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For Sport in the Indian Republic, see <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_India" title="Sport in India">Sport in India</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the sports native to the subcontinent, see <a href="/wiki/Traditional_games_of_South_Asia" title="Traditional games of South Asia">Traditional games of South Asia</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_1990_-_Colnect_164148_-_Kabaddi.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stamp_of_India_-_1990_-_Colnect_164148_-_Kabaddi.jpeg/197px-Stamp_of_India_-_1990_-_Colnect_164148_-_Kabaddi.jpeg" decoding="async" width="197" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Stamp_of_India_-_1990_-_Colnect_164148_-_Kabaddi.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi" title="Kabaddi">Kabaddi</a>, a native South Asian sport, made its inaugural appearance at the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/1990_Asian_Games" title="1990 Asian Games">1990</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Many sports are played in South Asia, with <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> being the most popular of them; 90% of the sport's worldwide fans <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_South_Asia" title="Cricket in South Asia">live in South Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> is followed passionately in some parts of South Asia,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Field hockey</a> was popular for several decades, with some of South Asia's greatest sporting accomplishments having taken place in this sport.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some <a href="/wiki/Traditional_games_of_South_Asia" title="Traditional games of South Asia">native South Asian games</a> are played professionally in the region, such as <a href="/wiki/Kabaddi" title="Kabaddi">kabaddi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kho-kho" class="mw-redirect" title="Kho-kho">kho-kho</a>, and also feature in regional competitions such as the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Games" title="South Asian Games">South Asian Games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Kalaripayattu" title="Kalaripayattu">kalaripayattu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/Variations_of_tag" class="mw-redirect" title="Variations of tag">variations of tag</a> were played at the time, with kho-kho having been mentioned in the fourth century BCE,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Atya-patya" class="mw-redirect" title="Atya-patya">atya-patya</a> around 300 CE; some of them were used for military training purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The board game <a href="/wiki/Chaturanga" title="Chaturanga">chaturanga</a> formed the foundation of the modern game of <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, and was also used as strategic training for war;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it travelled towards Europe and China under Persian and then Arab influence.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_period">Colonial period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>An 1875 painting of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_football" title="Rugby football">rugby</a> being played by Europeans in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> (then known as Calcutta).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Colonial_India" title="Colonial India">British colonisation</a> of South Asia introduced several British sports into the subcontinent, such as <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing a decline for the local sports,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though some of the local sports began to be standardised during this period in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economic struggles prevailing at the time limited people's overall ability to participate in sport.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The transformation of sports and society in South Asia and the accompanying element of coloniality and anti-colonial resistance caused unique transformations throughout this time period: cricket, for example, came to be seen as a unifying way to demonstrate resistance and success against the colonisers and helped in reducing various forms of societal discrimination,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while football came to be seen as an equalising game that cut across class lines and united the global anti-imperialist struggle in left-wing regions such as Kerala and West Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British accusations of Indian effeminacy, which enabled them to demonstrate superiority and powered their programs to reshape local practices, were resisted in a variety of ways, with success against British teams seen as contributing to national revival.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the interaction between local beliefs and Western sporting practices also manifested itself in anti-sport ways at times: the initial introduction of football at one <a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> school, designed to produce physical fitness among the children, had to take place by force because the schoolboys saw contact with the ball as defiling them,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and similar sentiments of avoiding defilement led to Brahmins preferring cricket because it didn't involve contact with lower castes.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some South Asian board games were transmitted overseas, such as the games now known as <a href="/wiki/Ludo" title="Ludo">ludo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snakes_and_ladders" title="Snakes and ladders">snakes and ladders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_period">Contemporary period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_South_Asia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contemporary period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_batter_1_(52269499757).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg/190px-Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg/285px-Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg/380px-Indian_batter_1_%2852269499757%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1906" data-file-height="1891" /></a><figcaption>An Indian <a href="/wiki/Batting_(cricket)" title="Batting (cricket)">batter</a> hitting the ball in a <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_T20_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's T20 cricket">women's T20 cricket</a> match at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Commonwealth_Games" title="2022 Commonwealth Games">2022 Commonwealth Games</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Field hockey was popular for several decades after the colonial era. After India's victory in the <a href="/wiki/1983_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1983 Cricket World Cup">1983 Cricket World Cup</a>, cricket started to grow in the subcontinent while hockey declined,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the 1975 switch from grass to astroturf fields often cited as making hockey too expensive.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The introduction of <a href="/wiki/Twenty20_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty20 cricket">Twenty20 cricket</a>, a format that greatly reduced the playing duration, as well as the advent of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a>, which made cricket a strong economic force in the region, further grew the popularity of the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket also grew in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> with the return of refugees who had learned the sport in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The poverty of South Asia has continued to be a defining factor in limiting the success of sport in the region; until the 1970s, for example, cricket and football were not prevalent because of the expensiveness of buying balls.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the most important sports rivalries within the subcontinent is the <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_sports_rivalries" title="India–Pakistan sports rivalries">India–Pakistan sports rivalry</a>, due to the history of conflict between the two nations after <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">their partition in 1947</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various traditional sports have had professional leagues started for them in the 21st century (largely propelled by the <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">economic liberalisation of the 1990s</a> that took place in India that increased investing into sports),<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Kabaddi_League" title="Pro Kabaddi League">Pro Kabaddi League</a>, which has significantly grown kabaddi,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Kho_Kho" title="Ultimate Kho Kho">Ultimate Kho Kho</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Panja_League" title="Pro Panja League">Pro Panja League</a> for <a href="/wiki/Arm_wrestling" title="Arm wrestling">arm wrestling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kabaddi in particular has begun to spread globally,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with non-South Asian countries becoming successful at the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The growth of these traditional sports has been aided by changes to their appearance and rule sets, such as a shift from playing on mud surfaces to matted surfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some national and sub-national initiatives have also been undertaken to promote sports, such as <a href="/wiki/Khelo_India" title="Khelo India">Khelo India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhiya_Olympics" title="Chhattisgarhiya Olympics">Chhattisgarhiya Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Women's sports have grown in South Asia with the advent of women's sporting leagues such as the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Kabaddi_League" title="Women's Kabaddi League">Women's Kabaddi League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_League_(cricket)" title="Women's Premier League (cricket)">Women's Premier League</a> (cricket).<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_South_Asia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_sporting_leagues_or_competitions">Major sporting leagues or competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_South_Asia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major sporting leagues or competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="margin:.5em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game </th> <th>Competition </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armwrestling_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armwrestling_pictogram.svg/20px-Armwrestling_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armwrestling_pictogram.svg/30px-Armwrestling_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armwrestling_pictogram.svg/40px-Armwrestling_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Arm_wrestling" title="Arm wrestling">Arm wrestling (panja)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pro_Panja_League" title="Pro Panja League">Pro Panja League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athletics_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/20px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/30px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/40px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sport_of_athletics" title="Sport of athletics">Athletics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_U20_Athletics_Championships" title="South Asian U20 Athletics Championships">South Asian U20 Athletics Championships</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Motor_sport_(automobile_modern)_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg/30px-Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg/40px-Motor_sport_%28automobile_modern%29_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">Auto racing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Rally_Championship" title="Indian National Rally Championship">Indian National Rally Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/JK_Tyre_National_Racing_Championship" title="JK Tyre National Racing Championship">JK Tyre National Racing Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badminton_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Badminton_pictogram.svg/20px-Badminton_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Badminton_pictogram.svg/30px-Badminton_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Badminton_pictogram.svg/40px-Badminton_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Badminton_League" title="Premier Badminton League">Premier Badminton League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="India Open">India Open</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Syed_Modi_International_Badminton_Championships" title="Syed Modi International Badminton Championships">Syed Modi International Badminton Championships</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Odisha Open">Odisha Open</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_International_Challenge" title="India International Challenge">India International Challenge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basketball_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/20px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/30px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/40px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elite_Pro_Basketball_League" title="Elite Pro Basketball League">Elite Pro Basketball League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3x3_Pro_Basketball_League" title="3x3 Pro Basketball League">3x3 Pro Basketball League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/INBL" class="mw-redirect" title="INBL">INBL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boxing_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/20px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/30px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boxing_pictogram.svg/40px-Boxing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Super_Boxing_League" title="Super Boxing League">Super Boxing League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cricket_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cricket_pictogram.svg/20px-Cricket_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cricket_pictogram.svg/30px-Cricket_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Cricket_pictogram.svg/40px-Cricket_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranji_Trophy" title="Ranji Trophy">Ranji Trophy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irani_Cup" title="Irani Cup">Irani Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Hazare_Trophy" title="Vijay Hazare Trophy">Vijay Hazare Trophy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duleep_Trophy" title="Duleep Trophy">Duleep Trophy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mushtaq_Ali_Trophy" title="Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy">Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Premier_League" title="Bangladesh Premier League">Bangladesh Premier League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Super_League" title="Pakistan Super League">Pakistan Super League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cycling_(road)_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/20px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg/30px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram.svg.png 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hockey">Field hockey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hockey_India_League" title="Hockey India League">Hockey India League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/20px-Football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/30px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/40px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Premier_League_(football)" title="Bangladesh Premier League (football)">Bangladesh Premier League (football)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/I-League" title="I-League">I-League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/I-League_2" title="I-League 2">I-League 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/I-League_3" title="I-League 3">I-League 3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Women%27s_League" title="Indian Women's League">Indian Women's League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IWL_2nd_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="IWL 2nd Division">IWL 2nd Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/State_football_leagues_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="State football leagues in India">State football leagues</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Club cup tournaments</b> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Cup_(India)" title="Super Cup (India)">Super Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durand_Cup" title="Durand Cup">Durand Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/IFA_Shield" title="IFA Shield">IFA Shield</a> etc.) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Inter state association 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