Can any other sport overtake Cricket in India?

Here's a revised version with a more humane tone: Remember when sports were a celebration of human spirit? When athletes poured their hearts onto the field, driven by passion, not paychecks? Legends inspired us with their remarkable journeys, reminding us that sports are about more than just winning – they're about perseverance, teamwork, and the pursuit of excellence. But today, the sports world seems to have lost its way. The love of the game has been overshadowed by lucrative deals, endorsements, and fame. We're left wondering: What happened to the joy, the camaraderie, and the sense of community that once made sports so special? As sports enthusiasts, Can we rediscover the heart and soul of sports, or has the commercialization of the game forever changed the way we experience it? Share your thoughts!

I genuinely don’t feel like we are hosting a cricket World Cup in our country this year. In 2011, the hype and craze around us hosting was way higher. Stadiums were better filled them for other games apart from Indian games, while I saw at least 5-10% empty seats even for the India v Aus game even though everything was apparently sold out in minutes on BMS? Is it a PR/marketing problem or is the hype from the sport just not great anymore?

What will be the scope of an analyst in cricket after 10 years?

You have TV, you have subscription you paid for Why would you pay 500 to watch with noisy strangers

This is post Independence

Need to see how many here are interested in the esports industry.

Many in India feel that govt is doing a lot for athletes and sports. But that is a wrong notion. Making stunning stadiums, sending air conditioners, etc is not the real deal. In fact it is done with tax payers money to fill the pockets of their corrupt nexus of shell companies who earn a lot in the name of making stadiums, sending ACs etc. Govt. has failed to create an ecosystem of any single sports like it has failed to create ecosystem for scientific research, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics etc. Whatever achievement we see in sports...comes out of wrestling ecosystem in haryana, chess ecosystem in Tamil Nadu, badminton academies of gopichand & Padukone, jsw sponsored sports academies for hockey, abhinav bindra self financed his gold, etc. Govt has not built even a single sports training infra...even if it has, it has failed and not heard of. All it does is short term investments which will make to the news. Indian govt has 0 long term investment in any field. Excellence in IT field is due to private players leveraging cheap labour and not because of IITs. India is the only large country which still shamefully buys defence equipments from other countries and cannot make its own. We as a society are too ethically and culturally inferior to other big nations and don't stand anywhere close to them. But our pride and ego is more than them.