Cricket as a National Obsession is a Detriment to Other Sports

Cricket has a national obsession. That is why other sports don't enjoy equal status in our country as cricket:

> Hockey is our national sport but we hardly know any player of Indian hockey team or rarely follow the matches.

> FIFA is extremely famous. Around 40 teams participated in it. But India lies nowhere in the field of international football.

> China, US, UK bags 50-70 medals in Olympic but our country is hardly able to secure 2-3 medals.

> Kabbadi and Kho Kho are our domestic sports but lie far behind cricket.

> Gymnastics, Water sports are still not there in India.

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.

Every sports person seeks Opportunities, facilities and recognition. And it is evident that Cricket has more opportunities and training facilities as compared to other sports in India that's why also people turn to this sport.

We need to bring forward other sports also Because only Cricket won't bring Gold in Olympics. Commonwealth and Asian games. !

Better training facilities, opportunities and appreciation for other sports and sportsperson is the need of the day.

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.

Cricket cricket cricket ! It has become the religion of India and national anthem of our country so much so that the word itself creates a wave of excitement in the people. Cricket runs as the life flowing blood through the veins of multitudes. Yes cricket is the god of sports in India I'm not even being the least sardonic when I says this but in other ways we can say that it is the occasion of horrible condition of other sports in India. There was a time when India did win the hockey world cup but now nobody remember this.

Many of us eagerly waits for the indo-pak match to boost the morale of their country but where did this morale boosting brigade go when sportsmen other than the cricketers need them. At last I would say I'm not a cricket hater neither I'm against any sort of privileges given to this game but I'm worried little against the less attention given to other games at the cost of cricket.

Ya I would partially agree on this statement.

Cricket being the most followed game in India pulls a curtain on other sports. If we look at today's data cricket is followed in every corner of India and is the obvious answer for aliens to guess it as our national game. I am not condemning it rather I would say we are passionate about this sport since we been playing it since childhood and the whole country follows it. Some follow it as it is their passion, some dream to be cricketers and etc. We choose only this because it has been the most attractive game without any doubt for Indians though it is not an National game.

This obsession of people has affected us in many ways, either it could be parents choosing their children to enroll them for a training camp or to watch it LIVE.

Even the govt makes us feel sometimes that cricket is the only game in India buy not supporting any other games. This scenarios make people lose their interest in other sports literally as there is NO support from people, govt.

But in between all these there are a few people who do follow some other sports passionately and have had success.

Finally concluding I would say YES Cricket is an obsessed game for Indians, Detrimenting other sports to maximum extent but not completely.

In my opinion, we CANNOT say whether cricket is superior over other sports or not. Because it depends on one's choice it is not necessary that a cricketer's son will be a cricketer, likewise, it is not compulsory that every person likes cricket. But marginally in India cricket is actually treated more important because it has come at the time of British ruling, cricket gave people sense of freedom and later the other sports emerged gradually. So it is not wrong to say that cricket is a national obsession.

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.

Sport in any country reflects the culture, environment, people and economy as well.

Humans developed sports as part of interest, entertainment and physical education.

In India, Cricket introduced by British and now it is much far loved sport than the rest by distance. It rapidly became popular by adaptability, love, passion and area of interest by Indian citizens.

However other sports like Hockey, Football and other Gymnasium were shadowed behind it.

Hence Corporate and government bodies, media communications liquefied the emergence of people's interest much higher. So we can see lot of money going for cricket than other sports.

Now other sports lovers put finger on cricket for demolishing their game.

In democracy, no one can put regulation and force peoples to love any specific sport beyond their likelihood, which is pretty unnatural as well.

Best thing happen to any sport is that it played with natural interest and equally loved by others.

Hello friends,

I think cricket is not a loss(detriment) to any other sport.

Cricket increased its reach only after 1995-96. That is because after that period players like Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Kumble played many brilliant innings to help India win against foreign teams on their home grounds. In fact India had defeated the Great Australian team, of 1999-2007, on most occasions.

So, as a citizen when we hear about a sport in which we get wins consistently, we feel proud and automatically follows that sport.

On the other hand, India had last won a gold in hockey in 1980, India last qualified for football world cup in 1950. After Mr. Milkha Singh and Mrs. PT Usha no other athlete has got enough success. Shooting, Boxing, Wrestling, Badminton, Archery became more popular only after 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. That is why these sports were not followed by many people before.

So, India have not been able to produce successes consistently in other sports so as to gain enough interests of people in that sport as compared to cricket.

But now things are changing. Many sports are getting noticed. More and more people are watching those sports including Kabaddi.