Cricket in India has lost its Sheen

Of course it has not because they lose but because they lose for money. Not only cricketers but to every athlete should play to win, play to enlighten the name of his country, to his sentiments but not to earn only money.

In BCCI we have lots of example where people become a part of cricket just for the shake of earning. So to sustain the sheen of India's most wanted sport, I have a most humble request to play for your zeal and keep the greed for money far away.

Well the recent cases of corruption in Indian cricket is one of the main reasons for it losing its credibility. Now even a genuine no-ball/wide/mis-field is met with suspicious eyes. The huge amount of money involved in Indian cricket(thanks to uncountable fans)attracted businessmen, politicians, even underworld people to the sport.

Almost all the state cricket bodies have politicians as their president; similarly with the advent of IPL, businessmen have found a hub to invest their black money and earn more through betting/fixing. The recent revelations had thrown light on such issues but India just winning the Champions Trophy has shifted the focus and once again we are back to square one.

According to me we can't say Indian cricket lose it's sheen only our point of view has changed. We have an habit to feel more exciting than the situation every time, that has changed that's all.

In India also most favorite game, which many peaple show cricket game and enjoy. Our national game is hokey but they do not get popularity similar cricket game. When indian people show this game, they also get more and more spark for our brightness.Hokey is ourr national game,but this game do not get mor popularity.

When cricket is show in TV, many company give add in tv channel. So,our country get money and our company's industry also groth whicch most benifit is our country. What is meaning about losss of our country sheen? This is completly wrong. This game is only for enjoy. So we do not get perfectly chance.many people do not west your time for cricket. When people show this game just for enjoy, this not meaning this game is west of country sheen.

Its true that cricket is loosing its interest in India. There are many points to support this statement. One of the main reason is match fixing which created a negative publicity in India ted specially during the most controversial IPL season which we witness three players caught red handed. Other than that people also has realized about importance of time which they chose to invest it more productively.

There is a lot of hype created just before any world cup, India is projected as one of the favorites to get the TRP and good number of spectators in the stadium. If India doesn't go past first round of any world cup then its a financial loss for everyone so keeping that in mind the hype is created.

I think cricket in India has losing its sheen because of long term playing like ODI & test matches, nowadays viewers interested in short term game like IPL, CPL cricket fans expecting more entertaining boundary shots and quick score.

But other hand whole game busy with beating and spot fixing rather than international game apart from ours desi sports like pro Kabbadi and other are shinning agents cricket game, so we can't say Indian cricket lose its sheen only our point of view has changed and cricket lovers only expecting good performance.

I think so, cricket receives some decline in last years due to IPL because it creates an overdose of cricket. Some stoppage of Ind vs Pak series is also responsible for the decline.

I think cricket in india is at its peak. After the recent successes it has achieved in all formats i.e. has got no.1 ranking in test ,no. 2 in one dayers and hey..we are first T20 champions.attracting by the money and fame ,many youngsters even from small towns are choosing cricket as career. The captain MS Dhoni himself is from Non metro...when sachin plays whole country stops to watch him score another hunderd...Cricket is no more just a sport in india it's a phenomenon and this is also one of the thing which binds our multi cultural country as one....Certainly cricket is not loosing its sheen.

Yes I agree that cricket has lost its sheen, many of our young talented players are well satisfied with name and fame (money) they get by IPL. They have nothing to do with ODI's are TEST. Another reason is our worst selection committee, they play politics rather then encourageing talented players like dravid, uthappa, and many.