Men's Cricket ICC World Cup 2019

[Fly_like_a_don 1,089]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Someone would like to have a word with you  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_national_kabaddi_team

 

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Obviously I get the point  )

 

Not to forget archery 

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Just now, Fly_like_a_don said:

Not to forget archery 

Despite there being a team event, that's just not a team sport though  

[Monzanator 4,494]

3 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Bullshit!! Can you please stop bothering of those tiny details? The meaning is clear very less nations play most of the sports competitively and that's there in quite a lot of sports. 

 

I realize cricket is the most popular sport in India but c'mon! It's just a relict from the British Empire days. If France occupied India for all those centuries instead you wouldn't even sniffed this game at all

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Despite there being a team event, that's just not a team sport though  

Haan true, but anytime a nation does not need to be good in all or any team sports. Some nations aren't that good in team sports while some are developing so no credit should be taken from any nation for any performance. 

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1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

 

I realize cricket is the most popular sport in India but c'mon! It's just a relict from the British Empire days. If France occupied India for all those centuries instead you wouldn't even sniffed this game at all

I don't disagree at all. In fact I have played more badminton and basketball than cricket in my school days

 

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4 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

I realize cricket is the most popular sport in India but c'mon! It's just a relict from the British Empire days. If France occupied India for all those centuries instead you wouldn't even sniffed this game at all

I don't agree with you about the popularity of cricket from British period. Only a handful of people like Kings and elites were very much into cricket before independence. For your information hockey was the most popular game in India. As India won the world cup in1983 as an underdog the popularity of cricket boosted, in retrospect as hockey shifted to turfs India lost its strong hold and the fans shifted to cricket.

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3 minutes ago, Shravan Kumar said:

I don't agree with you about the popularity of cricket from British period. Only a handful of people like Kings and elites were very much into cricket before independence. For your information hockey was the most popular game in India. As India won the world cup in1983 as an underdog the popularity of cricket boosted, in retrospect as hockey shifted to turfs India lost its strong hold and the fans shifted to cricket.

 

National team success usually boosts any sport's popularity. And cricket wasn't part of the Olympics while the World Cup only started in the 70s so they were very late to the party. But I don't think the British rule over India, Bangladesh & Pakistan has nothing to do with cricket being popular in this very specific region of Asia. It has everything to do with this. Likewise cricket being popular in South Africa, Zimbabwe & even Namibia over in Africa - the three countries on the continent with a relatively significant white presence in society over the years.