Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: India Men and Women Beat Uganda and Singapore

India’s men’s and women’s kabaddi teams won their matches at the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 on Saturday, October 24, at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Sportstar reported that the men’s team defeated Uganda 44-30 while the women’s team beat Singapore 32-16.

Men’s match: India beats Uganda 44-30

India produced a strong all-round performance to secure a 14-point victory over Uganda. Shivam Patare led the raiding department with eight points, including six touch points and two bonus points. Naveen Kumar and Bharat contributed six raid points each, while Aditya Shinde added four points. India collected 27 raid points, 11 tackle points and six all-out points during the contest. In defence, Ajit Pawar led the team with three tackle points, while Nitesh, Yogesh Dahiya and Deepak S contributed two tackle points each. The Indian side registered 11 successful tackles compared to Uganda’s three. For Uganda, Mulaire Daglas was the leading scorer with nine raid points, followed by Okidi Carnold and Sengendo Jimmy, who contributed five points each. Despite matching India’s tally of 27 raid points, Uganda struggled defensively as India secured the 44-30 victory.

Women’s match: India beats Singapore 32-16

The Indian women’s team registered a commanding 32-16 victory over Singapore. Sakshi led India’s raiding department with six points, while Renuka and Anu contributed four raid points each. Nidhi Sharma added three points to the team’s tally. India Women registered 19 raid points, nine tackle points and four all-out points. Suman led the defensive effort with four tackle points, while Muskan Sharma contributed two. Riya Kumari, Sabahi Gadhavi and Ritu added one tackle point each. For Singapore, Arthi Selvan was the top scorer with five raid points, while Anandarajan Sindini and M. Vishwalah Devi contributed four points each. Singapore managed 16 raid points but failed to register a single successful tackle against the Indian side.

Context and what happens next

The 2026 Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is the inaugural edition of the competition, held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, featuring national men’s and women’s teams from across the Commonwealth to promote the sport toward future inclusion in the main Commonwealth Games program. 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. While the Indian women will be facing Uganda at 6:45 PM in the next encounter, Indian men will be competing against Malaysia at 8:30 PM, both on Sunday, October 25.

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Sources

• Khel Now

• Sportstar

• Kabaddi Adda

• Wikipedia: 2026 Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship (background)

• Wikipedia: India national kabaddi team (background)

• Wikipedia: 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi) (background)

• Photo: Zeeshan suhel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)