Re: Re: Hockey vs Cricket
by Kathir Krishnamurthi on Oct 04, 2014 06:49 AM
My AppA introduced me to hockey in the seventies..He told me it is my National game. It was the most popular game in our school...
Our heroes wer Dyan Chand, Ajitpal Singh, Surjeet Singh, Govinda, VJ Phillips, Mohd. Shahid, Aslam Sher Khan, Chimni, Sivaji Pawar...
In one hour everybody in the team can get a healthy workout..I played street hockey with my kids in the US.. one of them went on to play ice-hockey and excelled for a while..
We cannot compare those athletes with cricketers of 70s who could barely run between 22 yards..
India's well deserved and much awaited win in Asian games hockey final against arch rival Pakistan will certainly see resurgence of interst in hockey besides being a big morale booster for the players
the people will now support and stand by it provided print and electronic media supports. even though out of 15 playing countries India is no 1/2 in cricket world even then it is and has been made by the media no. 1 sport in INDIA irrespective of crowd visiting. in ranji trophy matches may a time hardly crowd is available but transmitted in print media but even 1 lakh people in the field during play of football MEDIA do not want to show as they are not paid as demanded. m.das
Legend who was the best center half in the world in the seventies... He is 67 now. We all got to see him after he won the World Cup in 1975..Long live..Sardar...
The Balbir Singh who was part of the gold medal winning team in the 1966 Asian Games was Balbir Singh Jr. The 89-year old Balbir interviewed here is triple Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Sr. who won Olympic gold in 1948, 1952 & 1956.
