Kabaddi Rules

Rules of KAbaddi:

1)Team: 

• Minimum 10 players & Maximum 12 players
• But 7 players play the match in the ground and the remaining are substitutes who can replace the players on the ground at any time necessary.

2)Duration:

• Match consists of two halves each as long as 20 min with interval of 5 min.
• The last raider of each half of the match gets to complete the raid even after completion of the time.

3)Score:

• 1 point for each member made out.
• 2 additional points if all the members are made out.

4)Time out:

• Each team has chance to take 2 'Time Outs' of 30 seconds in each half.
• It is called by captain, coach or any member with the permission of the referee.
• The team must stay on ground, if violated, a technical point is given to opponents.

5)Substitution:

• 5 reserved players can be substituted.
• If any player is suspended, no substitutions are allowed for that particular player. Team plays with less number of players.
• Substitution is not allowed for out players.
• It is done during time outs or interval.

6)Bonus points:

• It is active when there are minimum of 6 players in the court.
• 1 point is awarded to the raider if he crosses the bonus line.If the raider gets caught, the opponent team will also be awarded 1 point.
• There is no revival for bonus point.
• The raider will not be awarded bonus point if he crossed the line after a touvh or struggle.

7)Result:

• The team with better score wins.

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS:

• The officials shall be 1 referee,2 umpires, 1 scorer and 2 assistant scorers.
• The judgement of the umpires is final but the referee can give his decision if there is disagreement between 2 umpires.

1)Warning cards:

• Green card: It is a warning sign. If green card is given twice to a player or coach or                          manager twice, the next card shall be directly yellow card
• Yellow card:That member is temporarily suspended for 2 min. If yellow card is given                         twice to a player or coach or manager twice, the next card shall be                                 directly red card.
• Red card:Suspension from match or debarred from tournament. 

                                

2)Duties of the Referee:

• Take the toss.
• Supervise the match.
• Announces the score of each side before the last 5 min of the match.
• Takes care of recording the time.
• Warns about the time remaining at last 5 min of second half of the match.

3)Duties of Umpire:

• The umpire conducts the match and gives decisions according to the rules of the game.

4)Duties of Scorer:

• Fills in the score sheet.
• Announces the score with the permission of referee at the end of each half.
• Complete the score sheet in all respects and get it duly signed by the umpires and referee. 

5)Duties of Assistant scorers:

• Maintains record of the players who are out.
• Sees that the players out are seated in the order of being out.
• Will help referee regarding any player goes out of boundary.