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abhishek pushp
regarding cricket ..India is like a frog in the well
by abhishek pushp on Dec 07, 2010 05:41 AM

cricket is not a world sports, everyone knows that. so if India wants to become a great Sports Nation, it has to compete , perform and win in those sports which majority of the world plays.

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Nationalistic Patriot
Why Blame cricket!!!
by Nationalistic Patriot on Dec 05, 2010 05:24 PM  | Hide replies

If India does well in soccer there will be great following as even for a World cup where India is not participating there is following same for tennis. The reason being Cricket, Soccer , Tennis, Rugby are all spectator sports. The same cannot be said about Golf , Shooting or Billiards so the same kind of following will not be there.

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wizardo id
Re: Why Blame cricket!!!
by wizardo id on Dec 06, 2010 08:08 AM
blame the people's obsession with cricket. blame the corporates who want a safe bet on cricket, cos they know that the sports arena is a one trick pony!

cricket can indeed be blamed cos ite hogging space meant for all the sports cumulatively. cricketing bosses keep themselves in this cushy position, most of them politicos. they do NOT want cricket to lose its sheen as it takes away their cash cow.

India is already doing well in a number of arenas, but the moolah isnt following.

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abhishek pushp
Re: Re: Why Blame cricket!!!
by abhishek pushp on Dec 07, 2010 05:36 AM
exactly..a game played by 9 countries can hardly be a global sport, doesn't matter if any one is first or last..Real competition happens when the world plays it. Moreover , its a waste of time where 7-8 hours are wasted per match, and logically no other country except 9 foolish ones(especially India) have so much time for it

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pravin sarode
Re: Re: Re: Why Blame cricket!!!
by pravin sarode on Dec 09, 2010 05:04 AM
100 percent we got to blame cricket only for example sachin is treated as god even after his role in 1999 scandal of match fixing link to hansi cronjie mobile lists

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Purani Jeans
BREAK
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 03:10 PM

see u tomo...or at night

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javier
Cricket
by javier on Dec 03, 2010 03:08 PM

anyone who has played it knows that it provides entertainment while both playing and watching on television ( I am not a test match fan) .

As for criticism involved with cricket , well you just have to google and you will have tens of thousands of messages written in criticism of soccer , rugby , tennis etc .

Not everyone can like anything , people will have differences. So not a big deal

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B M
Cricket is truely loved by Indians...
by B M on Dec 03, 2010 03:03 PM  | Hide replies

Cricket has got this extra-ordinarly status compared to other games in India because of only one reason - the game is truely loved by a big majority of Indians.

True, BCCI is the richest sports body in India and other sports pale in comparison, but this is all because of we Indians extraordinary liking for the game. Cricket has been popular from the time when not much money was involved. Fact is that big majority of Indians love cricket more than any other game so other games are naturally less popular and evoke small interest. Let us not crib about lack of interest in other games!

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pravin sarode
Re: Cricket is truely loved by Indians...
by pravin sarode on Dec 09, 2010 05:08 AM
BCCI HAS NOT PAID TAX OF SINGLE PAISE IN IPL1 IPL2 IPL3 MUST BE BIGGER THAN 2 G SCAM BUT NCP BLACK MAIL WHOLE NATION & BJP THAT IS WHY BJP EAT MONEY & SLEEP ON IPL LINK TO TERROR FUNDING 26/11 TAJ BOMBINGS MONEY FLOWS

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wizardo id
Re: Cricket is truely loved by Indians...
by wizardo id on Dec 06, 2010 08:11 AM
not extraordinary liking for the game. its how the game has been cultivated for the masses. the politicos run the show, so they run it exactly like how they manage elections. they arent here for the betterment of the game. have you ever seen a proper introspection done after a bad loss ? its like how politicians react after a bad loss, they just disappear from the scene until times are better. there's no hear felt apologies or a proper promise of a restructuring. its politics galore there too!



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Purani Jeans
MOST IMPORTANT POINT
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 02:59 PM

in todays era we cant fight with world and show our superiority....

sports is the medium to show superiority... so lets give importance to sports which can give us olympic medal...

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Purani Jeans
javier
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 02:58 PM

no point in comparing games ....

my point is give importance to all games

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Ashu Purohit
My idea about Cricket is more negative then positive
by Ashu Purohit on Dec 03, 2010 02:53 PM  | Hide replies

Today's cricket is much of money and show but for other games also it is there but we like to look through the impacts it renders to the society. Indian people like it much but why? They should know the reason and also people like to drink alcohols but it does not mean drinking alcohol is good.
The bad sides of Cricket are as follows:
1. Take lot of time to give the results of this sport.
2. People at work spend time unproductively which is a huge loss to public ultimately.
3. Very long time it takes more than 8 hours a day ( so looks it looks like it is not a game but business. Only British hooligans were right person to do it)
4. Too much money oriented and most of the matches are fixed by players,unpires, cricket officials. So who is wining or losing is a matter of money not the true spirit of game.
5. Games ultimate aim is to give pleasure and good health to people. In cricket just people stand and if ball comes then have to run some players may stand for whole day
And will have no requirement to run. For a game you need to stand for 8 hours for nothing.
6. Only India, Paki, now small rotten Bangladesh also playing the games in other countries. You can not see people playing cricket as they have more value to the times.
7.So why you follow a negative activity .Play other games which gives more creativity, benefit and prosperity to your society.
I think there are many more things can be said against cricket especially for poor people like Indian. Just try to u

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Oye Kake
Re: My idea about Cricket is more negative then positive
by Oye Kake on Dec 03, 2010 09:55 PM
Go and watch cricket atleast a single game and then comment you fool;

The amount of uncertainity of result, see-saw, nail biting moments that Cricket provides no other games can reach that..

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orangegallery
Re: Re: My idea about Cricket is more negative then positive
by orangegallery on Dec 06, 2010 06:48 AM
u suck man. u know nothing about other sports man. you want nail biting action go and see tennis and soccer matches. Cricket is good too. but indian public is giving some extra hype to this sports. fools.

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javier
Re: My idea about Cricket is more negative then positive
by javier on Dec 03, 2010 03:02 PM
another idiot obsessed with running , as if only way to enjoy a sport is by continously keep on running without doing anything.

and the comment about the fixing thing , fixing is more rampant in sports such as soccer , cricket looks like baby in front of soccer fixing in that department

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vijay anand
Re: Re: My idea about Cricket is more negative then positive
by vijay anand on Dec 05, 2010 11:20 AM
purohit is fully right in his analysis .u above 2 people knew nothing about sports.look at china how many gold medals they are able to get in asian games and olympics compared to india. as long people realise cricket is nothing but a lazy game played by old people like tendulkar whose only interest is money india will not develop a sporting culture

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Purani Jeans
javier
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 02:49 PM  | Hide replies

i m not denying that cricket does not need any fitness.... but football..rugby..basketball...hockey needs more....look at our hocky players fitness..u ll admire


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javier
Re: javier
by javier on Dec 03, 2010 02:53 PM
maybe it has to do with all the running involved in those sports, but then we have serious fast bowlers in cricket too and in 20-20 the batsmen have to be real quick between the wickets . And when you talk about fielding , you just need to take a look at Jonty Rhodes ,,, only shows how much fitness and reflexes a good fielder possess.

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Purani Jeans
Re: Re: javier
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 02:54 PM
every goalkeeper in football is like jonty rhodes..

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Oye Kake
Re: Re: Re: javier
by Oye Kake on Dec 03, 2010 09:57 PM
Have a nice dream!
Small ball coming at the speed of 150 kmph or more with reaction time less than half a second... think about it..

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javier
Re: Re: Re: javier
by javier on Dec 03, 2010 03:03 PM
yes we saw that did with peter green , cant even grab a ball as big a size as that . wat a jonty

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Purani Jeans
Re: Re: Re: Re: javier
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 03:08 PM
pressure of a fielder and goalkeeper is different

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orangegallery
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: javier
by orangegallery on Dec 06, 2010 06:50 AM
yeal. goal keeper rocks and fielder sucks.

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javier
football
by javier on Dec 03, 2010 02:41 PM  | Hide replies

99% of the worlds football playing nations dont have any other team sports to play. Ever heard about brazil rugby team ? they know nothing except kicking the ball , look at south africa and australia , they have both rugby as well football , and in both countries rugby players are richest sportpersons and national icons . in most of the football playing nations , these is no other competition to the game , as it is countries like south africa , australia , usa , china .

they have nothing else to watch hence they watch football , when there is competition in viewership like there is usa , china , australia , south africa where the single nation has so many sports , then football doesnt even feature in top 3 sports of their countries .

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vijay kanchan
Re: football
by vijay kanchan on Dec 05, 2010 09:51 PM
Absolutely incorrect. looking at your comments I have serious reservations whether you have any idea about global sports. Soccer is the no. 1 sport in Australia --yes Australia. It is the fastest growing sports in USA and in fact at school and university levels it is close to no. 1. In China their football league attracts more crowds than any other sporting event and China is a multi sports nation. In South Africa more people watch football than cricket and it is indisputably their national sport. Javier please do some honest research before posting nisleading comments. Soccer has been the world's no 1 game for nearly a century and I see no reason why it should not continue to be so. It is simply not Brazil or England or Germany ... the game is far more popular in Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and Australia. There is absolultely no comparision with other sports.

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orangegallery
Re: Re: football
by orangegallery on Dec 06, 2010 06:52 AM
Bravo.... keep it up dude. I like that. some morons just dont understand.

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herculis r
Re: football
by herculis r on Dec 06, 2010 05:43 PM
mr javeir ,(1)brazil is strong in football,volleyball,tennis..(2)australia is strong in football,volleyball.basletball.tennis ,cricket,swimming,athletics, rugby ,hockey...
(3)southafrica- cricket ,football,horse race...
u have no idea abt sports..

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Purani Jeans
Re: football
by Purani Jeans on Dec 03, 2010 02:46 PM
1. coz of football many people in brazil earn money...even Indian football clubs have people from brazil....

2. brazil play volleyball and were runner up in previous 2 volleyball world cup and finished 3rd in womens category in previous 2 world cup... Brazil won 2 times WC of volleyball.. 2 olympic gold and 2 silver ... 9 FIVB World League gold medals




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