From Mud to Mat: Pro Kabaddi League transformed a sport!

From Mud to Mat: How the Pro Kabaddi League transformed a sport!

In the last couple of years, the traditional game of Kabaddi has seen tremendous growth. This is what it was that the Pro Kabaddi League transformed a sport.

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In a sport that has been around for many generations and has not yet gotten from the acclaim it merited.

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The story was changed when the arrival of the Pro Kabaddi League - the echo of 'kabaddi kabaddi" spread throughout the entire population throughout India and around the world.

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Kabaddi traveled from the mat to the mud

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The top players from the talent pool are taken into the PKL Player Auction as young talents.

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Kabaddi players today do not only come from big cities like Haryana as well as Tamil Nadu anymore

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We witnessed players who hail from Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry being selected and that is what warms my soul the most.

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A number of schools throughout India have also added the kabaddi sport to their syllabus

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medical and engineering faculties are also participating in Kabaddi tournaments.

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