Cricket, field hockey, and football are some of the most popular sports played in India. Cricket is the most popular sport overall, while football is popular in some states. India has won eight Olympic gold medals in field hockey. Other domestic sports enjoyed in India include kabadi, badminton, tennis, table tennis, and more.

2. POPULAR GAMES IN INDIA
India is home to a diverse
population playing many different
sports across the country. Cricket
is the most popular sport.
Football is a popular sport in
same of the Indian states. The
country has won eight Olympic
gold medals in field of hockey.
Kabadi is an indigenous sport is
popular in rural India. The other
popular being badminton, tennis,
table tennis, hockey etc….

3. FOOTBALL
Football is a family of team sports
that involve, to varying degrees,
kicking a ball with the foot to
score a goal. Sports commonly
called ‘football’ in certain places
include: association football
;gridiron football ; Australian
rules football; rugby football; and
Gaelic football. These different
variations of football are known
as football codes. In 1888, the
football league was founded in
England, becoming the first of
many professional football
competitions.

4. HOCKEY
Hockey is a family of sports in which
two teams play against each other by
trying to maneuver a ball or a puck
into the opponent’s goal using a
hockey stick. In many areas, one
sport is generally referred to simply
as “hockey”. The belief that hockey
was mentioned in a 1363
proclamation by king Edward 3rd of
England is based on modern
translation of the proclamation,
which was originally in Latin and
explicitly forbade the games
“PilamMnualem, Pedivam,
Bacularem, Gallorum Pugnam”.

5. VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball is a team sport in which
two teams of six players are
separated by a net. Each team
tried to score points by grounding
a ball on the other team’s court
under organized rules. It has been
a part of the official program me
of the summer Olympic Games
since 1964. A number of
techniques have evolved in
volleyball, including spiking and
blocking as well as passing,
setting, and specialized player
positions and offensive and
defensive structures.

6. CRICKET
Cricket is a bat- and- ball game played
between two teams of eleven players
on a cricket field, at the centre of which
is a rectangular 22- yard long pitch with
a wicket at each end. One team bats,
attempting to score as many runs as
possible, whilst their opponents field.
Each phase of play is called an innings.
After either ten batsman have been
dismissed or a fixed number of overs
have been completed, the innings ends
and the two teams then swap roles. The
winning team is the one that scores the
most runs including any extras gained,
during their innings.

8. CHESS
Chess is a two-player strategy
board game played on a
chessboard, a checkered
gameboard with 64 squares
arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.
Chess is played by millions of
people worldwide, both amateurs
and professionls. Chess is believed
to have originated in India, some
time before the 7th century, being
derived from the Indian game of
chaturanga. Chaturanga is also the
likely ancestors of the eastern
strategy games xiangqi, janggi and
shogi.

9. KABADI
Kabadi is a team sport, played
mostly in south Asia. The word
‘kabadi’ is derived from a Hindi
word that means ‘holding your
breath’, which is the activity that
underlines all games of kabadi. It is
most often played in shorts in
villages and in track suits in
tournaments. Kabadi was one of the
demonstration games at Asiad 82.
the kabadi federation of India was
founded in 1950 and it compiled a
standard set of rules. The armature
kabadi federation of India was
founded in 1973.

11. BASKETBALL
Basketball is a non-contact team
sport played on a rectangular court
by two teams of five players each.
The objective is to shoot a ball
through a hoop 18 inches in
diameter and 10 feet high that is
mounted to a backboard at each
end of the court. The game was
invented in 1891 by dr. James
Naismith, who would be the first
basketball coach of the most
successful programs in the game’s
history.

13. BADMINTON
Badminton is a racquet sport
played using racquets to hit a
shuttlecock across a net. Although
it may be played with larger teams,
the most common forms of the
game are “singles” and “doubles”.
Badminton is often played as a
casual outdoor activity in a yard or
on a beach; formal games are
played on a rectangular indoor
court. Points are scored by striking
the shuttlecock with the racquet
and landing it within the opposing
side’s half of the court. The game
developed in British India.

15. TABLE TENNIS
Table tennis, also known as ping
pong, is a sport in which two or
four players hit a lightweight ball
back and forth across a table
using a small bat. The game takes
place on a hard table divided by a
net. Table tennis is governed by
the worldwide organization
international table tennis
federation founded in 1926. the
table tennis official rules are
specified in the ITTF handbook.
Table tennis has been an Olympic
sport since 1988, with several
categories.

16. TENNIS
Tennis is a racket sport that can be
played individually against a single
opponent or between two team of two
players each . Each player uses a tennis
racket that is strung with cord to strike
a hollow rubber ball covered with felt
over or around a net and into the
opponent’s court. The object of the
game is to play the ball in such a way
that the opponent is not able to play a
valid return. The player who is unable
to return the ball will not gain a point,
while the opposite player will. Tennis is
an Olympic sport and is played at all
levels of society and at all ages.