Perhaps the oddest spectator sport I've ever seen.
https://youtu.be/RTi9H_gLv3U
https://www.economist.com/culture/20...7WH5J60k581YHo
Perhaps the oddest spectator sport I've ever seen.
https://youtu.be/RTi9H_gLv3U
https://www.economist.com/culture/20...7WH5J60k581YHo
I had a friend try to explain that to me once as "the game where they form a chain and grab each other holding their breath."
Everyone was confused.
Easier to explain than cricket.
Each team takes turns invading or guarding their territory. The invader has to cross the line you see near the guards else he has failed. The guards have to prevent the invader from crossing the line.
If the invader touches a guard and crosses back safely the guard is 'out'. If the invader gets captured he is out ...
All of this is done while the invader is supposed to be holding his breath (to limit the time spent invading) and muttering kabbadi kabbadi kabbadi under his breath.
That's how we played it as kids in India. No clue what rules are in the new competitive leagues...
Last edited by shri; 11-10-2022 at 05:12 AM.
@Tom007 . . . you are the biggest sports fan on GXP by a large margin. Care to start/maintain a thread on the 2022 season of the PKL?
They used to show it sometimes on TV in the UK (at least pre-2000).
Hold your breath is figurative, not about actual breath in/out which is practically impossible to monitor, basically you cant stop saying kabbadi kabbadi throughout the attack/invasion, the moment you stopped muttering meaning you lost your breath, technically player is obviously breathing between muttering..
Yeah, I intuited the basic rules, but had no idea about the holding the breath part. Is kabbadi just the name of the game or does it have other meanings?