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Why cricket's confined to South Asians?

Created by : Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change  | 03 02 2011 07:04:07 +0000
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Its a lazy game,hence South Asians love it Vs no idea?
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All team games require those qualities mentioned above,maybe they have to be implemented in a faster way,more efficiently and effectively,because they are fast and have limited time available.In cricket,since time is not a big issue,various options are available to chew upon,change,implement,experiment etc..To say that South Asians have a monopoly of these qualities or have these qualities in abundant measure over others smacks of overconfidence and being vainglorious. 
By Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change  03 08 2011 07:13:31 +0000
 
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I would like to say a popular ad phrase from Idea telecom..."get an Idea".....its simple.........See people in India or South asia apart from China, Japan and other similar countries.....people like sport which is being played all day and no one sweated out its either players or the spectators, and may be only batsmen while batting or bowler while bowling will sweat it out and rest 10 players are like relaxing hoping the ball doesnt come near them....and even spectators like sports where they can spend more and more time watching it hence cricket was adopted like anything and people went crazy in India giving god like status to cricketers and hence cricket became popular only in countries as you said people who were lazy or else it has to do with the liking and the minimal effort which requires.....see people in India are not that hardworking thats why you see very less Indian teams do well in physical endurance sports like football, athletics and many others.....where more and more physical endurance is required to play the game.....
By Ayan Choudhury, Sr/Principal Corespondent, Leading media House  03 03 2011 12:21:38 +0000
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Why cant we think in a positive way. Indians might have mastered this game when compared to any other nations. India won 1983 world cup, since then hysteria of Cricket is rocking. If India could able to win a FIFA world cup, Footbal may become game of the people. I dont think its a lazy game. Rather it can be said that, people are lazy here. To watch a football match, you need not invest much time, but for Cricket you need to invest at least 9 hours a day. So, we audience are lazy here and we are mad of Cricket than any other sport.
By Srinivas suravajhala, Asst. Manager.  | 07 11 2011 10:38:49 +0000
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Definitely. Since cricket does not require the running speed of soccer, our people can harbor hopes of the Indian men cricket team (regardless of whether they are athletic or lazy) winning the top honors, and this hope makes people get glued to the TV and also emulate their cricketers.
By Shahnawaz Islam, PR & Media Relations Manager, National Institute of Smart Governance  | 03 08 2011 06:49:03 +0000
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cricket is one of the most laziest games ever!!!as a writer rightly said "its a game played by 11 fools on either side and watched by 22 million fools all over the world"
By srirang gollerkeri, Senior Recruitment Specialist with AimPlus Staffing Solutions  | 03 07 2011 05:22:35 +0000
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It is the biggest TIME WASTING Game in the world. Indians specially are not only LAZY but also want to WASTE PAID OFFICE TIME listening to 11 Fools play, 11,000 idiots watching in the stadium. 11 Million LAZY UNETHICAL chaps listen to it in office time. If they had any ethics, they would have taken leave and become the 11,001 idiot to watch the game. But that would have meant loss of 1 days leave/salary.
By V. Srinivas, Freelancer, Information Technology  | 03 07 2011 04:52:24 +0000
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It is certainly lazier than say,football,hockey,volleyball,basketball and other' olympic team sports,played by rest of the world and cricket isn't.You must have seen pics of cricketers playing soccer or rugby football to keep fit,it is never the other way around,I mean,have you seen Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard playing cricket to keep fit?!!!
By Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change  | 03 04 2011 12:26:18 +0000
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May be a Lazy game. As Bernard Shaw SAYS," 11 FOOLS are playing & THOUSAND HORSES are watching".
By KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed  | 03 04 2011 03:30:03 +0000
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British Isles invented 2 games,one was football and the other was cricket,why is it that soccer became popular all over the world but cricket was confined to pockets and more so in South Asia only?why is that in England team,we have had a succession of cricketers of South Asian origin,from Nasser Husain to Mark Ramprakash to Dmitri Mascernhas to Ajmal Shazad to Ravi Bopara but no player of South Asian origin in any team of EPL,leave alone England national team?Why Canada team is almost entirely composed of people of South Asian origin,South Africa too has one,West Indies also has a couple,but no South Asian origin in their national soccer,ice hockey,athletic team respectively?Will someone answer this puzzle?
By Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change  | 03 02 2011 07:04:07 +0000
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Its definitely not a lazy game, anyone who has played it, wouldnt say so. My idea of lazing is not standing in the hot sun running after a piece of shiny leather which gets off colour in due course. Amongst outdoor games,I would call Golf more lazy where u hit a putt and wait till everyone finishes for your next shot. As for cricket being popular amongst south asians, it has to do with a bit of history. Cricket was propagated by the british who were the initial colonizers. If you analyse all the countries playing the game they all are former colonies of the british. Thank god the british didnt colonise europe or the shores beyond otherwise we would have ended up as an "also ran" even in cricket !
By Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group  | 04 03 2011 16:43:23 +0000
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Yes Mr.Ayan Choudhury, this game needs the physical fitness and moreover we are hard working people.
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 03 08 2011 16:31:30 +0000
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Well Cricket is a team game that requires lot of strategic planning & proper implementation. As south Asians are masters in leadership qualities, planning, execution & team spirit, they love the game.
By Wajeed Mohammed, Head/VP/GM-Operations, HyperThink Systems  | 03 07 2011 06:20:31 +0000
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Right now it is not lazy game . If you have watched 20-20 or one day these are full of energy & excitment.Above all now it is in our blood to watch Indian cricket.In Asian country it also select career for name & fame with big fincial support.
By sudhir sinha, Advertising Manager, Uday Media  | 03 04 2011 12:13:16 +0000
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Honestly no idea.
By Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant  | 03 04 2011 06:08:49 +0000
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Well i have an idea of what this game is which is basically about mastering it. Don't say it a game for lazy but its quick too. Its upon the players who play it with their comfort :)
By Rajeev Sati, Trainee A/C , Ministry of Finance  | 03 03 2011 15:13:16 +0000
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