Kabaddi
Kabaddi: From Mud Courts to the Global Stage
After the Drum Stopped in Patna: Patna Pirates' Do-or-Die Emptiness and Neeraj's Silence
The Auction's Real Scoreboard: Raid Efficiency vs the Reputation Premium
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, India vs England: Match 4 Is India's Opener — The Question Isn't the Scoreline, It's the Field
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: 13 Nations in Ahmedabad, and India's Six-Matches-in-Seven-Days Test
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: Three Things the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Announcement Leaves Out
Kabaddi: From the Village Akhada to the Global StageKabaddi is widely regarded as South Asia's oldest collective contact sport. I...
A Column for Everything Except the Noise: Kabaddi's Economy, Jakarta's 18-27, and the Raid No Model LoggedOctober 2026. Chennai's Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. Patna Pirates 55,...
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Kabaddi: From Mud Courts to the Global StageKabaddi is one of the very few sports that need no expensive equipment,...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: India's Three Wins, Nigeria's 49-Point Gap, and Iran's Empty ChairThe Day 4 scoreboard reads simply if you glance at it: India played three, wo...
After the Drum Stopped in Patna: Patna Pirates' Do-or-Die Emptiness and Neeraj's SilenceThe drum in the east gallery of Patna's Patliputra Sports Complex kept beatin...
The Auction's Real Scoreboard: Raid Efficiency vs the Reputation PremiumPrices rise in the auction hall, but the truth sits below — in the spreadshee...
The Column Kabaddi Never Prints: Raid Points, Auction Prices and the Missing AuditIn July 2026 I was pulled off the hockey desk and into the kabaddi floor....
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, India vs England: Match 4 Is India's Opener — The Question Isn't the Scoreline, It's the FieldThe queue outside Gate 2 of the Ahmedabad multi-sport complex moved slowly at...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: What the Ahmedabad Announcement Never SaidA night in Ahmedabad still travels with me. The 2026 Kabaddi World Cup final,...
Commonwealth Kabaddi: Eight Matches in Nine Days for India, and a 'Commonwealth' Without IranAt eight on Thursday morning at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad...
From 14 to 13: Pakistan's Late Withdrawal in Ahmedabad Exposes Kabaddi's Real CrisisThe event occupies two digits in my notebook — 14 and 13. October 23 to 31,...
India vs England, Match 4: The Rotation Test in Ahmedabad, and the Deception of the ScorelineMy notebook has four columns open for this match — the timestamp of the raid'...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: 13 Nations in Ahmedabad, and India's Six-Matches-in-Seven-Days TestThe first raid at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Friday...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: Three Things the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Announcement Leaves OutIn July 2026, in that Mumbai room where I hosted the first Pro Kabaddi League...
Match 4 That Is India's Opener: In Ahmedabad, Read the Team Sheet, Not the ScoreboardThe fourth match of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 is India versu...
Fourteen Becomes Thirteen: Pakistan's Exit Did Not Shrink the Commonwealth Kabaddi Title, It Cheapened ItIn the second week of October 2026 a sentence reached me: Pakistan has...
The 39 and 23 in Ahmedabad: India's Real Commonwealth Kabaddi Test Is the CalendarAt 11 in the morning on October 23, the first raid at Ahmedabad's Veer Savark...
Surjeet Singh Named India Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy for Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: What the Announcement Leaves OutSurjeet Singh, captain. Naveen Kumar, vice-captain. 23 to 31 October, Veer...
The Line Struck Off the Draw Sheet: Pakistan's Exit, the Arithmetic of Thirteen Nations, and the Circle-Style BurdenThe provisional draw sheet was taped to a pillar outside the Veer Savarkar...