<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Kabaddi Archives | NetBet IN Blog</title> <atom:link href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/tag/kabaddi/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link></link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:20:23 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-IN</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>All you have to know about Pro Kabaddi League</title> <link>https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/11/all-you-have-to-know-about-pro-kabaddi-league/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:20:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Kabaddi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pro Kabaddi League]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/?p=560</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>In 2014, the Pro Kabaddi League kick-started properly. The first season began on the 26th of July 2014 and ended on the 31st of August 2014. The season had double round-robin matches; two semi-finals, a third-place match and final games. A total of 60 games were played; 56 in the first round and 4 in […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/11/all-you-have-to-know-about-pro-kabaddi-league/">All you have to know about Pro Kabaddi League</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" ></div><p>In 2014, the Pro Kabaddi League kick-started properly.</p> <p>The first season began on the 26th of July 2014 and ended on the 31st of August 2014.</p> <p>The season had double round-robin matches; two semi-finals, a third-place match and final games.</p> <p>A total of 60 games were played; 56 in the first round and 4 in the playoff stage.</p> <p>The first edition had 8 teams as participants and the first game of the inaugural season was between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers.</p> <p>At the end, Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated U Mumba by 35-24 to clinch the inaugural pro Kabaddi league title.</p> <p>The second edition of the pro Kabaddi League started on the 18th of July 2015 and ended on the 23rd of August 2015.</p> <p>Just like at the inaugural season, a total of 60 matches were played.</p> <p>The first confrontation was between U Mumba and the inaugural champions, Jaipur Pink Panthers while the final confrontation was between U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls.</p> <p>This time around, U Mumba defeated Bengaluru Bulls to win the 2015 edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.</p> <p>Telugu Titans claimed the third position in the league in 2015.</p> <p>The Pro Kabaddi League, also known as Vivo Pro Kabaddi, is the brainchild of Mashal Sports Pvt. Ltd and Star India Pvt. Ltd.</p> <p>Since the inaugural edition of the league in 2014, Kabaddi in India has enjoyed a good makeover so much that Kabaddi is now deemed an aspirational sport, both by players and by fans.</p> <p>Thanks to the support of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) and some other international Kabaddi Bodies, the league has grown in leaps and in bounds.</p> <p>At the end of the inaugural edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, Anup Kumar was named the MVP while Rahul Chaudhari and Manjeet Chhillar were named Top Raid and Top Defender respectively. Kumar was with U Mumba while Chaudhari and Chhillar were with Telugu Titans and Bengaluru Bulls respectively.</p> <p>After the 2nd season of the Pro Kabaddi League, Manjeet Chhillar of the Bengaluru Bulls, Kashilly Adake of Dabang Delhi K.C were named MVP, Top Raider and Top Defender respectively.</p> <p>By Season 3, the League was already a household sport league in India. The matches were tightly contested and the defending champions, U Mumba, were trounced by Patna Pirates with a 31-28 scoreline.</p> <p>The MVP for the 3rd Season was Rohit Kumar while Rishank Devadiya of U Mumba and Sandeep Narwal of Patna Pirates were declared Top Raider and Top Defender respectively.</p> <p>By June 2016, Season 4 of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi was on and it commenced in the same year with the then just concluded third season.</p> <p>The 4th Season witnessed increased international participation with 24 players from 12 other countries participating in the matches.</p> <p>At the end of the season, Patna Pirates retained their title by trouncing the Winners of the Inaugural Season, Jaipur Pink Panthers, 37-29.</p> <p>This time around, Pardeep Narwal of Patna Pirates was the MVP while Fazel Atrachili and Rahul Chaudhari were Top Defender and Top Raider respectively.</p> <p>Season 5 of the Pro Kabaddi League witnessed the Patna Pirates setting a new record; they became winners of the league title for the Third time, clinching the first hat-trick in the League’s history.</p> <p>Again, in the record setting spirit, Season 5 had 138 matches played over a span of 13 weeks, making it the longest season in the League’s history.</p> <p>The 6th season of the Pro Kabaddi League was an exercise in record smashing. For instance, 5 raiders surpassed the 200 raid point mark for the first time in the League’s history.</p> <p>Notably, Nitesh Kumar also became the first man to score 100 tackle points in a single season while three defenders scored over 80 tackle points.</p> <p>This time around, Bengaluru Bulls were the winners of the title, for the first time, one might add.</p> <p>The MVP of the 6th Season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi was Pawan Kumar Sehrawat of the Bengaluru Bulls while Pardeep Narwal of the Patna Pirates and Nitesh Kumar of U.P Yoddha were named Top Raider and Top Defender respectively.</p> <p>The Seventh Season of the League was a tough one by all metrics.</p> <p>According to the Vivo Pro Kabaddi website, an even balance between raiders and defenders meant that the competition between the franchises was fierce.</p> <p>In fact, 3 Raiders crossed the 300 raid point mark for the first time in a single season. The Seventh Season also witnessed Mohammed Esmaeil Nabibakhsh become the first overseas captain to win the League.</p> <p>Bengal Warriors won the 7th Season with Naveen Kumar as MVP while Pawan Kumar Sehrawat of Bengaluru Bulls and Fazel Atrachali of U Mumba were Top Raider and Top Defender respectively.</p> <p>The Inaugural Season of the Pro Kabaddi League was seen by 435 Million viewers, coming second to, you guessed it, the 2014 IPL’s 552 Million.</p> <p>The League caught fire so much that Star Sports, the League’s Broadcaster, announced in 2015 that it would acquire 75% stake in Mashal Sports, the League’s Parent Company.</p> <p>As far as prize money goes, the winner of the Season 6 got INR 3 CRORE while the 1st and 2nd Runners-up got INR 1.83 CRORE and INT 1.2 CRORE respectively.</p> <p>The winner of season 7 got INR 3 CRORE while the Runners-up got INR 1.8 CRORE.</p> <p>The 8th season of the Pro Kabaddi League was postponed indefinitely because of the Coronavirus pandemic.</p> <p>The Franchise-based event was initially slated for July-September of 2020.</p> <h2>Closing thoughts</h2> <p>For a long time, Kabaddi was seen as the sport of rural India, doomed to slowly fade into antiquity and be overwhelmed by sports like cricket.</p> <p>The Pro Kabaddi League has rubbished such postulations. This is because the body language of the populace to Kabaddi has moved from lukewarm to electrifying in recent years.</p> <p>Kabaddi has now evolved into an eminent game with lots of media patronage and attention, revamped rules and lucrative awards.</p> <p>Experts believe the game is enjoying a profitable rebound because viewers enjoy its simplicity and the athleticism involved.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/11/all-you-have-to-know-about-pro-kabaddi-league/">All you have to know about Pro Kabaddi League</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>A brief history of India’s Men Kabaddi team</title> <link>https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/10/a-brief-history-of-indias-men-kabaddi-team/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:23:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Kabaddi]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/?p=556</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By any metric, the Indian National Kabaddi team is by far the most successful kabaddi national team in the world right now India thanks to her team of great players, I’ve won gold medals in the sport you know the Asian games that have been played. It all began in 1990 in Beijing the Indian […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/10/a-brief-history-of-indias-men-kabaddi-team/">A brief history of India’s Men Kabaddi team</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" ></div><p>By any metric, the Indian National Kabaddi team is by far the most successful kabaddi national team in the world right now India thanks to her team of great players, I’ve won gold medals in the sport you know the Asian games that have been played.</p> <p>It all began in 1990 in Beijing the Indian side also won all the World cups ever staged for kabaddi, a testament to the countries and during dexterity in the sport.</p> <p>If you check historical records, you will find that both in the 1990 and 1994 Asian games, India defeated Bangladesh to win the gold medal.</p> <p>Again, in the 1998 Asian games held in Thailand, Bangkok, the Indian side defeated its arch-rival Pakistan to win the fourth gold medal in a row.</p> <p>The Indian team also defeated Bangladesh 4 years after.</p> <p>Again in 2006, India defeated Pakistan to win their fifth gold medal.</p> <p>In 2004 the inaugural version of the kabaddi World Cup was played and Indian won the inaugural edition by convincingly thrashing Iran by a 55-57 margin.</p> <p>Three years later, the Indian team, once again, defeated the Iranians, 29-19, to win the Kabaddi World Cup.</p> <p>For 9 years, the kabaddi World Cup was put on hold.</p> <p>The tournament resumed in 2016 and the Indian side did it again.</p> <p>The final match of the tournament was between the Iranian side and Indian side and it ended with a 38-29 margin, the Indian team being the victors.</p> <p>The only time in recorded history that the Indian side has failed to win the gold medal during the Asian games was in 2018.</p> <p>Just recently, there was some controversy surrounding the kabaddi World Cup played in Pakistan last year (2020) but more on that subject later.</p> <p>The following players were on the roster for the 13th South Asian Games played in 2019.</p> <p>Athletes like Deepak Niwas Hooda, an all-rounder, was the captain of the team while Pawan Sehranat was the Vice-captain. Pardeep Narwal, Naveen Kumar, Vikash Khandala, and Darshana Kadian all played as raiders.</p> <p>Players like Nitesh Kumar, Amit Hooda, Sunil Kumar, Pravesh Bhainswad, Vishal Bhardinaj, and Surender Nadal were all defenders for the 2019 squad.</p> <p>In 2018, the inaugural edition of the Dubai Kabaddi Masters was organized by the International Kabaddi Federation in conjunction with the Dubai Sports Council.</p> <p>The opening match of the tournament, held in the United Arab Emirates for 9 days (22nd of June- 30th of June, 2018), was played between arch-rivals, India, and Pakistan.</p> <p>The tournament was the first of its kind to be played in the UAE.</p> <p>A quick word about the 3 styles of Kabaddi being played in the world, for the benefit of the uninitiated; there is circle kabaddi, beach Kabbadi, and National Style Kabaddi.</p> <p>The Circle Kabaddi was demonstrated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics while the Beach Kabaddi was introduced in the Bali Asian Indoor Games in 2008.</p> <p>National Style Kabaddi was introduced as a medal sport by Beijing ASIAD in 1990.</p> <p>These 3 styles are played in different formats namely; Surjeevani, Gaminee, and Amar.</p> <p>Sanjeevani Kabaddi is played under the Kabaddi Federation of India. This format is subject to the regulatory guidance of the KFI.</p> <p>Gamine Kabaddi Format is peculiar because when it is being adopted, no players are revived.</p> <p>Again, there is no time limit for this type of Kabaddi and when all the players are out, the game ends.</p> <p>Finally, in the Amar Kabaddi Format, when a player is out, he won’t leave the court.</p> <p>One point is awarded to the team that touches the player that’s out.</p> <p>In other words, one point is given for each touch from the opposite side.</p> <p>Now, back to the Kabaddi World Cup controversy of 2020.</p> <p>According to an ESPN article, the Indian Kabaddi Team lost its grip in the Kabaddi World Cup played in Pakistan in 2020.</p> <p>The Indian side lost 43-41 and it was such an achievement for the Pakistani side that even the Prime Minister had to tweet his congratulations.</p> <p>But India’s Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju asked the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) to investigate what he characterized as the Indian team’s unauthorized participation in the Kabbadi World Cup hosted in Pakistan.</p> <p>For perspective, last year was the first time the Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted outside India.</p> <p>In 2014, when India hosted the 5th edition of the Kabaddi World Cup, India won a close final 45-42 with a couple of close tv umpire calls going against Pakistan in the closing stage.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Pakistan Captain and Raider, Shafiq Chishti alleged foul play, claiming among other things that his team was denied water at some point.</p> <p>He went ahead to swear that he would never return to India to play and true to form, Pakistan stayed away from the 2016 edition held in Punjab.</p> <p>In any case, all these controversies confirm the fierce tension between the Indian Side and the Pakistan Side.</p> <p>However, Kabaddi pundits believe the controversy will soon peter out since the Indian team already admitted that they competed in an unofficial capacity, in a bid to participate in the 550th birth anniversary celebration of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.</p> <p>According to Tribune News, Sikander Singh Maluka, the head of the [Indian] Punjab Kabbadi Federation, said that the visiting team had not been sent by India officially.</p> <p>He went further to note that the PKF had sent them (Indian Side) the invitation for the tournament on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.</p> <p>Maluka added “We replied that the relations between the two countries are not good at present, so we cannot send the national team. But since, the tournament had been held in the name of Baba Guru Nanak, so if any player wanted to participate in his capacity, we will not stop him”</p> <p>In any event, lovers of Kabaddi in India have nothing to worry about since they’ll soon get the opportunity to contest for the Kabaddi Championship in the next standard-style World Cup.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2021/02/10/a-brief-history-of-indias-men-kabaddi-team/">A brief history of India’s Men Kabaddi team</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>5 Interesting Facts about Kabaddi</title> <link>https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2020/12/25/5-interesting-facts-about-kabaddi/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:52:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Kabaddi]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/?p=445</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>If you live in any Asian Country or the Indian Subcontinent, the game of Kabaddi is likely to be one of your local heritage. Kabaddi is the state game of some states in India, it’s even the National Sport of Bangladesh; this is a traditional game that was formalized thanks to the unrelenting push of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2020/12/25/5-interesting-facts-about-kabaddi/">5 Interesting Facts about Kabaddi</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" ></div><p>If you live in any Asian Country or the Indian Subcontinent, the game of Kabaddi is likely to be one of your local heritage.</p> <p>Kabaddi is the state game of some states in India, it’s even the National Sport of Bangladesh; this is a traditional game that was formalized thanks to the unrelenting push of India and some other Asian countries.</p> <p>It’s hard to keep track of all the rules of Kabaddi because there are several variations from region to region.</p> <p>As a result of its regional variations, Kabaddi has a different set of rules.</p> <p>To keep things simple, let’s stick with the Standard Style of Kabaddi recognized by the International Kabaddi Federation.</p> <p>Here’s a brief glimpse into the way the Standard Style Kabaddi is being played.</p> <p>Two teams of seven players are needed to play the game of Kabaddi. The principal objective of the game is for a player tagged the ’raider’ to infiltrate the opposing team’s half of the court and tag out as many of their defenders as possible and return to his or her half of the court without suffering a tackle from the other team’s defenders.</p> <p>It’s imperative that the raider chant ’kabaddi’ before venturing into the opposition’s territory because it must be proven that the raid was carried out without the raider holding his or her breath.</p> <p>If a team’s raider gets tackled or tagged out, a player is removed from the team only to be reinstated or revived when the team scores a point.<br /> This isn’t an exhaustive introduction but it covers the basics.</p> <p>Here’s a list of 5 Interesting Facts about Kabaddi</p> <h2>5. Kabaddi, the game with a thousand names</h2> <p>Do you know that Kabaddi is known by different names in different parts of Asia and the Indian Subcontinent?</p> <p>The people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana call it kabaddi or Chengdu. </p> <p>In Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala, the game is simply known as Kabaddi while it is either known as Kabadi or Ha-du-du in Bangladesh.</p> <p>In the Maldives and the Punjab region, the game is known as Bhavatik or Kauddi and Kabaddi respectively.</p> <p>The preferred name in Western India is hu-tu-tu while the Eastern Indians call it hu-do-do.</p> <p>In South India, it’s called chadakudu while it is called kapardi in Nepal and kabadi or sadugudu in Tamil Nadu.</p> <h2>4. India, the undisputed Kabaddi Champions</h2> <p>Up till this present moment, India has won all six Kabaddi world cups played, a marker of the country’s unparalleled adeptness at playing the game of Kabaddi. In fact, all the Kabaddi world cups ever played were held in India.</p> <p>For the first time, in a major upset, India the seven-time Asian Games gold medalist lost their first-ever championship in 28 years at the 2018 Asian Games to South Korea in the men’s Kabaddi group A-game. This notwithstanding, Indians are Kabaddi Champions.</p> <h2>3. Asian Countries sold Kabaddi to the World</h2> <p>The standard style of kabaddi popular today is an aggregation of the various forms of the game played under different names.</p> <p>During the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the light of international exposure was beamed on Kabaddi. In India, the game was further entrenched into the mainstream when it was introduced during the Olympic Games at Calcutta in 1938.</p> <p>The year 1950 witnessed the birth of the All India Kabaddi Federation and the compilation of standard rules by the federation.</p> <p>In 1973, The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) was founded and after its formation, the first men’s nationals were held in Tamil Nadu.</p> <p>On the Continental Scene, The Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF) was founded under the chairmanship of the International Kabaddi Federation.</p> <p>In 1980, The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up. Again in 1985, Bangladesh finished as the runner-up again in the Asian Kabaddi Championship held in Jaipur, India. </p> <p>For the first time in 1990, Kabaddi was included in the Asian Games in Beijing.</p> <p>Participating countries include countries like China, Japan, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh with India winning the gold medal.</p> <p>Ultimately, a study of the way the game of Kabaddi has evolved over the years shows that India and the Asian continent have been heralding the game of Kabaddi to the world.</p> <h2>2. Amazon Prime Videos Series “Son of the soil” showcased Kabaddi to the world</h2> <p>Pro Kabaddi League is spearheading a revival of one of the most indigenous sports known to the Indian Subcontinent. In this docuseries, the story of the Jaipur Pink Panthers, a team in the Pro Kabaddi League was told to the world in a way that improves the reputation of the sport in the world.</p> <p>The story of how Abhishek Bachchan, the owner of the team gives his heart and soul to the franchise and the sport with a passion to scale the pinnacle of the sport was narrated with gusto.</p> <p>Produced by BBC Studios India, Sons Of The Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers follows the team through Season 7 of the Pro Kabaddi League tournament and captures the ups and downs of the game and its players.</p> <p>This documentary series gives its audience original ’behind the scene’ insights into the Indian sports scene in general and the Pro Kabaddi League in particular. It has also generated a great deal of interest among lovers of Kabaddi all over the world.</p> <h2>1. Kabaddi Goes to the Olympics</h2> <p>According to prokabaddi.com, Indian sports minister Kiren Rijiju is reported to have said that the Indian government will do all it can legitimately do to get kabaddi into the 2024 Olympics Games to be held in Paris, France.</p> <p>“Kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics,” he said while responding to a question in the Lok Sabha.</p> <p>The same source also claimed that Former sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore too had lobbied for kabaddi’s entry as a discipline in the Olympic Games.</p> <p>“Hopefully kabaddi will very soon become a global sport and we will see it emerge as a strong contender for an Olympic sport,” Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is reported to have said during the Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018.</p> <p>Rathore also maintained that since the sport involves very little equipment and has a mix of strength, ability, speed, and thinking, he’s certain that the sport will be received by the world and eventually debut at the Olympics.</p> <p>Hope you liked our list of 5 Interesting Facts about Kabaddi. Enjoy.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog/2020/12/25/5-interesting-facts-about-kabaddi/">5 Interesting Facts about Kabaddi</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.netbet.com/in/blog">NetBet IN Blog</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>