Polo in India: How the sport is drawing new spectators
Colonel Ravi Rathore, ex-commandant 61st Cavalry and Arjuna awardee
| Photo Credit: Akash Talan
In Shandur, Pakistan, home to the world’s highest polo field in the shadow of the snow-dusted Karakoram mountains is a plaque that reads “Let other people play at other things, the king of games is still the game of kings”.
The words found an echo on a dark afternoon in Jaipur’s Rajasthan Polo Club (RPC) grounds recently when, despite slanting drops of rain slamming the sodden earth, players wielded mallets like sabres as they cannoned the ball towards the goals, drawing cheers from those in the stands.
Published – October 20, 2022 05:16 pm IST
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