CRICKET GLAMOUR Vs. DYING SPORTS
Ever since a group of British sailors played a game of
cricket at Cambay near Baroda, India it has become a fanatic in the true sense
of the world as far as cricket is concerned. Over the years, the number of
cricket fans has increased so much, that the fan following for other sports has
been divided in to minority – based groups.
India is the birth place of great games, such as Chess and
Kabaddi but these games have been side lined by the majority of the people
opting for cricket.
In school, since generations we have been taught that field
Hockey is our national game. But according to the RTI report, the government of
India asserted that field hockey is not the registered national game of India.
Then finally, its all about cricket. The reasons for this may be various. For
example Indians find cricket extremely interesting, popular, glamorous and
probably best of all the leading sports.
India has a glorious history in the game of field Hockey. Until
the mid ninety seventies India dominated international field hockey, winning
eight gold medals in Olympics as well as the 1975 hockey world cup. But today
it is a sad state. Why are we so cricket crazy? What about the other sports?
Can’t we look at other areas in sports that need our attention and thus help
carve out some real sports stars?
Tejas Joshi-
