Indian men's kabaddi team, which would be bidding for its seventh straight gold in next month's Asian Games, has been pooled along side arch-rivals Pakistan in Group A of the competition. The other two teams in Group A of the men's competition are Bangladesh and Thailand, as per the draw of the event commencing on September 28 at the Songda Global University Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea.

The women's outfit, which is also the title holder having clinched the crown on the event's debut four years ago at Guangzhou, China, is in Group A with Bangladesh and hosts South Korea which is also fielding the men's team. The men's team, that has lifted the title at every edition of the pan-Asian sports spectacle since kabaddi was introduced in Beijing in 1990, opens its campaign against another South Asian rival Bangladesh on September 28.