India Women win first-ever Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship, beat Uganda 35-15 in final in Ahmedabad.
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India Women to beat Uganda 35-15 and win first-ever Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: India Women’s Kabaddi team has created historyThey became the first-ever champions of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship by beating Uganda Women 35-15 in the final in Ahmedabad.
It was a perfect tournament for India WomenThey won all six matches and lifted the trophy in styleThey remained unbeaten throughout the championship.
Star raider Sakshi was the hero of the finalShe scored 9 raid points from just 10 raids, including two bonus pointsShe was on fire in the first half, where she was successful in all six of her raids and scored 7 points.
Captain Nidhi Sharma led from the front and scored 5 points, with three bonus pointsAnu supported well with 6 raid pointsIn defence, Ritu and Suman were rock solid and scored 4 tackle points each.
Overall, India scored 20 raid points and 10 tackle points in the finalThey also inflicted two All-Outs on Uganda.
For Uganda, Nakayongo Shirat fought aloneShe did 24 raids out of Uganda’s 35 raids and scored 11 of their 15 points, including three bonus pointsTheir other raiders could score only 3 points combinedTheir semi-final star Nalwoga Nahia was stopped and could score only 1 point.
Zalwango Jemima made the only successful tackle for Uganda in the second halfUganda scored 14 raid points and just 1 tackle point in the whole match.
How India Women won the final?
The final was close at the startIndia were leading 7-3 with 10 minutes left in the first halfAfter that, India changed gears and outscored Uganda 15-4, including an All-Out, to take a big lead of 22-7 at half-time.
India did not lose a single raid in the first halfUganda failed in all nine of their tackle attempts, while India made six successful tackles.
After the break, Uganda tried to fight back and scored 7 raid points against India’s 6But India’s second All-Out with less than 10 minutes left sealed the matchIndia tackled Uganda’s raiders 10 times in the match and converted three of their four do-or-die raids.
Cometh the hour, cometh the queens!
Team India Women’s script history at #CommonwealthKabaddiChampionship 2026!
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Picking up right where she left off!
Will Sakshi Sharma inspire India to glory tonight?
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Sakshi’s reaction after winning gold
Sakshi was the best player of the final and finished the championship with 52 points from six matchesAfter the win, she was very happy.
“I’m feeling great that I could score 9 raid points and help the team winThe atmosphere in the team is euphoric after winning the gold medal and everyone is very happyThis event was very important for Kabaddi as such International tournaments will help the growth of the sport and our young players will benefit a lot from this experienceI could see a lot of improvement in other teams from last yearI want to thank AKFI for organising such a wonderful championship,” Sakshi said.
India dominated from day oneThey started with a huge 73-13 win over Malaysia, then beat Singapore 32-16, Uganda 41-18 in group stage, and Nigeria 38-10 to top Group AIn the semi-final, they thrashed Sri Lanka 39-14 before beating Uganda again in the final to become Commonwealth champions.
