Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

As we belong, to country which has million cricket lover, we can't blame cricket blindly for not having enough interest for other support but we should work at grass root level to improve the situation of other sports by either funding or be starting sport club and be creating interest in children from their childhood. We should create a stable environment so that our elders and every person to have some believe that sports is also in one of the things in which a child can flourish whatsoever be the sports. As we are an outcome based nation but we must focus on the journey also which will create an atmosphere for coming generation to enhance participation in sports which are far behind than cricket in terms of amenity and attraction of people.

Hello everyone,

Sports have always been an essential part of human life. The history of Indian sports has been written in golden letters in hockey, chess, marathon and obviously cricket as well.

Cricket is a sport we learnt from the British, and same like the English language it's becoming more popular day by day. Actually, the problem is we have shown more interest in western item than the locals.

Talking about Cricket being an obsession, yes it is an obsession. But even soccer is an obsession in the Western countries But other sports are also going excellent there.

So, we cannot blame Cricket for failure in other sports. We have had Vishwanathan Anand, Milkha Singh, The great Khali, Abhinav Bindra, Mary com and the list goes on.

What is the need of the day is our sports associations and the government needs to encourage other sports and even a parent should encourage its child towards other sports and schools and colleges should motivate and encourage its students participate in other sports.

Finally, I conclude that we need to work at the root level and make other sports flourish too.

Just blaming cricket is not going to work.

Well according to me cricket is a national obsession because of the following reasons:.

1) it is promoted more than any other sport in India.

2) the players and paid more and they are quite like superstars while in any other sports this is not the case.

3) there is a well formed network towards cricket and hence it is a prominent sport in India.

Due to these reasons, I believe that other sports are pushed aside.

Thank You.

Hello friends Good afternoon everyone well it's really hard to say that cricket has always been the national obsession for our country even if I am a die hard fan of virat kohli but truth is always bitter and hard to digest. The fact is the infrastructure and other amenities like salary accommodation etc given to cricketers are really lucrative and which is not given to other sports persons in our country be it hockey or Kabadi or be it Football. We should give equal respect and facilities to every game and every sportsperson. That's it.

Thank you.

Hello friends Good afternoon everyone well it's really hard to say that cricket has always been the national obsession for our country even if I am a die hard fan of virat kohli but truth is always bitter and hard to digest. The fact is the infrastructure and other amenities like salary accommodation etc given to cricketers are really lucrative and which is not given to other sports persons in our country be it hockey or Kabadi or be it Football. We should give equal respect and facilities to every game and every sportsperson. That's it.

Thank you.

It's not faring saying that cricket is a detriment to other sports. Each game has its own priority but as of now cricket is having much more craze than any other game due to their achievements during last few decades. Even a small child is interested in cricket as it is a game which can be played even with 2 members, a plank, a paper ball and a small place which is not enough for playing games like football, hockey, basketball etc. So ppl are more attracted to cricket which is much closer and easier to play n have fun. But Indians being good in cricket alone doesn't fetch us more medals in Olympics. The govt should step forward and give more support, funds, infrastructure, encouragement to the other games too. They should plan different types of leagues and telecast in the channels so that many ppl will be aware of different sports. As winning the world cup is a matter of pride winning the gold medal in Olympics also should be. When the members of other sports too bring India huge victories continuously then that particular sport can come into limelight. Parents should let their child know about different sports in school level itself and encourage them in At least, one sport in which they are most interested in.

Cricket is a big part of in India. The other sports, not a competition. Big reason is so many superstars of Indian cricket. Everyone calls for cricket god is Sachin Tendulkar. The richest board is BCCI India. Ipl is the richest league.

Hello, friends Good morning to all.

As per my opinion, there are different types of game and accordingly the preference of game totally depends on the person as per their choice it can say that People's attention is more on cricket rather than other sport but with 100 % I will not say that the Cricket as a National Obsession.

Good morning everyone.

There are different types of sports found in India but as we all know cricket has been the most liked sports for decades. Cricket is deep rooted in Indian hearts and almost more than half the population run after cricket. Cricket is the national obsession in India because the facilities like infrastructure and other amenities provided to cricketers are far more than compared to other sports let it be football kabaddi or even hockey which is our national sport. Cricketers are paid more and are recognized as famous celebrities which is not in the case of other games. I think that the other sports should be equally treated nad respected as every game has its own importance and benefits.

Thankyou.

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.