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6. Kabaddi

Kabaddi is an interesting game played in groups. This game does not require any
material. This game is played between raider and anti- raider where the raider goes
to the anti- raider’s ground chanting kabaddi-kabaddi and chasing the anti –raiders
in a certain playground. The size of the court and time for men and women are

different in this game. The team which is able to pursue more numbers of players
of the opponent team will be the winner. It requires a rectangular court with the
measurement of 12.5 ×10 m for men and 11×8m for women on the plain surface.
Similarly, on both sides of the end line there should be a sitting block of 8×1m for
men and 6 ×1 m for women at a distance of two meters from the end line. This game
is played in two innings having 20 minutes for men and 15 minutes for women with
five minutes interval between the innings.

Rules of Kabaddi

i. The teams with 12/ 12 numbers of players should be registered to play this
game. Among them 7/7 players of each team play in the court at a time and
the remaining 5/5 players remain outside as substitute players.

ii. The referee should call the captains of the teams for toss at the center of the
court and let them choose the court or the turn to raid.

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