Asian Games 2018: Iran beat India in the semifinals of the men’s kabaddi 27-18 and it is being touted as the biggest upset in kabaddi history. Iran beat world champions and seven-time Asian Games champions India and here is how the Iranian team celebrated their big moment.
Here is the one-minute forty-second video. They danced with their women counterparts who were present to cheer for them. Both the men and women team has made it to the finals.
India suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of the Irans during the Kabaddi semi-finals. 😲
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India got off to a good start, thanks to Monu Goyat but things soon started slipping from their hands as Iran came together and put up a great show in the defence, thanks to Attrachali. At half-time, the score was locked at 9-9. It was the second half that took Iran in front.
After the match, Indian coach Ram Mehar Singh hit out at his captain Ajay Thakur’s “overconfidence” after India were knocked out of the Asian Games men’s gold medal match for the first time.
“We lost the match due to the captain’s overconfidence, injury played a part, and super tackle,” the dejected coach said after the shocking defeat at the Theatre Garuda.
“’The game was in our control and we can go all the way, don’t get excited’ we told the players,” manager Rambir Khokhar said.
India endured their worst outing this time, having lost to South Korea a few days ago.
“In our last match our defence did not do well, but today our defence did well. We told them to use their mind while raiding. The forward line did not work today, and we faced problems in super tackle,” Ram Mehar said.
(With PTI inputs)
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