Kho-Kho

Kho kho is a tag sport from the Indian subcontinent. It is played by teams of twelve rand players, of which nine enter the field, who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team. It is one of the two most popular traditional tag games of the South Asia, the other being kabbadi. Apart from South Asia, it is also played in South Africa.

Rules

1. Each team consists of 12 players, but only 9 players take the field. An innings will consist of chasing and running turns which will be of 9 minutes duration. Each match will consist of two innings. An interval of 5 minutes is allowed after an inning turn.
2. The side of the chasers scores one point for putting out each runner.
3. The captain of the toss winning team will have the choice of chasing or running.
4. At the commencement of the game the eight chasers (players sitting in the squares) will sit in the squares facing opposite directions. No adjacent chasers should face in the same direction. The 9th chaser will stand at either of the posts.
5. The runners and chasers will fix their entry serially with the scorer.
6. With the commencement of the game three runners are to get inside the court. As soon as a runner is put out the next three runners must enter the field before or after one "kho" is given. If a runner fails to enter the field, he is given out.
7. The side of the chasers scores 1 point for putting out each runner. The team that takes the shortest time to tag/tap all the opponents in the field, wins.

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