Question

Which of the following is a national game of Bangladesh?
A.Cricket
B.Kabaddi
C.Baseball
D.Hockey

Answer 1

Hint: It is a fairly less popular sport. It has seven players on each team. It is popular in the Indian Subcontinent and other surrounding Asian nations. While game accounts appear in the histories of ancient India, in the last century the game was popularised as a competitive sport.

Complete answer: The then Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Kabaddi as their national sport a year after Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971. It is said that one of the reasons why Kabaddi was chosen as the national game was because it was a simple game to understand, and during Eid and (Durga) Puja, and other celebrations, it was what the farmers played in the villages. People believe that the sport is a part of their culture. Kabaddi had large participation. People got horses, rice, tv, etc., as rewards for winning games.

Additional information: Kabaddi is a sport of contact team played between two seven-player teams each. The goal of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a raider, to run into the half of a court of the opposing team. Then, tag out as many of their defenders as possible and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled and in a single breath by the defenders.
The raider is tagged with points, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. If they are tagged or tackled, players are taken out of the game but are brought back in from a tag or tackle for each point scored by their team.

The correct option is B) Kabaddi.

Note: In the 1990, 1994, and 2002 ‘Asian Games’, Bangladesh won silver, and in the 1998, 2006, 2010, and 2014 editions, bronze. They also won silver in the South Asian Games in 1985, 1987, and 1995, though they took second place in the Asian Championship in 1980 and 1989. They were third in the World Cup in 2004 and 2007, while the women also finished third in the 2012 World Cup. The best team after India, essentially.