Kabaddi
KabaddiThe Sixth Defender's Ledger: Kabaddi's Real Pressure Is Written in the Rulebook2026-10-25Third raid. The two before it had gone empty, and now the referee raised his...
KabaddiMatch Four, First Real Test: In Ahmedabad, India's Real Question Isn't on the Scoreboard2026-10-24Three hours before the evening match at Ahmedabad's multi-sports complex, the...
KabaddiThe Fourteenth Name: After Pakistan's Withdrawal, Thirteen Nations and One Unanswered Question2026-10-24At the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the draw sheet was printed...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Pakistan's Pullout Is a Format Problem, Not a Form Problem2026-10-23On 23 October 2026, at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the tea...
KabaddiThe Sixth Defender's Ledger: Kabaddi's Real Pressure Is Written in the RulebookThird raid. The two before it had gone empty, and now the referee raised his...
KabaddiKabaddi's Second Clock: The Rule Economy, the Coverage Imbalance, and Iran as Co-FavouriteIn July 2026, at The Arena in Ahmedabad, I hand-logged every raid of Gujarat...
KabaddiA Team That Hasn't Raided Once Sits Fourth — Auditing the Ahmedabad Points TableNigeria did not raid once in Ahmedabad. Did not complete a single tackle. Did...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: What the Day-1 Table Hides More Than It ShowsThe last raid of Day 1 ended at the indoor hall in Ahmedabad, the referee's...
KabaddiIndia vs England in Ahmedabad: The Scoreboard Will Report a Win, the Team Sheet Reports a LoadThe team sheet that goes up at the Ahmedabad sports complex tonight will say...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, India vs England: What Is Missing From the Mat Is the Biggest Fact of This MatchThe scoreboard at the Ahmedabad indoor complex reads 'Match 4', and India is...
KabaddiMatch Four, First Real Test: In Ahmedabad, India's Real Question Isn't on the ScoreboardThree hours before the evening match at Ahmedabad's multi-sports complex, the...
KabaddiKabaddi Coverage's Empty Sheet: Raids, Tackles, and the Five Things Every Match Report Owes YouTwo empty raids, then the third. Do-or-die. The raider crosses the baulk line...
KabaddiThe Fourteenth Name: After Pakistan's Withdrawal, Thirteen Nations and One Unanswered QuestionAt the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the draw sheet was printed...
KabaddiKabaddi's Empty Column: Where Raid Points Get Filled, Efficiency Does NotA volunteer handed out stat sheets in the Chennai press box on the night of t...
KabaddiWhat Ahmedabad's Team Sheet Leaves Out: Auditing India's Retention List Before EnglandThe sheet handed to reporters in Ahmedabad before Match 4 of the Commonwealth...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship: 62 matches, 13 nations, and three teams missing from the women's drawAhmedabad, 21 October 2026, 12:40 p.m. The curtain-raiser stage, and four...
KabaddiAhmedabad, October 23: The 11 A.M. Whistle, the 6:45 Women's Match, and the 8:30 Fixture That Will Decide the Whole Tournament's CalendarAt 11 a.m. on October 23, the first raid of the inaugural Commonwealth Kabadd...
KabaddiSurjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: The Three Things the Ahmedabad Announcement Did Not SayThe first thing missing from the captaincy announcement was the position....
KabaddiPakistan cut the field from 14 to 13, but the real fight in Ahmedabad is about formatBefore writing this column I did the thing I should always do first: I counte...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi in Ahmedabad: In the Noise of 62 Matches, 23 Is the Number Nobody QuotesThe stage in Ahmedabad on the evening of 21 October 2026 carried a jersey, an...
KabaddiThe Captain Was Named. The Register Was Not: India's Empty File Before AhmedabadThe Captain Was Named. The Register Was Not: India's Empty File Before...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations, 9 Days, and a Broadcaster Nobody NamedAt one in the morning I opened the piece. The headline was clean — "Where and...
KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Pakistan's Pullout Is a Format Problem, Not a Form ProblemOn 23 October 2026, at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the tea...
KabaddiSurjeet Singh as Captain, Naveen Kumar as Deputy: India's Real Test in Ahmedabad Isn't the Armband, It's Iran's AbsenceOn Thursday evening a short Khel Now report set my next morning: Surjeet Sing...
KabaddiKabaddi's Real Scoreboard: The Third Raid, Thirty Seconds, and the Number the Columns Don't ShowThe whistle went at 7:04. In that Jakarta hall the August 2026 heat was comin...
KabaddiAhmedabad's New Ledger: 62 Matches, 13 Nations and Five Straight Days for India's MenThere is a blank cell on the fixture list, and almost nobody has looked at it...