Have you ever heard about the empty raid in Kabaddi before? If yes so do you know it is one of the most important things in the world of Kabaddi? Every Kabadi player should know about it and also the fans of this game should must know about it. Learning about all the rules is important, and that is why we are here to tell you about empty raids. So read this blog till the last.
What Is Empty Raid In Kabaddi?
Most people think that empty raid in Kabaddi gave some points or it has some advantages or disadvantages, but in reality emprty raid is nothing. Nothing happens in this raid. It does not have any advantages or disadvantages. This raid does not give any point. But there are two terms of raid which are successful raid and unsuccessful raid.
Successful Raid:
In the successful raid, the raider gets the points in this raid either touch points or bonus points.
Unsuccessful Raid:
In the unsuccessful raid, defenders get the point by catching the raider or pushing the raider out of the field.
Also read: What Is Anti-Raider In Kabaddi?
The unsuccessful raid is very harmful for any team because in this the team lose your raider and give opposite team a point and lets one of their players in the team. It the player who is a good raider might increase the woes further in the next raid. The empty raids have been an important factor.
As per the reports, in the first season, the number of empty raids were less. They increased the number in season number 2 as the teams were trying to gain some advantage of the team who face the first do-or-die raid. At this time the team defending is counting on the raider to be under the pressure and he might make some mistakes.
Importance of Empty Raids
If the team has lead over others teams just by a large margin so they play a pretty safe role and do empty raids more often as the opposition who need to score points. This strategy might fare well when one team has a big lead or this time-wasting can backfire on you which was occurred at the time of the Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans matches. There Bengal Warriors got the lead and relaxed an it was the opposition who took clear advantage.
