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Kabaddi: The New Cricket of India

The game of Kabaddi has gained huge popularity in last 2-3 years.The story of this amazing game reaching such heights of popularity is amazing.                                                                                    


                                                                                                                                                                             
It all started in the year 2014 when a group of brave creators joined hands to bring to the people a 5000 year old game with the name Pro Kabaddi League.It was not that people did not heard of kabaddi before but it was somewhere in their subconscious mind which was slowly fading away.The opening season of the pro kabaddi league was super hit and from nowhere this sport became viral in each and every corner of this country.This is the only game in which India has dominated ever since it started in 1990 Asian Games.But the players did not get the recognition they deserved to get.Players like Rakesh Kumar who had won 3 Asian Games gold,2 world championship gold and also the Arjuna Award was an unknown face before 2014.This league made these Kabaddi legends extremely popular.
But the question arises how did Kabaddi gained so much popularity?The very first reason is that India is a Kabaddi superpower.It is yet to loose a match in Asian Games and has won three world championships also.Hence the quality of Kabaddi that our players play is unmatchable. Secondly the very nature of this game is very gripping.It is almost impossible that you start watching a kabaddi game and leave it in between.There is suspense in every raid,in every 30 seconds.
Thirdly most of the games fnish within a deficit of 5 points and many times finish as a tie.Also the great physical moves that the players show is amazing.Unlike cricket this is a games that demands fitness much more than skill.But that no way means this does not demands intelligence and thinking.Actually when a raider enters to raid he already plans which defender to target and most importantly what would be his escaping route.Also the teams are such that at least five of the teams stand a chance to win the competition.Another advantage of this league is that there are so much celebrities involved in this game.In fact there are many teams which are owned by bollywood stars.
The good thing about this game is that Women's kabaddi is also as engrossing and thrilling as the men's game and the creators of Pro Kabaddi League have used this to their full advantage by introducing the Women's Challenge in Season 5.
Finally it is so good to see that an ancient game of India is applauded so much in India.In fact Pro Kabaddi League is the second most popular League after IPL.But I surely believe this game has the potential to beat even cricket.I wish Kabaddi was an Olympic sport,atleast we would have had one gold medal fore sure. 
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