Rules for playing Ha-Du-Du or Kabaddi

★Field:

In ha-du-du game, the boys' field is 12.50 meters long and 10 meters wide. The girls' kabaddi playground is 11 meters long and 6 meters wide. There is a line drawn right in the middle of the playground called the midline. Two lines are drawn in two halves on either side of this meridian which is called ‘coal line’. For dead or out players there are two lines 1 meter apart on either side of the field called ‘lobby line’.

★Members:

12 players take part in each team. But 6 players from each team came on the field together. The remaining 5 remain as extra players. A maximum of 3 players can be changed during the game.

★Time:

Men will play 25 minutes in two halves with 5 minutes break and girls will play 20 minutes. The team that gets more points at the end of the game will win. If the points of both teams are equal, two more halves will be played for 5 minutes. Even after this, if the points are equal, the team that got the first point will win.

★Points:

If a player goes off the field, he will be out. Thus, if all the members of a team are out, the opposing team will get a salt (extra 2 points). If you can breathe from the midline and touch a player (maybe more than one) on the opposing team and return safely to your court in one breath, those you touch will be out. Thus one point will be available for each of those who will be out.

★Caution:

Calling kabaddi again and again in one breath is called 'breathing'. This breath should start from the midline. If the attacker loses his breath on the opposing team's court and the opposing team's player can stop him, he will be considered an attacking out.

★At the national and international level Ha-Du-Du:

In 1973, two Bangladeshi officials went to Asansol in West Bengal to watch the Indian National Kabaddi Competition. Back in the country, they formed the 'Kabaddi Federation'. The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation was formed in 1984. The National Kabaddi Federation of India was formed in 1950. In 1953, the Kabaddi Act was enacted. Kabaddi laws were amended in 1980 and 1986. Apart from Bangladesh, Ha-Du-Du games are currently held in India, Mauritius, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. In addition, Japan, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan have taken initiatives to learn the game.

★Bangladesh's position in World Ha-Du-Du or Kabaddi:

Kabaddi Test was held in 1984 between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh won silver in 1990 (Beijing), silver in Hiroshima Games in 1994 and bronze in 1998. He won 2nd place in the South Asian Games in 1975, 3rd place in 1993 and 3rd place in 2010. Girls' kabaddi was included in the Asian Games in 2010 (Beijing). Bangladesh boys won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals in the Asian Games. In 2010, Bangladesh won gold in both the boys and girls divisions in SAF (Bangladesh) Kabaddi.

Ha-Du-Du or Kabaddi is our national game.🥰