Popularity of Cricket in Sub-Continent
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The game of cricket has a known
history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international
matches played since 1844 and the Test cricket matches since 1877. During this
time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game, which is now
played all over the world passionately and is more popular in the Sub-Continent
Nations such as, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
In these four Nations, cricket
has emerged as the most popular form of sports. The game has its origin in the
Sub- Continent Nations from18th centuries and since then it has
rooted itself on various grounds of World. In this span of time the above three
nation has faced several rise and falls. As per Bangladesh is concerned, the
origin of cricket is seen from the 19th century. The nation also
came with full-fledged enthusiasm with well-known players. It is after that the
four Sub-Continent Nation faced tremendous victory and defeat.
With the commencing of Cricket
World Cup in 1975, the popularity of cricket reached on its peak. The game
retained more zeal and passion. However, for Sub-Continent Nation World Cup it
becomes like an obsession and even today the game is still holding the same
passion and fervor.
When we move towards their
previous history, we find that the top three Sub-Continent Nation i.e. India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka had a very brilliant past, holding World Cup once. India
lifted the Cup in the year 1983, under the captaincy of Kapil Dev,Pakistan
lifted the Cup in 1992, captained by Imran Khan. In 1996, Sri Lanka won the
World Cup match, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. As per Bangladesh is
concerned, the popularity of cricket is found the same but it’s their bad luck,
which never pulled them to win the Cup. Though, the team is trying hard to get
that!
“2007” is again a year for the
ninth edition of the World Cup Cricket Tournament, and the four Nations are
holding its breath. The flow, the passion is still the same but only the players
and the captaincy and getup has changed. The players are coming with their new
outfits, with new look carried with rocking fervor and stunning passion. In
this tournament India is being captained by Rahul Dravid, Sri Lanka is being
captained by Mahela Jayawardene, Pakistan is being captained by Inzamam-ul-Haq
and Bangladesh is being captained by Habibul Bashar.
The hopes for these four Nations
are dilemmatic, as their previous performance, was not that much
appealing. When we cast our view towards
India and Srilanka, we found that Sri Lanka was defeated by India in the
recently concluded home series. As per Pakistan is concerned, they are moving
from a very bad phase, their players are injured and the team is surrounded by
many controversies. And, there is no word to explain about Bangladesh. The
prospect of World Cup is under dilemmatic situation but the passion and
popularity is still the same among these four Sub-Continent Nations.
About the Author
Author Sonia Suri is associated with
<a href=http://www.teamindiaperformance.com/>Team
India Performance</a>. Team India Performance provides Cricket news of
Indian cricket team, View the <a
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which is going to play the world cup 2007.
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