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Lagori is a team Lagori is a team sport originally from originally from Karnataka state of south India but is quite state of south India but is quite popular in cities like Mumbai, Pune etc in popular in cities like Mumbai, Pune etc in Maharashtra state as well. Maharashtra state as well.

Two teams share a ground (no limit for Two teams share a ground (no limit for members but minimum 3 in each team but members but minimum 3 in each team but there should be equal members in each there should be equal members in each team). team).

One team we can call as “Hitting Team” One team we can call as “Hitting Team” and the other team we can call as and the other team we can call as “Catching Team”. One of the Hitting “Catching Team”. One of the Hitting team's member throws a ball at a pile of team's member throws a ball at a pile of flat stones or wood pieces called as flat stones or wood pieces called as “Lagori” (usually 7 of them piled one on “Lagori” (usually 7 of them piled one on top of the other) from a distance of 8 to top of the other) from a distance of 8 to 10 feet and tries to disassemble them. 10 feet and tries to disassemble them.

Each Hitting team member gets 3 Each Hitting team member gets 3 chances to hit the Lagori and if he chances to hit the Lagori and if he cannot do it in 3 tries, then he or she is cannot do it in 3 tries, then he or she is out. In any of the three tries, if the hitter's out. In any of the three tries, if the hitter's ball does not disassemble the pile and is ball does not disassemble the pile and is caught after first bounce by opposite caught after first bounce by opposite team then the hitter is out.team then the hitter is out.

If the hitter's ball bounces off the pile and If the hitter's ball bounces off the pile and opposite team catches it then his whole opposite team catches it then his whole team is out.team is out.

If the ball hits the “Lagori” and all the If the ball hits the “Lagori” and all the pieces get scattered, the Hitting teams pieces get scattered, the Hitting teams members try to collect the pieces and members try to collect the pieces and reassemble them one on top of the other. reassemble them one on top of the other. If they are successful in assembling the If they are successful in assembling the pile, the hitter team members shout loudly pile, the hitter team members shout loudly “Lagori” and they get one point and again “Lagori” and they get one point and again a chance to be the “Hitting team”.a chance to be the “Hitting team”.

While the Hitting Team is trying to collect While the Hitting Team is trying to collect all the scattered Lagori pieces, the all the scattered Lagori pieces, the Catching team members catch the ball Catching team members catch the ball and try to hit any of the hitting team and try to hit any of the hitting team members with the ball. If they manage to members with the ball. If they manage to hit any one member with the ball, the hit any one member with the ball, the whole of the Hitting team is “Out” and whole of the Hitting team is “Out” and lose their chance. lose their chance.

Now the “Catching team” becomes the Now the “Catching team” becomes the “Hitting team” and the earlier Hitting team “Hitting team” and the earlier Hitting team becomes the Catching team and the game becomes the Catching team and the game continues.continues.

We can improve our skills of : We can improve our skills of : Throwing ballThrowing ball Escaping the hit from ballEscaping the hit from ball Arranging stonesArranging stones Distracting opposite team from the stones.Distracting opposite team from the stones.