mumbai after losing their aura of invincibility in the asian games indias men and women kabaddi players are facing a possibly embarrassing battle to protect their reputation from getting tarnished come september 15 the mens and womens team on delhi high courts directives will have to face off with a team of players who were denied the chance to be a part of the asian gamesbound squadsread also kabaddi women go down to iran miss goldearlier this month the court had dismissed amateur kabaddi federation of india akfi president mridul bhadauria gahlot and her husband former congress leader janardan singh gahlot from the post of life president on charges of corruption this was done in response to a writ petition filed by two former international players and arjuna awardees honnappa c gowda and s rajrathanam both are part of the national kabaddi federation of india nkfiboth former players had alleged widespread malpractice in team selection for the asian games the delhi hc had then refused to intervene as there wasnt enough time left for the jakarta games however the court did rule that the process followed to pick the squads were an eyewash the court then ordered that the players selected should not be immediately awarded prize money or benefits like jobs or other facilities on their return from jakarta instead they will have to justify their selection in trial matches which will be held at the thyagaraj sports complex in new delhi next month both matches will be video graphed and placed before the court along with the report of a panel of three selectors who are asked to conduct the selection process for the teams for the trial games the three selectors will be determined by the ministry of youth affairs and sports