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Kabaddi

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Kabaddi The british left a lot behind when they moved out of India in1947- the railways , telegraphs and  not to forget major educational and social reforms and their influence also extended on sports as well. They introduced a sport in India that came in as a  gentlemen's game - Cricket. Cricket became a very important and influencing sport in every Indian's life. Before the spread of cricket into our streets there was another  which used to unite  us made us hold hand in hand a sport that strengthened  bond between rival teams and even between villages.  A sport which made us smell the soil and utter one word again and again Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi!. With kabaddi being a village sport it also had its roots in the idea of defending one's own territory. Kabaddi is a team sport. It is played between two teams of seven players. The objective of the game  is for a single player referred to as a raider run into the opposing team's half of a court touch o...