India’s youth Kabaddi team gave such a performance in the Asian Youth Games that filled the entire country with pride. In the match played in Bahrain, the Indian team defeated Pakistan by a huge margin of 81-26. Before this match, something happened during the toss, which caught everyone’s attention. Indian captain Ishant Rathi refused to shake hands with the Pakistani captain.

Pakistan’s crushing defeat

Despite this ‘no handshake’ moment at the time of toss, the Indian team played brilliantly on the field. From the beginning, India maintained its dominance over the match. Pakistan team could not stand before the speed and strategy of Indian players.

Earlier, India had tasted defeat to Bangladesh by 83-19 and Sri Lanka by 89-16. That means Team India has been undefeated in the tournament so far and is moving strongly towards the finals.

India’s sole rule in Kabaddi

This is the first time that Kabaddi has been made a part of the Asian Youth Games. Teams from seven countries are facing each other in round-robin format. The teams that will remain on top in this format will face each other in the final match to be held on October 23. Looking at the current performance, it seems that India has almost confirmed its place in the finals.

‘No handshake’ raised questions, but got the support of the country

The trend of “not shaking hands” has started appearing again and again between the players of India and Pakistan. A few months ago, in the Asia Cup cricket also, the team captained by Suryakumar Yadav had decided not to shake hands with Pakistani players after the match. The women’s team also did the same during the World Cup this year.

This stance has been taken by India after the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack. 26 Indians were killed in this attack. Many sports analysts believe that this ‘no handshake’ is a silent protest against Pakistan.

There was a lot of uproar when Suryakumar Yadav became the captain of the Pakistan team in the Asia Cup 2025 and then the Indian team did not shake hands with the Pakistan team. Then Team India did the same in the Super-4 and final matches also. Now the Indian Kabaddi team did the same in the Asian Youth Games, they did not shake hands with the players of the Pakistan team. Its video is also viral on social media. Like the Asia Cup, India defeated Pakistan in this match also.

Harmanpreet Kaur and team also did not join hands with Pakistan team in Women’s World Cup 2025. Team India had won in this match also. Now this ‘no handshake’ has reached the Kabaddi court also. Let us tell you that after the Pahalgam attack, there is anger among the Indian people against Pakistan, after which the players decided to do so.

Indian Kabaddi team did not shake hands with Pakistani players

The third edition of the Asian Youth Games is being organized, in which the Kabaddi teams of India and Pakistan faced each other. In this match held in Bahrain, the Indian team defeated Pakistan badly. India defeated Pakistan 81-26. But before this match, Indian captain Ishant Rathi did not shake hands with the Pakistan captain. Its video is also going viral.

It is seen in the video that the referee and Ishant Rathi are standing during the toss, the Pakistan captain comes. The referee shakes hands with both the captains, then extends his hand to shake hands with Pakistan captain Rathi. Then if Rathi doesn’t do anything then the Pakistan captain withdraws his hands.

BIG! Team India REFUSES to shake hands with Pakistan before the toss at the Asian Youth Games 2025.

Later, India CRUSHED Pakistan 81–26 in a one-sided Kabaddi match pic.twitter.com/vrGGr52rOC

— Megh Updates (@MeghUpdates) October 21, 2025

Indian team’s spectacular victory

The Indian Kabaddi team performed brilliantly in this match and defeated Pakistan 81-26. India had all out Pakistan twice within 5 minutes of the start of the match. After this Pakistan did not get any chance to comeback. India was leading 43-12 at half time, but in the second half India gave a chance to its bench strength.