Asian Games: Indian Kabaddi team suffer shocking semi-final defeat

<p>Jakarta [Indonesia], August 23 (ANI): Indian men\'s Kabaddi team had to settle for a bronze medal after suffering an unprecedented semi-finals defeat in the ongoing 18th edition of Asian Games as they went down 18-27 against the Iranian side.</p><p>The semi-final defeat is a major upset as it is for the first time in the history of the Asian games that the Indian side has failed to qualify for the finals.</p><p>After leading the first half 11-10, the Indian team lost four quick points to their Iranian counterparts which put the opposite side on the driving seat.</p><p>After that, Indian raider Rahul Chaudhari collected some crucial points but defending Champions were still lagging 14-17 in the second half.</p><p>The game took a complete overturn when Iranian players went on to get a massive ten-point leads with a few minutes remaining in the game.</p><p>Iran, who had suffered a crushing 25-27 defeat against India in 2014 Asian Games, went on to qualify for the final and will now take on Korea in the gold medal match.</p><p>Meanwhile, women\'s Kabaddi team cruises into the final of the event after thrashing Chinese Taipei 27-14 in the semi-finals.</p><p>In Gymnastics, India\'s Aruna Reddy Budda and Pranati Nayak failed to finish on the podium as they ended on number seven and eight, respectively in women\'s Vault final.</p><p>India\'s total medal tally at the prestigious event now stands at eighteen with four gold, four silver, and ten bronze. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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