Can the Ancient Indian Sport of Kabaddi Someday Rival Cricket? | Next in Sports

Kabaddi, which dates back thousands of years, has recently become India's second-most popular professional sport. Promoted by billionaires and Bollywood icons, its backers are now aiming for the Olympics-and cricket.
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[@yoshimajestic1666]

I'm Australian and I'm falling in love with Kabaddi. Great video

[@kabaddiolympic]

Thanks love from India and dear you know kabaddi India's second most popular sports

[@pankajsonkar7]

2016 KABADDI world cup australia 🦘 🇦🇺 play amazing

[@achhizindagi3464]

Sir I want settle Australia with cricket or kabaddi Please guide me

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Didn't know Mr. Anand Mahindra is the man behind pro Kabaddi. He is my favorite.

[@selfcreator3841]

Mastermind

[@siddhantkumar6340]

Kabaddi definitely deserves to be in the Olympics, it has history, it has entertainment, and competitiveness. But the Olympic committee has gone from being an arbiter of global sports to pandering to the Western youth. They added categories like break-dancing and skateboarding which frankly don't deserve to be called sports, they are more like art, and they have already started to reduce categories from sports like wrestling, boxing, and shooting which have traditionally been core sports of the Olympics. The rest of the world has to wake up and decide whether the Olympics is a competition for the World or for the West.

[@JLneonhug]

Pro gaming (racing) is in Olympics now.. I'm not sure what credibility Olympics have anymore but kadbaddi seems like pretty competitive game none the less!

[@akashpandey1215]

Waited for this kinda video so long. ✨

[@pankajsonkar7]

Yes sir you are 100 percent right

[@kabaddiolympic]

Yes sir

[@kabaddiolympic]

Love Kabaddi full support KABADDI

[@vivekthakar619]

As a cricket fan i do respect kabbadi and other sports

[@pankajsonkar7]

Yes KABADDI INDIA'S SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORTS

[@rahulmalode8911]

​@@pankajsonkar7I agree

[@stp524]

Yes we need kabadi and cricket in olympic

[@santoshiyer78]

Next- Kho Kho. enjoyed playing this during school days.

[@vinaykoka6859]

I am from south of India where this sport originated and the original form is played in the villages even to date. It’s a great endurance sport once played by the warriors to harp their physical and mental skills before they go for “dandayatra” or team invasion. Fun fact, if not kabaddi, you can chant whatever word you like to. Doesn’t matter. But chanting must continue when you go for a “dadi” or raid in English.

[@SushantPandey-xb9fd]

Lol

[@pankajsonkar7]

I HOPE KABADDI INCLUDED IN OLYMPIC

[@panditmaharshi6642]

Kabaddi is the only sport for which we won World Cup each time

[@pankajsonkar7]

I hope Kabaddi included in Olympic

[@kabaddiolympic]

We want kabaddi in Olympic

[@killa239]

The screen time for these sports increase and end cricket hegemony

[@selfcreator3841]

Wait for season 11

[@rajendradangi2585]

I started watching it. Disappointed with cricket. Though I know it since my childhood. They did a great job to make it visible on national level or even international level.

[@nikhilkay1]

I started watching Indian super league, after t20 cricket I have no interest in Cricket, it's a slogging game with no balance betwen bowling and batting. Batsman are scoring 200+ run in 20 overs which is getting boring now.

[@VinayKumar-wk6vk]

​@@nikhilkay1 Did you watched T20 World cup 2024, lol Bowlers were literally destroying the batters 😂

[@pankajsonkar7]

Kabaddi India's second most popular sports

[@edgarmujunikabaddiuganda3762]

Kabaddi is worth to be in Olympics and common wealthy major games

[@kabaddiolympic]

Yes sir

[@pankajsonkar7]

KABADDI INDIA'S SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORTS

[@MAHIPALKUMAR-b9r]

I would play kabaddi over cricket the only problem is injury you play one day and then on the bed for the next week

[@thestraltheundead4093]

I remember tearing tshirts of us while playing this game. Also I played for my school and legit got picked up and tossed outside lobby. lol😂

[@MAHIPALKUMAR-b9r]

@@thestraltheundead4093 I fractured my hand and once had my head bloodied while playing in classroom but always would rate kabbadi as the best game ever

[@Ohmanwhyyourfeelingshurt]

Had a buddy in HS engage in this activity

[@rutgers182]

this video talks about fast growth. the sport was played by buddha. it's been around for a long time. every indian knows it, played it and respects it.

[@rutgers182]

it's an incredibly entertaining sport

[@theamesavenue9834]

No it can’t. People love playing kabaddi. But there is a difference between established team sports like cricket, soccer etc and kabaddi. These sports have dedicated generational fan base that keep watching their teams on TV, which makes the most money. Those are the reasons why cricket, soccer, NFL are billion dollar businesses. Sports like kabaddi are great pastimes as a kid, but unfortunately can’t generate such strong astronomical viewerships with a dedicated fanbase.

[@vijendrabugalia4571]

I think you don't know how big India is. Rural India know more about kabaddi than soccer and people who didn't forget there roots love watching kabaddi and they represent majority of India.

[@theamesavenue9834]

@@vijendrabugalia4571 Bruh! I myself grew up in rural India for the first 7-8 years of my life before moving into big cities. What you are saying is true. We grew up playing kabaddi and all. We played cricket and football too. But from the 90s when we grew up, because of regular cricket on TV, the cricket fanbase grew stronger stronger and it surpassed all other sports in India. That happened everywhere, including rural India. In fact, rural India has a much stronger cricket fanbase because all of them didn’t have cable TV. They mostly had terrestrial TV with DD1, where cricket was on. On the flipside, due to the presence of early cable TVs, urban India had football fans (for European clubs) and fans of other sports too, from the mid 90s.

[@soragaming3653]

​ In our village some people don't know what is football 😂

[@AnimeAnalysisAce]

@@theamesavenue9834 actually PKL has big popularity in rural India after IPL Kabaddi is missing only one thing that is International matches which is none only Asian games is the one int matches if they increase int matches it can be really popular

[@moneshg3067]

Actually pkl viewership is 2nd after cricket

[@moopoint.]

Very informative😊

[@pankajsonkar7]

Please full support kabaddi

[@edgarmujunikabaddiuganda3762]

Sure Kabaddi sport is growing bigger

[@satishmaurya3404]

Kabaddi should be played barefooted. We used to play during our childhood just in a boxer on a slightly humid soft alluvial soil (yellow soil) turf. Applying oil (mustard) on body was used to slip from capture. I used to focus on legs while some others with strong thigh from the front to capture the raider. It was fun back then, Many times we used to have injury (not serious) too.

[@peter-peter5929]

This needs to come to the states. It will inject a much needed boost of manhood as we are flooded with pansies. I can't say enough about this sport. Loved it from the first time I saw it about a day ago and I want to play.

[@anishudupa4445]

lol true..

[@anishudupa4445]

men will not face problems playing kabaddi,, but because of lgbtq .. biological women will find hard to play

[@peter-peter5929]

@@anishudupa4445 oh no, lol!!! Talk about an unfair advantage. As soon as this comes to the states, it will be poisoned as well by the decepticons. We live in a very strange world.

[@akashpandey1215]

Waited for this kinda video so long. ✨

[@sansinutube]

Once African American athletes, with their incredible lung capacity and musculature, enter this sport, every other nation and every other team would be toast. 😀

[@ankitwawage]

No it won't happen in kabbadi. Here they dont have advantage like running.

[@surakshshetty7851]

Just check keenya kabaddi team they playing from last 10 years but they can't score single digit against top teams

[@sansinutube]

@@surakshshetty7851 Re-read my post. Kenya is not African American.

[@surakshshetty7851]

@@sansinutube please check in you tube there is usa kabaddi team in that team all players are African Americans they are playing from 2016 but they can't able to qualify

[@Shuffle-f2x]

😂 Social media kam dekha kar .

[@unmatchedindian1086]

I don't know why westners always refer india as south asia. South asia is a region. Pak, bangladesh just lika a baby and indiq is their father.

[@Gaurav-cy5lu]

Correct Pronunciation is Cub + Budd + dee together. "Cubuddee" You guys are saying cub baa dee

[@siddharthchoudhary6333]

Pakistan is doing a lot of harm to image of Kabaddi. They play a clown fixed version of the sport which goes viral and then foreigners make fun of the game. There are 2 simple versions mainly, National Style(pro league) and Panjab style(this one has leagues in Canada/USA/UK but no established structure + steroid issues+ money spent by independent people which also involves gangsters trying to make black money white). Otherwise Panjab version is much more entertaining.

[@uddyalokbangabash7008]

what is United Arab Emirate's flag doing at @8:31 in the video in a village?

[@brgv_]

May be after mini Pakistans, mini Bangladeshs, we might have have mini UAEs in Bharat to keep the secularism alive.

[@siddharthchoudhary6333]

village tournament. All the money for such tournaments is sent by promoters/sponsors working abroad. It must've been sponsored by a UAE guy

[@MeghavVerma22]

@@siddharthchoudhary6333 you wish UAE was sponsoring a village match lil bro. Wish i was this naive

[@b18smoke14]

As a one of the biggest fan of cricket kabbadi is the 2nd most popular sport in india and should become popular in india instead of football

[@kabaddiolympic]

More videos upload for KABADDI

[@rk-ytbe]

And pkl 10 didn't get a title sponsor, Sad

[@filmontary]

❤ Lovely... 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@pankajsonkar7]

Beautiful video

[@kabaddiolympic]

Thanks for supporting KABADDI

[@pankajsonkar7]

Please more videos upload kabaddi

[@kabaddiolympic]

Kabaddi ko Olympic ma hona jurrur chahiye

[@marketlearner7311]

❤😊 strong sports

[@kabaddiolympic]

Love you KABADDI

[@Venuka-w8y]

Thank you to make our game popular

[@Venuka-w8y]

I was waiting for this

[@axo2606]

No, BCCI won't let it.

[@pankajsonkar7]

Kabaddi ko Olympic ma hona hi chahiye

[@killa239]

Olympics has lost its credibility as they havent taken any Asian sports and why do only westernized sports get that level of respect ???

[@AcricketLoverEaglessupporter]

Because Kabaddi doesn't have 70 men's team , can't have a world cup in 7 years . Judo, taekwondo, karate are Asian sports in Olympics. Just because you play kabaddi doesn't make it a viable Olympic sport, first make it popular globally.

[@piyushraj8109]

@@AcricketLoverEaglessupporter things like break dance , even hiphop are there and some sports which doesnt even qualify as sports since they are more art but they are there but not something kababdi ridcoulous

[@AcricketLoverEaglessupporter]

@@piyushraj8109 you don't understand the criteria. Kabaddi World Cup is overdue since 2016 . Kabaddi federation itself is not interested about spreading Kabaddi. 75 nations in Men and 40 in Women needs to be considered for Olympics, breakdance has more than 150 nation and kabaddi has only 42 when kabaddi will have 75+ then they can apply for Olympics.

[@RetailAdda]

Can we please stop this kabaddi kabaddi chanting. It was earlier when the game was not professional. Now with 30 seconds timer there is no need to chant now.

[@marketlearner7311]

Jy maharastra ❤😊

[@pankajsonkar7]

Thank Anand sir KABADDI for re-birth

[@kabaddiolympic]

Love 💞

[@vlogssholic7504]

Aniket dada 🤩💝

[@Jasmeet_AnjanaArmy]

Bharat sone ki chiriya

[@ZERO-rz1hx]

really a Macho MAN GAME

[@AmanYadav-lv9gt]

Not " कबाड़ी " it's called " कबड्डी"

[@vt4025]

Hope some day , pkl beat ipl and epl combined

[@eqvig258]

❤

[@hmmer3471]

The first one is not kabbadi it is just clown

[@siddharthchoudhary6333]

Only Pakistan version is not kabaddi. Punjab version is even more entertaining that this one

[@pollutingpenguin2146]

No

[@guff9567]

Looks covid intense

[@krishnayadav023]

Its very intense..

[@MichaelFlynn0]

sweaty blokes slapping each other in the dust...no i don't think it will ever rival cricket.

[@joyid]

Work on your attention span.

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

U mean like UFC

[@somjack41]

Well the slapping type of Kabaddi is not the international version. That might be specific to some particular country side. The international version does not have any sich slap thing and you might be fined for that act.

[@udipta21]

Heard of WWE or UFC?

[@monsieur1936]

​@@udipta21non of those sports will come close to cricket ever.

[@romariomarak-vj9rt]

We know wat is kabaddi and cricket and we respect it,,,,,

[@romariomarak-vj9rt]

India is not Bloomberg,,,,,, don't try to spoil unity of Indian sports,,,,

[@curiousbob7975]

🤡

[@jayasuriyas2604]

How?

[@geoms6263]

US Should Reach Out to India's Opposition, Not Modi

[@shrin210]

​​@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_nowCricket is nothing like Gilli danda. Say sorry to your father again bcoz you are lying again

[@shrin210]

@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now Cool Allah is your Girlfriend. F her to your heart content

[@kabaddiolympic]

I hope Kabaddi included in Olympic

[@pankajsonkar7]

I HOPE KABADDI INCLUDED IN OLYMPIC