Arjun Deshwal

12 articles tagged with "Arjun Deshwal"

Oct 9, 2026

India won kabaddi gold in Japan, and none of the 12 are in their Commonwealth Championship probables

Pawan Sehrawat, Sunil Kumar and the rest of the Asian Games squad are missing from AKFI’s 17-man camp list for the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Champion...

Sep 26, 2026

Iran led the kabaddi final at half-time, and India’s defenders won the ninth gold 40-34

Sumit and Jaideep Dahiya turned an 18-17 half-time deficit around as India beat Iran to retain the Asian Games men’s kabaddi title in Aichi.

Sep 23, 2026

India’s men led Bangladesh 29-9 at half-time, and the women came from behind to beat Iran

India’s men beat Bangladesh 48-25 to become the first team into the Asian Games kabaddi semi-finals, and the women turned round an early deficit again...

Sep 4, 2026

India defend two kabaddi golds with eight Asian Games debutants

Sunil Kumar replaces Pawan Sehrawat as captain, Pushpa Rana takes over the women’s team, and the draw in Japan keeps India away from Iran until the se...

Aug 24, 2026

Four of India’s Hangzhou gold medallists made the Asian Games squad, and Naveen Kumar did not

India named their men’s and women’s kabaddi squads for the Asian Games on Sunday. Eight of the twelve men who won gold in Hangzhou are not on the plan...

Aug 6, 2026

Reports now put the PKL 13 auction in late October, and the Asian Games are why

Mashal Sports has still not announced a date. The window being reported has moved from July to late October, which would push Season 13 into December.

Jul 26, 2026

India’s kabaddi men avoid Iran in the Asian Games draw, the women get them in Group A

The Asian Games 2026 kabaddi draw keeps India’s men and Iran apart until the knockouts, while India’s women were placed alongside Iran in Group A. The...

Apr 18, 2026

India’s Asian Games 2026 kabaddi camp: the probables, the final 12 and the gold

Naveen Kumar and Ashu Malik headlined India’s Bellary camp in April. Naveen missed the final 12, Sunil Kumar was named captain and India beat Iran 40-...

Apr 9, 2026

India name 90 kabaddi probables for Asian Games 2026 as elite camp wraps up in Bellary

The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and Mashal Sports put 90 male and female athletes through a seven-day strength and conditioning camp at the In...

Apr 3, 2026

Elite kabaddi players complete Asian Games training camp at Inspire Institute in Bellary

The AKFI and Mashal Sports brought together 90 male and female kabaddi probables for a seven-day strength and conditioning camp at the Inspire Institu...

Mar 28, 2026

India’s top kabaddi players begin Asian Games prep at elite training camp in Bellary

The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and Mashal Sports have opened a high-performance strength and conditioning camp at the Inspire Institute of Sp...

Feb 27, 2022

Arjun Deshwal: PKL stats, records and why third all-time undersells him

Arjun Deshwal is third on the Pro Kabaddi League all-time raid points list on 1,383, and no one in the top ten has scored them at his rate.