#5 The format of the game
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Kabaddi is a very simple game to follow if you are watching it for the first time. The game sees each team having a squad of 10 to 12 players, out of which, only 7 players are allowed to be present on the mat for each team while the rest 5 are used as substitutes.
Every match is played for a minimum of 40 minutes which are divided into two halves of 20 minutes each. The teams can make changes to their 7 players on the mat during the half time break. The teams score points in the form of raids and defending – one player from a team is supposed to go to the opposition’s half chanting “Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi..” until he can touch one opponent player or reach any of the two lines which are marked on the mat.
If the player is successful in returning back after touching the line or touching an opponent, then he is awarded the points. However, if the player fails to make it back to the half line when the opponents grab him, then the referee blows his whistle, the opponent team will receive one point, and the player is declared as “out”.
The sport includes the grant of two points to either team who manages to get all the seven players of the opposition “out”. At the end of the game, the team with the more points is declared as the winner of the match.
