Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: India beat Sri Lanka 45-24 to reach semifinals

India beat Sri Lanka 45-24 on Thursday at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, completing six wins from six matches in the group stage. Pankaj Mohite led India’s scoring with 15 raid points while Aditya Shinde contributed 10. Nitesh added five tackle points and Yogesh Dahiya chipped in with four. India recorded 22 successful raids, nine tackle points and six points from all-outs.

Other results

Bangladesh secured its place in the semifinals with a 70-20 win over Scotland. Md Al-Amin led the attack with 24 points, while Md Hasibul Hossain added 12 and Akash Md Julfiker contributed six. Bangladesh registered 44 raid points, 12 tackle points and 10 points from all-outs.

Arun Sidhu was Scotland’s leading scorer with nine points. Tanzania defeated England 36-27. Juma Sultania led Tanzania with 11 points, while Ali Bakari contributed nine. Felix Li was England’s leading scorer with 12 points. Uganda defeated Nigeria 48-23.

Mutebi Simon led Uganda with 16 points, supported by Ssekamatte Rahim with nine and Ngabirano Innocent with seven. Uganda accumulated 30 raid points, nine tackle points and eight points from all-outs. Ekpe Victory Emmanuel top-scored for Nigeria with seven points. Canada edged Singapore 45-38.

Manpreet Singh led Canada with 16 points, while Anmol Thakur added 11 and Anand contributed eight. Canada recorded 27 raid points and 16 tackle points, with four super tackles bolstering its defensive effort. For Singapore, Aidil Asyraaf scored 10 points and Aadit Senthilkumar added nine.

Kenya rounded off the day with a commanding 76-27 victory over Australia. Tobias Kinywa Murithii led Kenya’s raiding effort with 21 points, while Stephen Adongo contributed 14. Kenya dominated with 48 raid points, 13 tackle points and 12 points from all-outs.

For Australia, Divot Singh was the leading scorer with 10 raid points, followed by Jasmeet Grewal with nine.

Context

The 2026 Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is the inaugural edition of the tournament.

It is held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, featuring national men’s and women’s teams from across the Commonwealth to promote the sport toward future inclusion in the main Commonwealth Games programme.

The India men’s national kabaddi team represents India in international men’s kabaddi competitions.

Governed by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, established in 1972, the team is the most successful national kabaddi side in history, having secured gold medals at the Asian Games in nine out of ten editions since the sport’s inclusion in 1990.

India has also won all three Kabaddi World Cup editions in 2004, 2007, and 2016, defeating Iran in each final, and the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup organised by World Kabaddi, defeating England 44-41 in the final.

Additionally, the team has won the Asian Kabaddi Championship eight times across nine men’s editions and also won the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in 2026.

What happens next

India, having already secured its place in the semifinals, will return to action on October 30 as it looks to continue its campaign at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026. The semifinals of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 will be played on October 30.

India’s scoring breakdown against Sri Lanka

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Sources

• sportstar.thehindu.com

• khelnow.com

• Photo: Asian Kabaddi Federation, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)