how popular is the sport of cricket in india?
Cricket in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Locals in Bangalore playing cricket. Cricket is the de facto national sport of India, and its development has been closely tied up with the history of the country, mirroring many of the political and cultural developments around issues such as caste, religion and nationality. Though cricket is indubitably the most popular sport in India, it is not the nation’s national sport (a distinction held by field hockey). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_in_India Sources: http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2724/stories/20040612009908200.
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest cricket board in the world, it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. The Indian cricket team is currently ranked third by the ICC in Tests and second in ODIs. As of October 21, 2008, the Indian team has played 423 Test matches, winning 22.69%, losing 32.15% and drawing 44.91% of its games, with also 1 tied match (0.24%). India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals, winning over 50% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten serves as the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni serves as the captain of the Indian cricket team in all forms of the game. Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a country record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins) and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket. Though cricket was
People of India treat cricket as fourth Religion after Hinduism, Islam & Christianity.Cricket is one of most popular sports in India as of now.Hockey is national game of India and it was the most popular sport before 1980.Cricket has got widespread popularity in India on account of enormous attention of media. The main reason behind popularity of cricket is lots of money and cricket is the only game in India won many titles and trophies with world cup victory in 1983 in one day tournament.Cricket in India is like Football in European Countries or Baseball in America.
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest cricket board in the world, it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. The Indian cricket team is currently ranked third by the ICC in Tests and second in ODIs. As of October 21, 2008, the Indian team has played 423 Test matches, winning 22.69%, losing 32.15% and drawing 44.91% of its games, with also 1 tied match (0.24%). India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals, winning over 50% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten serves as the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni serves as the captain of the Indian cricket team in all forms of the game. Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a country record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins) and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket. Though cricket was
