a touchpoint in the next two raids for Naveen to cut Pakistan’s lead and give India the first points in the match.

Nitesh and Vishal Bhardwaj have to go out as Mazhar Iqbal escapes to go back with two raid points. Pakistan with a 4-point lead!

Aslam Inamdar has been tackled as well! Pakistan gets the second point in defence.

Pakistan thumps down Indian captain PAWAN SEHRAWAT! Akhlaq Ahmed with a hefty dash throws Sehrawat out. On court, umpires give a point each to both teams as one of Pakistan’s defenders seemed to have gone out of bounds too but after careful consideration in video referral, the verdict goes in the favour of Pakistan. A point to them as they are in the lead!

Pakistan No. 10 Mudassar Ali comes into the raid to start things off for Pakistan. He goes back to start with an empty raid.

Pakistan will raid first.

Last head-to-head - India beat Pakistan 23-11 at the 2014 Asian Games.

The big news coming in from women’s kabaddi is that the Chinese Taipei has continued its giant-slaying run and went on to hand the Iran women’s team a loss in the semifinal to make its way for the finals.

India, which already beat Nepal in the semifinal will have to face Chinese Taipei in the final.

Iran and Taipei played out a 34-34 tie in the opening game.

INDIA: Nitesh Kumar, Parvesh, Surjeet, Vishal Bhardwaj, Naveen Kumar, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (c), Aslam Mustafa Inamdar

PAKISTAN: Mudassar Ali, Adil Hussain, Akhlaq Ahmed, Muzammil Zafar, Umair Khan, Waqar Ali, Iqbal Mazhar, Muhammad Imran (c)

October 3, Tuesday - India 55-18 Bangladesh

October 4, Wednesday - India 63-26 Thailand

October 5, Thursday - India 50-27 Chinese Taipei

October 5, Thursday - India 56-28 Japan

INDIA: Nitesh Kumar, Parvesh, Surjeet, Vishal Bhardwaj, Arjun Deshwal, Naveen Kumar, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (c), Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Akash Shinde, Sunil Kumar, Sachin, Nitin Rawal

PAKISTAN: Mudassar Ali (c), Adil Hussain, Akhlaq Ahmed, Muzammil Zafar, Umair Khan, Waqar Ali, Iqbal Mazhar, Tahseen Ullah, Sajjad Shaukat, Usman Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Safian

When will the IND vs PAK Men’s Kabaddi semifinal match be played?

The Asian Games Kabaddi semifinal between India and Pakistan will be played on Friday, October 6 at 12:30 PM IST

Where can we watch the Men’s Kabaddi semifinal match at the Asian Games?

The Asian Games Kabaddi semifinal matches will be telecast live on the Sony Sports Network. The live streaming of the match will also be available on SonyLiv.

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