In the international team version of kabaddi, two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a field of 10 m × 13 m in case of men and 8 m × 12 m in case of women.[
Each has three supplementary players held in reserve.
The game is played with 20-minute halves and a five-minute halftime break during which the teams exchange sides.
Teams take turns sending a “raider” to the opposite team’s half, where the goal is to tag or wrestle (“confine”) members of the opposite team before returning to the home half.
Tagged members are “out” and temporarily sent off the field.
The goal of the defenders is to stop the raider from returning to the home side before taking a breath.
If any of the seven players cross the lobby without touching the raider he will be declared as “out”.
The raider is sent off the field if:
the raider takes a breath before returning or
the raider crosses a boundary line or
a part of the raider’s body touches the ground outside the boundary (except during a struggle with an opposing team member).
Each time when a player is “out”, the opposing team earns a point.
A team scores a bonus of two points, called a “lona”, if the entire opposing team is declared “out”. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins.
Matches are categorized based on age and weight. Six officials supervise a match: one referee, two umpires, a scorer and two assistant scorers.
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