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Download Solution PDFHow many minutes is the duration of a Kabaddi match?
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Download Solution PDF- Kabaddi is a popular contact sport in South Asia.
- It is played between two teams of 7 players each.
- The objective of the game is for a player, known as a raider, to cross into the opposing team's half and tag as many defenders as possible before returning to their own half.
- A match consists of two halves, each lasting 20 minutes (total 40 minutes), with a break of 5 minutes in between.
- Kabaddi is also known as hu-tu-tu in western India, ha-do-do in eastern India and Bangladesh, chedu-gudu in southern India, gudu in Sri Lanka, and theechub in Thailand.
Additional InformationTime duration for different sports:
| Sports | Common Regulation time duration (in minutes) | Details |
| Football | 90 ( 2 halves of 45 minutes) | 15-minute rest period in between called halftime. |
| Field Hockey | 60 ( 4 quarters of 15 minutes) | 2 minutes break after the first and third quarter and a 15 minutes-interval after the second quarter, which is halftime. |
| Kabaddi | 40 ( two halves of 20 minutes) | A 5 minutes break between halves. |
| Basketball | 48 ( four quarters of 12 minutes) | 2.5 minutes break after the first and third quarter and a 15 minutes-interval after the second quarter, which is halftime. |
| Boxing | 4 to 12 rounds of 3 minutes each. | |
| Freestyle wrestling | 6 ( 2 periods of 3 minutes) | 30 seconds break in between. |
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