Indian Sports

By: Aniruth S. Kasthuri

 Indian Sports

Games like, Chess, Snakes and Ladders, Playing

Cards, Polo, the martial arts of Judo and Karate
had originated in India and it was from here that
these games were transmitted to foreign
countries, where they were further developed.
Several games now familiar across the world owe
their origins in India, particularly, the games of
chess, ludo (including ladders and snake), and
playing cards.
 Indian Sports

National Sport of India

Ancient Sports
Traditional Sports
Popular Sports
Arjuna Award
Cricket
Quiz
 National Game of India
The national game of
India is field hockey.
India has an
impressive record of
8 Olympic Gold
Medals. 1928 - 1956
was the Golden Era
for India because
India won 6
consecutive gold
medals in the
Olympics.
 Ancient Indian Games

Ancient Indian games are the games people

played long time ago in the Mahabharata and in
the Ramayana. Ancient games are like chatur-
anga and toran. These games are now some of
our modern games. Arjuna and Bheema are one
of the mightiest Pandavas at that time in weight-
lifting and archery.
Bhishma,Hanuman,Jamvant,Jarasandha are
great champion wrestlers.
 Ancient Sports
Sudarshan Chakra (Discus
Throw) – Krishna
Chariot – Racing
(Mahabharatha)
Chatur-Anga (Chess)
Archery (Arjuna)
Wrestling (Bheema)
Playing Cards
Kalari Payattu
Snakes and Ladders
Toran (Javelin)
 Traditional Sports

The Traditional Sports are originated and played

in each state. These sports are part of the
regional culture.
 Traditional Sports
Kabbadi- Tamilnadu

Silambam – Tamilnadu

Gilli Tanda - Tamilnadu

 Traditional Sports
Kho-Kho – Maharastra

Boat Race – Kerala

(Onam Festival)

Thoda – Himachal
Pradesh
 Traditional Sports
Asol Aap ( Canoe Race )

Asol - Tale Aap ( Canoe

Race on sand )
- Andaman , Nicobar
Islands
 Popular Indian Games

The popular games are like cricket and field

hockey. They are also new games. Only some of
the games are old like chess. These games are
played a lot all around India.
 Major Indian Sports
Cricket Golf
Kabbadi Tennis
Field Hockey Archery
Basketball Martial Arts
Rugby Softball
Football (soccer) Billiards and Snookers
 Major Indian Board Games
Chess
Pachisi (Thayam)
Snake and Ladders
Playing Cards
Ludo
Pallanguli
 Arjuna Award
Recognize Outstanding
Achievement in National Sports
Prize of Rs 500,000 , a bronze
statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Sachin Tendulkar - Cricket
Leander Paes - Tennis
Devendra Jhajharia – Paralympics
Rajinder Singh Rahelu - Paralympics
 Cricket

Originated from England

India has a major cricket team and
the IPL.
Sunil Gavaskar was the 1st person
to score 10000 runs.
Kapil Dev: Captain of 1983 one
day team.
M.S. Dhoni: 1983 test captain
They won the 1 day match and
test match in 1983.
Indian Sports

Quiz
 Quiz - Name the sports
Sachin Tendulkar
P. T. Usha
Vishwanathan Anand
Sanya Mirza
Prakash Padukone
Abhinav Bindra
Pankaj Advani
 Cricket Quiz
Which year did India won One Day World Cup
Cricket?
Who was captain of 1983 One day cricket World
Cup Team?
Which year did India won the 20/20 World Cup
Cricket?
Who was the captain of 2007 20/20 Cricket World
Cup Team?
Who was the first Batsman score 10000 runs in
Indian Test Cricket?