Kho Kho - wikipedia Kho Kho Kho kho Boys in a Government School in Haryana First played India Characteristics Contact permitted Team members 12 players per side, 9 in the field and 3 extra Kho kho ( Punjabi : ਖੋ - ਖੋ ) is a popular tag sport from India. It is played by teams of twelve nominated players out of fifteen, 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 Kabaddi. Apart from South Asia, it is also played by the Indian community in South Africa. Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Instructions 4 Specifications 5 Dismissal 6 References 7 External links Etymology The word kho seems to be derived from the Sanskrit verb root syu - meaning `` get up go ''. History This article appears to contradict the article South Asian Games. Please see discussion on the linked talk page. ( December 2017 ) In 1999, The Asian Kho Kho Federation was established during the 3rd edition of the South Asian Games. Member countries included India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives. The 1st Asian Championship was held at Kolkata in 1996 and the second championship at Dhaka, Bangladesh. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Japan, Thailand and Bangladesh were participants of this championship. Instructions Each team consists of twelve players, but only nine players take the field. A match consists of two innings with each inning consisting of chasing and running turns of 9 minutes each. One team sits on their knees in the middle of the court, in a row, with adjacent members facing opposite directions. The runners play in the field, three at a time and the team that takes the shortest time to touch all the opponents in the field, wins. There is a pole on each end and the runner can go between two players who are sitting in zig - zag manner, but the chaser is not allowed to turn back while running and go between the players. However, the chaser can go to the pole and touch it and can go back or towards the other side. Specifications A Kho kho playing field is rectangular. It is 36 by 18 metres ( 118 ft × 59 ft ) in length and width. There are two rectangles at the end. The dimensions of each rectangle is 16 m × 2.75 m ( 52.5 ft × 9.0 ft ). In the middle of these two rectangles, there are two wooden poles. The central lane 's dimensions are 2,350 cm × 30 cm ( 925 in × 12 in ). There are eight cross lanes which lie across the central lane, whose dimensions are 1,600 cm × 30 cm ( 630 in × 12 in ). It makes the small rectangles and each of them are 16 m × 2.3 m ( 52.5 ft × 7.5 ft ) ( the two rectangles of near by the wooden poles are 2.5 m ( 8 ft 2 in ) wide ), at right angles to the central lane and divided equally into two parts of 7.85 m ( 25.8 ft ) each by the central lane. At the end of the central lane, the free zone tangent to the post-line, two smooth wooden posts are fixed, 120 cm ( 47 in ) high from the ground, and their circumference is no less than 30 cm ( 12 in ) and no more than 40 cm ( 16 in ). The equipment used in Kho kho are poles / post, strings, metallic measuring tape, lime powder, wire nails, two watches, types of rings having inner circumference of 30 cm ( 12 in ) and 40 cm ( 16 in ), score shots ( like a whistle, for instance ), and equipment to record the results. Dismissal There are usually two referees standing on the opposite sides of the rectangular field. Both carry a stopwatch and each of them is responsible for giving a decision on their opposite side of the field ( because they can watch the gameplay in front of them more clearly than when it is on their same side ). References Jump up ^ `` Tripura KHO KHO Association @ Tripura4u ''. Retrieved 28 March 2011. Jump up ^ Peter A. Hastie ( 1 July 2010 ). Student - Designed Games : Strategies for Promoting Creativity, Cooperation, and Skill Development. Human Kinetics. pp. 52 --. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7360 - 8590 - 8. Retrieved 7 March 2012. Jump up ^ A trip through SA 's indigenous games. sowetanlive.co.za 14 March 2012. External links http://library.thinkquest.org/11372/data/kho-kho1.htm http://www.khokhoindia.com Kho - Kho Federation of India webpage http://www.olympic.ind.in/images/KhoKho.pdf http://khokho.co.uk Gym, outdoor and playground games Tag Ante Over British Bulldog Capture the flag Cooties Duck, duck, goose Four corners Kho kho Marco Polo Pie Steal the Flingsock Catch Chinese jump rope Dodgeball Four square Hide - and - seek Hopscotch Kick the can Leapfrog Marbles Playground songs list Red Rover Skipping rope Double Dutch Rhymes Skully Statues The floor is lava Tinikling Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kho_kho&oldid=826973174 '' Categories : Kho - Kho Hidden categories : Articles containing Punjabi - language text Articles contradicting other articles Use dmy dates from July 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia भोजपुरी فارسی हिन्दी ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം मराठी Bahasa Melayu नेपाली Norsk nynorsk ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ संस्कृतम् தமிழ் తెలుగు Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 22 February 2018, at 01 : 30. 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Question: how many cross lanes are there in kho kho
Answer: eight