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Kabaddi is in the blood

of everybody

A team discussing their
strategy during a break

abaddi is in the blood of it remains unknown to many people the raiding team runs across the mid-
everybody,” says Jazz, for- in Hong Kong. line to the defending side of the court
“Kmer professional Kabaddi Kabaddi has been an official event and tag as many opponents as possible
player from Punjab in India. He sim- in the Asian Games since 1990. The to score.
ply cannot hide his love for the com- World Cup Kabaddi 2019 will be held The raider must keep yelling
petitive contact sports. He loves it so in Melaka in Malaysia from July 27 to “Kabaddi” from the moment he cross-
much that he is trying to form a pro- August 4 this year. A total of 32 men’s es the mid-line until he returns to his
fessional team in Hong Kong. teams and 24 women’s teams, includ- own team’s side. If the raider fails to
ing representatives from Hong Kong, do it in one breath, his team scores
What is Kabaddi? will participate in the tournament. no points. The more defending team
Jazz says the rules of Kabaddi are To play Kabaddi, all you need is a members the raider tags, the more
so simple that a five-year-old child can flat and rectangular area. Similar to a points he scores. But if the defend-
easily learn how to play. Originated badminton court, a Kabaddi court is ing team can prevent the raider from
from ancient India and South Asian surrounded by boundary lines, with returning to their original side, the
countries, such as a middle line to indicate the area two raider also scores no point.
Nepal, Pakistan teams occupy. Players are sent off when they are
and Bangla- The match is divided into two tagged, captured, or break a rule, and
desh, Kabaddi halves and each session lasts for 20 can be “revived” by eliminating an op-
is an easy- minutes. Each team can send seven posing player. The team with the most
to-learn and players onto the field and the two points at the end of the game wins.
crowd-pleasing teams alternate between raiding and “The difference of Kabaddi [with
contact sport, but defending. To attack, one player from other sports] is its high flexibility,”
Jazz

Dimension of a Kabaddi court