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The sport initially started in Britain to attract recruits from Asian communities, but it lately became such a hit that the team gave the Indian army's national squad a tough game.
Ashok Das, who coaches the Army team, has even predicted on Indian national television that a future English national team would be the best in the world at the game, which caused consternation in India.
“They said to me, ‘You are Indian, aren't you ashamed to do this to your country?’ the ‘Telegraph’ quoted Das as saying.
“I said, ‘I was Indian, now I am British, I have to pay back my country. They are not winning at football, now they will win at kabaddi’,” he added.
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Indian Kabaddi players in the diaspora could be excellent ambassadors to promote our ancient Indian sport of Kabaddi out there. In the near future we need to organize a Kabaddi World Cup competition or even a Champions League where teams from Asia, Africa, America, Europe and from Down Under are invited to participate. As raiders, infiltrators and catchers, the overseas teams will have a lot to show and also to learn from our renowned Indian Kabaddi stalwarts.