Hello!!
My dear friends!
This is @md-raju from #Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Hope that all of you are well. I am also fine. If you want to be happy, you must keep fit. If you want to keep fit, you must do exercise. Game/ sport is a favourite type of exercise. Friends, today I will tell about national sport of Bangladesh in details . This is "Kabaddi" . I have chose it because it is our nation and traditional sport.

Kabaddi

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Slogan "Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi...."
Kabaddi originated from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
It is also Known as "Chadukudu" in Tamil Nadu, hadudu in Bangladesh and bhavatik in Maldives.
Kabaddi gets international exposure during 1936 at Berlin Olympics, introduced by India.
Harjeet Brar Bajakhana is called the father of Kabaddi.
Rakesh Kumar is the first Kabaddi player.
India is the country that has won the Kabaddi World Cup the most number of times.
"International Kabaddi Federation" is the highest governing body of Kabaddi.

Introduction

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Kabaddi is one kind of contact team sport which originated in ancient India province Tamil Nadu. It is very popular in South Asia. It is the national game of Bangladesh and the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Punjab and Maharashtra.The game has different name based on geographical area and different parts of the subcontinent and country. It is known as "Chadukudu" in Tamil Nadu; Kabaddi in Karnataka, Telangana. It is also known as Hadudu in Bangladesh; chedugudu in Andhra Pradesh; Bhavatik in Maldives; Hu-Tu-Tu in Eastern India. "kabaddi" name comes from Tamil word "Kai-pidi"(கைபிடி). Meaning of the word is "to hold hands". Kabaddi was introduced to and became popular in Japan in 1979 by Sundar Ram of India. He toured Japan on behalf of AAKF for almost two months for introducing the game.A match held in India in 1979 between Bangladesh and India. In 1980,for the first time, Asian Kabaddi Championship was organized and India. India became champion beating Bangladesh in the final. Other participants in the tournament were Japan, Nepal, Malaysia, etc. Seven teams took part in first Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 which was a great introduction of Kanaddi.

How to play Kabaddi

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Playing by two competing teams, Hadudu/ Kabadi is an outdoor game which is played on a rectangular court of 12.5 by 10 meters in size. It is divided into two part by a white line. Though each team made of twelve players, seven members of each team shall be on the court at a time. The other team members stay on sidelines as extra players . Two linesmen, a referee, a scorer, a timekeeper and two umpires monitor the game. Which team starts the game is decided by tossing a coin.Then It is played in 20-minute sessions.For scoring a point, a member of a team, referred as the ‘raider’, has to take a deep breath and repeatedly say the word ‘kabadi’ without releasing his breath. At the same time dashing into the rival team’s area and touching as more players as possible. The team being raided will try to struck /capture the raider, since should he return to his own side without releasing his breath, a point is added for his team. If he come back with safety in one breath, everyone he tagged has to leave and the offense gets one point for each of them. Moreover , they may "revive" a teament which was previously tagged out for each enemy gets the boot. If the raider can't come back, the defending team gets a point and the raider must leave the field till he can be "revived". If a team enable to get the entire other team out, they score one and get an extra two points. If player is touched, he is out. Teams alternate among being the defenders and radier.

Top ten players

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Anup Kumar
Pardeep Narwal (Patna Pirates)
Rahul Chaudhari (Tamil Thalaivas)
Deepak Niwas Hooda (Jaipur Pink Panthers)
Sandeep Narwal (U Mumba)
Ajay Thakur (Tamil Thalaivas)
Pawan Sehrawat (Bengaluru Bulls)
Naveen Kumar (Dabang Delhi K.C.)
Fazel Atrachali (U Mumba)
Rishank Devadiga (UP Yoddha)

Bangladesh in Kabaddi world

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Bangladesh Amateur Kabadi Federation is the ruling body for Bangladesh Kabaddi. It is established in 1973. BAKF formulated rules and regulations which are applied for playing at National or International level. For the first time, Kabadi test was played in Bangladesh against a team from India in 1974. Return test was taken place in India in 1979. Kabaddi was included in the Asian Games in 1990 and that year Bangladesh won the silver medal. Again, Bangladeshi team won the bronze medal for Kabadi at the 2006 and at the 2010 Asian Games.

Bangladesh Kabaddi team

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Mohammad Arduzzaman Munshi (Raider)
Mohammad Zakir Hossain (All-rounder)
Mohammad Tuhin Tarafdar ( Left-cover /Defender)
Mohammad Sabuj Mia (Right-cover /defender)
Mohammad Abul Kamal Azad ( All-rounder)
S M Al Mamun - (Raider)
Mohammad Ziaur Rahman -(Left-cover /defender)
Mohammad Tanjil Hossain (Raider)
Mohammad Fardous Sheikh ( Left-cover /defender)
Mohammad Jahangir Alom - (Raider)
Mohammad Ruhul Amin ( Right-cover)
Mohammad Romanuzzaman (Raider)
Mohammad Soileman Kabir ( Raider)
Mohammad Shajid Hossain ( Left-cover)

Kabaddi played by rural people

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Although kabaddi is the national sport of Bangladesh, due to the influence of modern sports, it is now almost extinct. Even then, kabaddi is still played as traditional game in some villages.Generally Kabadi is known as Ha-Du-Du. It is also called the ‘game of rural Bengal. It is played with varying rules depending on the place it is being played. Rural spectators enjoy the game. Spectator support this loud, enthusiastic.

Why one will play Kabaddi

the game help to improve stamina and speed.
It strengthen players muscle.
Kabaddi require its players to hold his breath. It help in endurance.
Improve running speed.
This game is a good exercise for learning to dodge.
The game improve players' defensive skill.
It keeps players physically strong.

Personal judgement about Kabaddi

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Kabaddi is actually a game of strength,
speed, strategy and lung power. Kabaddi game allows 14 players to play at the same time which is why more people can participate in this game. This is definitely a good aspect of the game.This game is tossed for which team will participate first. This creates an opportunity for equality. That's another good thing.Since this game is held for a short time, the viewers can watch the game with patience.This game usually uses a lot of physical strength. This game is a lot like wrestling so the audience is more happy with it.
The slogan of the game of Kabaddi is Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi. This slogan is very melodic to hear.This sport is as enjoyable on the one hand and a great opportunity for physical exercise on the other hand so I think this sport should be practiced extensively.

Conclusion

Kabaddi is one of the most popular and ancient games in the world.The game is most practiced in the Indian subcontinent, especially in India and Bangladesh, and is practiced in almost every country in South Asia.It is a game where two teams show physical prowess. The team that has more tactical and physically strong players wins. The chances of physical exercise here are greater than any other sport. This game is held in a 20 minute session, so the spectators have a lot of patience. The spectators get a lot of pleasure watching the game.This game is considered by many to be a game of marginal people or rural people. Although this game is the national game of Bangladesh, still Bangladesh is not playing this game very much. Because the influence of the Western game has weakened the game a lot. The people of Bangladesh are now more busy with cricket, football, volleyball and badminton. Even then it is played as a traditional game in rural areas.