Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports
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Govind said:
(Mon, Apr 29, 2013 09:01:34 AM)
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Hello Friends,
I have some views on this topic " Cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to other sports".
I support to topic as publicity of cricket increasing simultaneously it is creating bad impact on other other sports like Hockey our nation game, Volleyball, Kho-Kho and lot of other games, reason is that people sees and hear every where about cricket because our media has been made them more and more popular by live broadcasting on DD national from a decade ago. Human psychology is that what they see they do same. |
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Jeet said:
(Sun, Mar 31, 2013 01:36:09 PM)
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| I think in cricket fan following is so much than other sports. If media and government both encourage other games and give more facilities then people obviously think about those sports. Now-a-days these IPL, t-20 attract everyone. They know that from these they will get more money and fame. That's why people interested about cricket. |
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James Bond said:
(Wed, Mar 20, 2013 06:56:16 PM)
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Hi Everyone,
I feel we all are interested in cricket rather than other sports. We all known the rule of cricket, how to play. We all knows hockey is our national sports but we don't follow this game because govt, media and our neighbor environmental support cricket rather than other game. So we all follow cricket. |
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Soni11111 said:
(Thu, Nov 15, 2012 01:24:46 PM)
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Hello everyone,
From my point of view, cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to others sports.
The reason behind this is our gov and media focusing more on cricket while our national game is hockey, we should be more focused on hockey rather than cricket as our national game is hockey, as we can see that in India even in small villages the people are more interested in playing cricket because they are not aware of all other sports as gov and media are showing more and more about cricket that is why the game which we are not seen are getting disappear. So this is fault of our gov and media that they are not making people aware of all other game, of course I am agree with this topic 100%. |
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Ayush said:
(Thu, Oct 25, 2012 07:11:52 PM)
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Hello everybody.
As you all said cricket is creating obsession to other sports. I also think that you are right. Our national game is HOCKEY but It is being ignored by government. It is also not provided with appropriate sports facilities. |
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Deepanshu Gupta said:
(Sun, Sep 23, 2012 12:05:21 PM)
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India can think of winning gold medals in Olymics only if cricket is knocked out of our minds. We hardly remembers who were Vijay Hazare and other greats. It's only after 70ies and the invention of television make this game popular & reached to the masses. The other reason is thec efforts put by the cricketers of that time like Sunil Gavaskar who gave some of the memorable moments of glory to the country.
Now that boxing is getting popular because Akhil Kumar & Vijendra Singh are winning honours for the country. Sushil Kumar has made grappling popular whereas sania Nehwal has coxed many girls to weild racquet. Everyone wants yo be a part of winning team.
Hence the onus is on government to encourage other sports too & it's also the role of Media to bring the stories of struggle & success of other sportsmen too. |
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Raj said:
(Sat, Sep 1, 2012 02:07:17 PM)
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| Cricket is a game played only between 7-1/2 nations and yet it gets the attention from Indian Media as if it was a world level sports and all the news related to cricket is hyped like anything. I personally feel that BCCI is bribing the entire top media (times of india, hindu, etc) to hype the news about cricket. The recent example is in which Times of India is hyping the news about Unmukt chnd not getting pass due to the lack of attendance which was an internal issue of the college but it was blown out of proportion by the media and got all the unwanted attention. |
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Chandra Sekhar Das said:
(Thu, Aug 30, 2012 10:53:58 AM)
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| Why all people are shouting against cricket.can't u all shout at the door of government to provide adequate facilities to other sports to groom them.bcci is not responsible for the corruption going on in other sports respective boards.if this can be minimized and performance of other sports will surely inspire youngesters.we indians are passionate about cricket due to our team's competitiveness unlike other sports.so next time don't do this childish comparison when one sport is flourishing in our country.first sport has to caught the thoughts of the people then it will automatically become popular.you can feel and see it by recent example. |
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Rajeshwar said:
(Sun, Aug 26, 2012 09:27:19 PM)
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| I think cricket has been hyped by media, business corporates, politicians so much, that Indian public getting fooled. I think if you observe closely there are so many sports whih are very intereting to watch and play like wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, swimming, running, shooting, archery, cycling, rowing, fencing, gymnastics, equistrian, martial arts like judo, taekwondo, etc. But these sports don't get proper attention from the Govt. Its actually these sports which gives the country fame on international level. Today India has become a laughing stock in the world, how money is being wasted on cricket which is played by only few countries. |
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Biplob Hazra said:
(Wed, Aug 22, 2012 04:01:30 PM)
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| Cricket is a filthy rich sports and the involvement of filthy rich people are responsible for the hype of this game. I am sure out of 121 billion, 50 billion have nither time nor means to watch or play cricket. If a country like Ethopia can produce long distance runners who is running bare foot to bring lorrals for the country then I am sure it is possible in our country too. Where How and When is the concern. Hats off to those individuals who are trying their best inspite of all odds to perform in individual events. Lets see when media and states will shift their focus to promote these individuals for the sake of sports and for the sake of the country. |
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Balasubramani said:
(Sun, Aug 12, 2012 04:30:18 PM)
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| Hi friends, in India there is four channels allocated for cricket but not for hockey, chess or athletics. But in foreign countries there is a separate channel for each and every game, this makes the people to participate and to concentrate on every games unlike India. In our country no coaches are selected from India, every one has been imported from other countries. Still there is no team formation for football, gymnastics in Olympics but in other countries these games plays a major role. The top winning medalists in Olympics like america and china are thus because they not yet formed a cricket team. As there is no cricket, they are giving importance to each and every game and getting fame to their countries. So from my point of view, the government And media Should encourage every game and the sportsmen too. |
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Subramaniam said:
(Mon, Aug 6, 2012 08:02:15 PM)
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| India can think of winning gold medals in Olympics only if cricket is knocked out of our minds. Its a dull game and a very slow one too and not a scientific as well. If a batsman gets out, he can never be back in the game which makes it very unscientific. Stupid game followed by stupid people. It is played in just 7 or 8 countries It is affecting other sports very much. This game should be banned. |
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Pankaj D Sailor said:
(Sun, Jul 15, 2012 07:49:14 PM)
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During 60es an 70es cricket wasn't known to interior of India, We hardly remember who were vijay Hazare and other greats. Its only after 70ies and the invent of television this game became popular and reached to the masses. The other reason is the efforts put by the cricketers of that time like Sunil Gavaskar who gave some of the memorable moments of glory to the country. We started to beat the Europeans at their own game. This was a great morale booster for country which has grown up believing the superiority of White Race. Also it is money spinning machine for many others.
Now that boxing is getting popular because Akhil Kumar and Vijendra Singh are winning honours for the country. Sushil Kumar has made grappling popular whereas Saina Nehwal has coxed many girls to wield racquet. Everyone wants to be a part of winning team. Indian Sports in a unique Catch-22 situation where there can't be talent and victory without money and there can't be money (Sponsorship) without victories.
Hence the onus is on government to encourage other sports too and its also the role of Media to bring the stories of struggle and success of other sportsmen too. |
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Rashi said:
(Mon, Jul 9, 2012 03:34:19 PM)
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I personally feel that though cricket is very entertaining at the same time it is very tedious too. People consider it to be their religion. This damn affects the intensity & popularity of the other games in India.
The thick cloud of intense cricket is overshadowing the future of other games hue overshadowing the development of other games recognized at the national level. |
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Fan Of Sports said:
(Mon, May 14, 2012 12:56:35 AM)
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| Cricket is not detrimental to other sports its just that we have good batsmen in India who hits big shots no one cares for bowlers in other sports its not big & lengthy as cricket. So other sports should have famous recognized players to make it famous. |
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Nirmal Das said:
(Wed, May 9, 2012 05:23:55 PM)
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Hi everyone.
I feel that cricket is overshadowing other sports in India. The encouragement, sponsorship & promotion given to cricket in our country is very high comparing to other nations. We can see cricketers in maximum advertisement, we can rarely see other sport person. Main reason is bcci, bcci is independent organisation and bcci is the richest cricket board in the world. Others sport is undertaken by government and we all know how government works. Media is also responsible for this. In news papers cricket takes more place overshadowing others. |
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Anupam said:
(Tue, Apr 24, 2012 06:43:32 PM)
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Hello friends,
I feel that cricket is not completely an obstacle for the development of other sports. The encouragement given for the up lift of cricket in our nation is very high when compared to other nations. In fact bcci is the richest cricket board in the world. The sponsorship given to the game of cricket is also high. Even the government is not giving adequate facilities for the players of other sports. The media has been also focusing more on cricket. The money earned from cricket is very high through commercials. So the government must take steps to develop other games. It is also necessary to evolve more stars in other games like sachin, dravid, lara, dhoni in cricket. |
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Sudeep Panja said:
(Tue, Mar 13, 2012 01:36:16 PM)
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Hello everyone,
As per cricket concern, I think it provided a platform for upliftment and generation of revenue for the other sports. After IPL the commercialization take place in respect to every sports in the form of NSW hocky leauge, new series of football in bengal, and recetly the mixed wrestling.
And heavy weight boxing in India.
Secondly, If we look from the aspect of sports culture every country then we can formulate a trend and culture, like in europian country soccer and ice sports, in african nation athletics, in american country american football (rugby) , in Australia cricket and rugbey and in India cricket. All these major sports provide momentum to flourish other sports of that perticular country. |
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Rahul Singh said:
(Mon, Feb 27, 2012 09:19:43 PM)
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Hello ladies and gentlemen,
the very first thing should be mentioned here that, what is the actual role of sports in any country-
1. It shows efficiency of a country in sports worldwide.
2. It gives name, fame.
3. As a profession.
Here no. 2 affects strongly no.1&3,
so,as far as name nd fame is concerned cricket is everywhere. Handsome money given to them and a seperate board(bcci) alloted, makes it more difficult to other sports.
For encouraging other games the only way is to make them popular through advertisement,promising excitement,benifits of not watching cricket i.e. Saving of lots of time etc. A sport is always made to entertain ,it is the way we look at them makes it boring.
I think media is a little bit responsible
only when advertisement is concerned otherwise they show whatever people want to see. They just increase the publicity,they don't create it. If tommorrow we will get into olympic finals in hockey, virendra lakra and sandeep singh will be on every tv channel.
So,i think its enough of cricket,lets promote other sports because cricket can promote itself for next 8-10 yrs. Thank you. |
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Nivedhitha said:
(Thu, Feb 9, 2012 06:41:16 PM)
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HI EVERYONE!
The people of India basically are addicted to cricket. No doubt, it has the most fame than any other sports in INDIA. New formats and adjustments has been brought to this game to attract the people, which the other sports lack. Obviously, from the kids to elderly are interested in it. The parents of this generation are also fond of leading their children towards cricket, as their kid can also become fame easily and earn quickley. Many are not aware about the prestigeous given to other sports world wide. So CRICKET has automatically has been considered to be the reason for this.
I feel that the common unsupport given by the government to most of the sportsperson & lack of guidelines to other sports is the cause for the above mentioned. |
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Amey said:
(Sat, Dec 31, 2011 11:52:41 AM)
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| Yeah cricket is an obstacle for other games in India. If you ask me the reason than all the company are advertising thier product using cricketer, not other sports person, & one of the big reason is bcci is independent organisation, whereas other sports organisation are undertaken by govt. Of India. We all know how government organisation work. |
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Rahul Reddy said:
(Tue, Nov 8, 2011 10:06:39 PM)
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| Haa it is quite stupid to think cricket as national obsession. It is the one game through which we are able to hold our heads high. We won 2 world cups and beeen on top in tests for odd 2 years. What has other sports have brought to India. Whatever is brought is quite appreciated. Abhinav bindra winning gold medal in olympics. Indian hockey team won 8 gold medals in past but that happened when tv's and internet. But 1983 wc was won by India when the tv's are just becoming popular. That made it more popular than any other sport. Every Indian wants to play cricket in streets. It is in to Indian blood and no media is required for cricket. Cricket is and will be the most popular sport in India and I hope other sports also will develop. |
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Smriti Nigam said:
(Sun, Sep 4, 2011 12:17:15 PM)
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| Well. I don't think that cricket have hurt any other sports. If cricket is more interesting, full of excitement, creates a nation loving feeling then its not the "SPORT'S" fault. I think its just because cricket has a very interesting format that's why it has become so popular and loved by all. Followed as a religion and the cricketers worshiped as God. The fame that cricket has given to India can not be ignored. As far as other sports are concerned, they have not lost their importance. Whether it is tennis, badminton or hockey they are still very popular. But yes, it is a fact that cricket is more popular and followed by more people. |
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Himanshu said:
(Thu, Aug 25, 2011 11:51:48 PM)
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Hi everybody,
I don't think cricket as a national obsession is a deterrent to other sports, cricket has got popularity because of the legends cricket has given to us like sunil gavaskar, kapil dev, sachin tendulkar, just because of the achievement these peoples have made, cricket is so much appreciated game in India. Recently if we take an example when rajyawardhan singh rathore won silver in Olympics, just after that we won lot of medals in shooting. So, if we want others game to be equally appreciated as like cricket then, we need some great legends in other games too.
And I believe that if other sports will also produce great players then definitely they will get the appreciation as cricket in this country gets. |
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Mayank Aggarwal said:
(Sat, Aug 6, 2011 03:38:30 PM)
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As everybody mentioned that cricket is detriment to other sports. I quite agree with it. It is because:.
1) way of advertisement the cricket game is promoted.
2) Cricket sportstars are bein seen in most of the advertisements related to cricket or promotion of any other product likr dish TV ads, Mc dowells ads.
3) one of the main reason cricket is preferred when there is match between India and Pakistan. And the way it is advertised on the news make cricket to detriment other sports.
4) In newspapers, most of the sports page is filled with cricket news, whereever it have held.
So along with us, its media too playing the role of detriment to other sports of India.
Media has the highest power today in our country. If it wishes, it can change the shape of sports too. |
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Abin Thomas said:
(Sat, Jul 23, 2011 08:48:07 PM)
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Hey everyone,
I don't at all think that cricket is a detriment to other sports it is the Indian people's supportive spirit of cricket that is destructing other sports. Most people do not even know that India has teams in Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Basketball, etc. Its feels ashamed extremely to know that India a huge nation does not support their athletes.
I hope that India recognizes their athletes of all sports and supports them in their respective sports. |
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Saurabh Akshant Shukla said:
(Fri, Jul 8, 2011 09:42:37 AM)
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In my opinion , cricket is not detrimenting any other sports , it is supressed by ourselves we ,the people are totally responsible for that .
well i think that there is no comparison between 2 sports everything has its own existence so how can cricket suppress the other sports .
its just the matter of fact that indian people are crazy about the cricket .so the comparison lies not in sports but in our thinking only .
last-a-days the economic times conducted a survey to find out who inspires the people in the field of sports and the results was as under :-
43% people inspires with S R Tendulkar
35% people inspires with M S Dhoni
11% people inspires with S Nehwal
04% people inspires with Vijendra singh
04% people inspires with A bindra
from the above figure it is observe that a total of 78% people inspired by the cricketers ....that shows the craziness of the people towards cricket .............. |
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Oshu said:
(Tue, May 17, 2011 04:38:27 AM)
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| Well, I personally feel that obsession with cricket is a detriment to other sports. It is all because of the way it is promoted. It is just like in the case of a movie,if a movie is hyped about all of us go to watch it but some epic movie just gets neglected because of poor advertisement and there is less talent in other sports because of improper training because of lack of finances. |
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@Khiesh said:
(Mon, May 9, 2011 12:21:39 AM)
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Hello everyone.
I strongly feel that cricket has come to a point from where it is detrimenting other sports.
You can see among yourself that how many of us watches other sports played by Indian sportsmen. Ofcourse a handful. Why is it so?
One definite reason could be the hype that cricket gets through the media. People not only watch the match with shear attention but also the pre and post-match shows. Having build a huge sponsorship can also be contributed for cricket to flourish.
One main reason also is the investment of money by either government and now as we can see the business individuals, which lures young minds to have a great profession in cricket.
Lastly, I would say goverment should definitely see to this and take necessary measures to allow other sports perpetuate. |
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Namita Kalra said:
(Sun, May 8, 2011 11:54:08 PM)
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| Well I think there can be no comparison between any two sports. (infact nothing can be compared. Everything has its own existence). How can cricket suppress other sports. Its just a matter of fact that Indian people are crazy about cricket. So the comparison lies not in the sports but in our thinking only. Let us make ourselves think more equally and we will surely make the difference grow lesser and lesser. |
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Badminton Fan Club said:
(Sun, Apr 24, 2011 06:45:29 AM)
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I hate cricket...i don't know why everybody is crazy over it.
In the newspaper, Sports Star it was written that the prize money for India Open(Badminton) was only Rs. 5 lakh whereas in the Cricket world Cup, the prize money was more than a hundred crores of rupees |
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Shruti said:
(Sun, Apr 10, 2011 03:24:15 AM)
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| Ofcourse, 1.21 billion people of India have an obession towards the cricket and this has led to the detrimention of other sports in india.all are interested in cricket only.In recent cricket world cup match the viewership was 100%, while in commonwealth games it was only 30%. this alone shows the pathetic situation of other sports in India. |
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Sushant said:
(Thu, Mar 31, 2011 03:19:45 PM)
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Hello everyone,
Parents I India don't allow their kids to join sport academies because they think that there is no career in sports so after completing school they are sent them to persue medial or engeneering or any other course other than sports, against his or her inclination towards sport.
Another reason is that sports other than cricket don't get sponsorships due to inappropiate performance which in turn is due to the lack of entire setup and proper talent nurturing. Therefore there is much less scope for other games. Also it doesnot give any return to private players, stadiums go empty during the entire league.
Another thing is media hype that is the most important reason for the popularity of cricket.
For cricket we just need a ball and a bat, start playing on road, street. But for other sports we need proper training and a complete setup. |
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Kaushik Kumar Ghosh said:
(Thu, Mar 17, 2011 03:48:52 AM)
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| It is indeed an overstatement that, cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to other sports. Indian Sportsman playing other Sports are also doing well and they are getting accolades from our country men. I really feel my self proud when our tri colours flutters and National Anthem sung, be it be any Sports event or occassion. Sports binds people with each other it never can be a detriment. |
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Rupal said:
(Fri, Feb 18, 2011 11:54:15 AM)
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| I totally in favour of this topic. In my point of view India is consistent in the cricketing world as one of the formidable opponents ever since India started taking part in the sport. The 1983 world cup win changed the history of cricket in India and unlike other sports, the different formats -Test, ODIS, T20, have been able to pull audience to the game. But in other sports like football, hockey we have never yet achieved these kinds of popularity. |
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Anubhav Sharma said:
(Fri, Feb 11, 2011 06:52:40 AM)
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| Yes cricket detriment the other sports in India cricket is not treated as a game its treated as a religion, which is good but only upto some extent. Suppose if there is a cricket match between India and some other country then every person is affected by the result of that match but in case of other sports nothing like that is happen who won or lose its doesn't matter for us. This is totally partiality with other sports. Everybody in India knows about Sachin Tendulkar but how many amongst us know Saina Nehwal the great badminton champion. |
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Amarnath 925 said:
(Tue, Feb 8, 2011 03:59:32 AM)
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Hi friends,
In my point of view, Cricket is not harming any other Game.
In fact, the divelopment of any sport is not the matter of money its a matter of Governance structure.
Lets take a comparision between the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games and the forthcoming
Cricket world Cup 2011 makes clear differences in the GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE of cricket and other sports in India.
The best way to drum up interest before a mega event is through the sale of Merchandise. But for Commenwealth Games, a full scale merchandise program was never launched. Which results---We lost the huge revenue earning opportunity.
In contrast, world cup merchandise is already on sale in India and elsewhere in the subcontinent.
Unfortunately for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, ticket sales and distribution were complete mess.
It is the professionalism associated with Gentelman Game called 'Cricket', evident also from the way the Eden Gardens unpreparedness issues have been handled and hard measures taken, that explans the tremendous interest in the event across sector of the Indian Economy and Society.
Comming to IPL-- There is nothing worng to put more money On the Event Where people showing more Interest. |
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Aliya Hasan said:
(Tue, Feb 8, 2011 03:19:21 AM)
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Yes, I completely agree that cricket is overshadowing other INDIAN sports. There are rarely handful players of other games which are known to us. This is all because of not encouraging other sports. Common people, government as well as bolloywood stars are just interested in cricket and supporting it too. Now cricket players are gaining money and other sports players are not.
Support other games, the most hockey, our national game. |
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Richa said:
(Fri, Feb 4, 2011 02:42:49 AM)
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Hi Friends,.
I am totally in favor of this topic because now a days parents are allow to play cricket to there children rather than other sports, are wasting there time is it right? No, absolutely no.
We have a very good player in football, basketball and many more games which have international exposure but no one accept that games as there career, this kind of games for only there personnel interest. Because player don't have that much of exposure. Now a days we can see businessman are even interested to spend money in cricket we have IPL for cricket only but what about other games even government, businessman no one support for this games.
Even when cricket world is organized people started "Yagya" (worship to GOD) for Win the match, but is any kind of this thing done for any other game world-cup like hockey and all. Indian Hockey team holds the second in most powerful team of hockey but still our national game awaited for that much of exposure that cricket all ready have.
Friends all I just wanted to say that all games are equal, if our Government and population of India support us then no one can stop us to become a No. 1 in all games ans China, America even not able to compete us in any game.
Thank You for your support and paying attention on my views. |
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Pinu said:
(Wed, Feb 2, 2011 09:26:38 AM)
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| WEll its a fact that cricket has been overshadowing all other sports exercised in our country. The performance of the Indian cricket team has won many accolades all over the world, so its bound to happen that Indians are prejudiced about this game. But that definitely does not imply that one should go bonkers and disrespect other nationally and internationally celebrated games. Another reason to this is the over stimulated publicity and investments by all the biggies of the country in this sport. Thus, it overshadows the successes in various other fields of sports which has left many a sportsmen disheartened. |
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Sudip said:
(Mon, Jan 10, 2011 06:08:57 AM)
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In India Indian Cricket Team is recognised as a no.1 Test team in all over the world.In 1983 India got World Cup.In other games India could not have gain this kind of fame.So many corporate company like to invest too much money to organised this game.So in India Cricket become very popular.
But ofcourse for this the players from other game become less interest on their game,which become a a reason that they are defeating in their games. |
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J.J. said:
(Wed, Dec 1, 2010 01:08:35 PM)
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Have to agree to Khilar. Cricket is killing other games. How many athletes, tennis players, boxers or footballers do we all know. Just a handful isn't it. Now ask anyone on the road for india's cricket team ODI squad contingents. Give it a shot. One Sania Nehwal or one Dhanraj Pillai does not change the sorry state of other sports in India.
Look at football for instance, having a population of over 100 crores cant we produce a squad for the football world cup. |
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P.Khilar said:
(Sat, Oct 30, 2010 07:18:31 AM)
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| What I feel is that. In India it can be a detriment. As we see. Very less people are watching the common wealth games. Because in India people like cricket more than the national game hockey. If we cannot give respect to the national game. Then you know what would be the symptoms. While in other countries, cricket is a normal game. So I think only in India this is possible. |
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Karishma said:
(Tue, Oct 19, 2010 03:08:36 PM)
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I fell this figure is running out. Because. As we see that in recent completed commonwealth games play. Its overall great display from all our athletes. As they brought lot of laurels to the country by achieving various top positions as in their respective categories. As we can see a poll of young talents emerging from that sports extravaganza. Other than cricket. As we started to hear a lot about saina nehwal, leander paes, somedev, sania, and lot of others. They are not part of the cricket. But still they could reach out to of million Indian hearts. Through their matured performance.
So I think the scenario here is changing. As because of the talents emerging from every other sport. |
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Tasneem said:
(Mon, Sep 20, 2010 12:05:58 PM)
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Hi everyone,
I feel that its a bit of overstatement that, cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to other sports.
We support many other games like tennis, badminton, shooting, etc. These games also have their own sheen and fame. We have sports stars like Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Bopppana, Mahesh Bhupati, Leander Paes, Rajwardhan Singh Rathore, Abhinav Bindra other than our cricketers.
So many sports are also popular in India other than cricket also. |
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