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This is a good question tbh
Kabaddi is a thing in India. It's not the same but similar-ish enough.
Are you kidding, they are killing each other over Kabaddi in the UK.
No wait, just fighting
The kabaddi player who was murdered was probably to do with gang violence
Great question. My first guess would be the ground is mostly too dry and hard. It probably played a part, but doesnt explain South Africa .
No idea about in India, but it's probably the same reason rugby wasn't popular in England for a long time.
It was a game played by the rich. And not really watched by anyone else.
When most people worked manual labor, and there was no health insurance or safety net, even just "normal" injuries like a sore back for a couple days stopped you from working, so you didn't get paid.
Soccer was what the lower classes paid, and why flopping became a thing. Even a minor injury had effects on someone's life.
So when India was a colony, very few could play. But cricket (I think) doesn't have many injuries.