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rising promptly in the first part of the day to get that look at match in Aus/New Zealand where Starc would bowl bouncers as though knocking down some pins from a tennis ball.
keeping an eye on cricinfo in the middle of your work each 5 min about the match being played in SA where Steyn would be always timing 149.
rushing home from office to watch that night session of day 3 at Lords where Anderson would be turn around swinging the red cherry.
Yes! Cricket is given more importance than any other sport and often considered as one of the religions in India. Is it right? Why do ppl prefer cricket than other sport? Because the growth of cricket started in the 90s. Even hockey is in the prime position during dhayan chand era. Its vanishes out of our mind post chand era. But cricket gets the superhero one after the other. Sachin has the main role in developing the cricket. During 90s more ppl moved towards cricket only because of sachin. Then dhoni came after sachin era. Now its the time of virat kohli .. Superstars were born day by day for cricket. But for other sports there is no superstar. Govt should come forward to bring out the hidden talents. But politicians had the key role in developing BCCI. So they don't let other sports to grow!!
That’s how it has always been. Like since inception, cricket
has been perceived as more appealing than other sports. And with personalities
like that of Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Azhar, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Dhoni
and more, its popularity only spiked high.
As far the other sports are concerned, in recent times, they
did have climbed up in the spotlight. Like football, MMA, tennis and even
badminton boasts a massive following today. Nothing, however, comparable to
cricket.
Media always focus more on cricket. Sponsors always put more
money in cricket matches. So people get to hear, see more of cricket. And since
more people are watching this sport, more sponsors and media will invest in and
talk about it. It’s like a cycle.
But it’s not bad. We shouldn’t be complaining about it. Like
in Brazil, Soccer is more popular; in USA, Football (rugby) is at the top;
people in Canada obsess Ice Hockey. Every country leans toward particular sport.
Cricket is the most exciting game mainly in Asian, Australian and European continent. We Indians are breathing cricket and it is in our blood. From 5 days test match to 60 overs match,50 overs match to cricket is now famous for T20 matches. With T20 format, the main objective of the player is to hit runs than keeping the players wicket. So 21st century cricket is about hitting runs .
While talking about power hitters of current time, the first cricketer who comes to our mind isRohit Sharma who is nick named as Hitman by media. Who was the captain in some of the T20 matches and one day internationals during Virat Kohli's absence. He is vice captain of Indian team. His record is mind blowing.
• He is the fastest batsman to score 100 runs in(35 balls) T20.
• He is the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in ODIs.
• He is the first cricket to score 4 centuries in international T20 matches.
• In 2014 Rohit Sharma was the highest individual scorer by hitting 264 runs against Sri Lanka.
• Rohit Sharma holds the record of scoring most runs from fours and sixes scoring 186 runs.
• He is the record holder of most number of sixes - 16 in an ODI innings.
• He is the hitter of most number of fours - 33 fours in an ODI innings.
The list is very long. So at present Rohit Sharma is the hitter of all time. But we cannot end this without mentioning legends of Indian cricket who were the hitters.
First cricket who comes to our mind when we are talking about sixes and fours is Kapil Dev. With his 175 not out runs against Zimbabwe in world cup match is a legend itself. And Indian cricket fans were witnessed power hits when Kapil Dev was playing. His sixes were very famous.
After Kapil Dev, M.S. Dhoni is the greatest hit man. There is nothing India didn't know about Mr. Captain Cool. His sixes and fours are marvelous to watch. He is as equal as Kapil Dev in view of captaincy and hitting boundaries.
Apart from these 3 Virendra Sehwag and Virat Kohli are also power hitters.
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Yes ! It is vice-versa. In India people are crazy about cricket. That is why business point of view it is profitable to promote cricket than any other sports. But in recent times the situation is changing. There are hockey leagues, football leagues and kabaddi leagues are also taking place along with IPL games. And moreover younger generation interested in sports personalities other than cricketers, like P.V.Sindhu, Saina Mirza, Sania Nehwal, Vijayender,Vishwanathan Anand, Abhinav Bindra, and Hima Das.
The reason for the popularity of cricket is its popular players. India produced great players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They have great fan followers. So people like them attracts crowd to watch them play.
The rules of cricket is simple to understand. That is why everybody from vegetable vendor to elite people follows cricket.
You don't need expensive kit to play cricket. And you can play in a street corner also with handful of players, Unlike Hockey or Tennis. So people enjoy the game when they play themselves.
Truth is that media is not promoting other games than cricket. With so much population, our medals at Olympic or even common wealth games are very less compared to our neighbouring countries.
But on the other hand government is not spending much on promoting cricket. Cricket is famous because of its wealthy board, BCCI who is conducting IPL and other way of promotions.
Government should take interest in developing and promoting other games like tennis, hockey, weight lifting, athletics ... Both infrastructure as well as modern equipments with good trainers are needed in all the other sports.