India topped their group with six wins from six as Mohite and Aditya Shinde led the raiding. Bangladesh and Kenya also posted huge wins.
India finished the group stage of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 with a perfect record on Wednesday, 28 October, beating Sri Lanka 45-24. Star raider Pankaj Mohite scored 15 points to lead the attack. The 21-point win gave India six victories from six group matches and sent them into the semi-finals as table toppers.
The result was the latest in a run of comfortable wins for the hosts’ rivals to beat. India had already sealed their semi-final place before this match, so the game against Sri Lanka was about finishing first and keeping momentum ahead of the knockouts.
Mohite was India’s top scorer and kept Sri Lanka’s defence on the back foot throughout. He found strong support from Aditya Shinde, who added 10 points from his raids. Between them, the two raiders accounted for well over half of India’s total.
The figures reported for India’s raiding do not fully add up. India.com credited Mohite with 15 raid points and Shinde with 10, but put India’s team raid total at 22. What is clear is that the pair did most of the damage at the front.
India’s defence was just as effective. Nitesh Kumar led the way with 5 tackle points, and Yogesh Dahiya chipped in with 4. Those two accounted for all 9 of India’s tackle points. India also collected 6 points from all-outs as they pulled clear of a Sri Lankan side that managed only 24 points across the full match.
Sri Lanka came into the tournament in good form, but they had no answer to India’s combination of raiding and tackling on the night.
Bangladesh booked their place in the semi-finals with a 70-20 thrashing of Scotland. Md Al-Amin was the star with 24 points, Md Hasibul Hossain added 12, and Akash Md Julfiker scored 6. Bangladesh collected 44 raid points, 12 tackle points and 10 all-out points. Arun Sidhu was Scotland’s top scorer with 9 points.
Kenya produced an even bigger margin, beating Australia 76-27, a gap of 49 points. Tobias Kinywa Murithii led the attack with 21 raid points and Stephen Adongo added 14. Kenya finished with 48 raid points, 13 tackle points and 12 all-out points. For Australia, Divot Singh scored 10 points and Jasmeet Grewal 9.
India play their semi-final on Friday, 30 October, when all the last-four ties of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 are scheduled. Their opponent had not been confirmed in the reporting. Bangladesh, fresh from their 50-point win over Scotland, are among the sides who have secured a place in the final four.
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