Twitter Divided as Indian Women Go Down to Iran in Kabaddi Final

The Indian team failed to win a gold in women’s kabaddi for the first time since the game was inducted in 2010.

The Indian women's kabaddi team settled for silver after a narrow loss to Iran in the final at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Friday. India lost 24-27 in a nail-biting encounter as Iran celebrated their first-ever gold medal in the Asian Games.

The Indian team failed to win a gold medal in women’s kabaddi for the first time since the game was inducted at the Asian Games in 2010.

The Indian men’s team also suffered a shock defeat to Iran in the semi-final at Asiad 2018.

Here’s a look at how Twitterati reacted to Indian women’s kabaddi team’s loss in the final.

Heartbroken. Both men nd women team lost to Iran in semi-final nd final respectively. Fortress is down in #Kabaddi for India 😢 😢 #AsianGames2018 #KoiKasarNahi

— Aadi Sharma (@aadisharma1900) August 24, 2018

What an upset in #Kabaddi. Iran has beaten India. And how. It was such a comprehensive victory for Iran that it almost looked one-sided. And to underline, they are in finals of both Men and Women Kabaddi. They simply outclassed India. Must give credit where due.

— Yashwant Deshmukh (@YRDeshmukh) August 23, 2018

Another huge shock in Kabaddi - with the women's team losing to Iran as well. These used to be two guaranteed golds for India.

— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) August 24, 2018

In the good old days a gold medal in Kabaddi was a certainty for us at the Asiad. This time we have lost to Iran. Men and women's teams fail to win Gold. #AsianGames2018

— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) August 24, 2018

Iran are now men's and women's #Asian champions in kabaddi. NWO.

— Ujwal Kr Singh (@UjwalKS) August 24, 2018

Another Asian Games shocker: After Indian men, women too lost a match to Iran in Kabaddi.
Iran -- A new kabaddi powerhouse

— Saurabh Duggal (@duggal_saurabh) August 24, 2018

For the first time in Asian Games history, the Indian kabaddi teams (men and women) will return home without a gold. #AsianGames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames

— Mandeep Choudhary (@mandeepc2) August 24, 2018

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While most people on Twitter were talking about the rise of Iran as the new Kabaddi powerhouse, many believed that bad umpiring had greater role to play than Iranian team’s proficiency for India’s final loss.

The umpiring in India vs Iran Women's Kabaddi final was the worst. Points not given for touch and foul for shirt pulling. 😑 #AsianGames #KoiKasarNahi

— vishal (@98_vishal22) August 24, 2018

Once again #TeamIndia loses a Gold Medal due to scandalous umpiring. The same happened with Sarita Devi at #Incheon2014, yesterday with men's Kabaddi team at @asiangames2018 and today again the officials ate 5 points of our women's Kabaddi Team that would've won us the Final.😡

— Utkarsh Verma (@utkarshv13) August 24, 2018

Umpiring howlers and cheap sportsmanship by Iran cost India the Gold in Women's Kabaddi final. Proud of our girls always 🇮🇳

— Rohan R Shanbhag (@rony619619) August 24, 2018

#Kabaddi @asiangames2018 worst umpiring in the finals of #IndvsIra ...
India atleast lost 5 points due to worst umpiring which could have reversed the results..#KabaddiWomen #SakshiKumari

— Karthik Saran Sekar (@karthiksarancsk) August 24, 2018