What makes you think so? Does it not cater to an intelligent crowd only?

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No, I have seen people play. They are shit. I play bad also.

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Isn't it only popular in the North East and Kerala? I may be wrong in my assumption

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Can any other sport overtake Cricket in India?

Can any other sport overtake Cricket in India?- Grapevine

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!

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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?

Cricket World Cup not hyped enough this year?

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Why is tennis not so popular in India like cricket, why not many courts are there, why not many people play it?

Why there are no tennis academies as compared to Europe, for someone like me who admired tennis a lot, this actually hurts.

Why is tennis not so popular?

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

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

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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.

Indian society and govt - too inferior

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Becoz of GST many companies are pivoting or changing gaming algo to make players loose to pay GST. Game of chances are being launched

1. MPL , Launched betting games 
2. Zuppee , teen patti and betting games 
3. Games craft , rummy circle rigged card distribution
4. Tradex , Probo Mostly will shut down 
5. Rummy apps , Better opinion , tamasha and other small companies are planning to shut down RMG part
6. Nazara acquired RMG companies are unable to operate 
7. Octro is closing the RMG app. 

What more ? If anyone knows do share up.

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Hoping they all close ASAP. 28% GST  is not enough. It should be higher at 50%.

Westerners used Internet and computing to design better planes and build better engines, our guys are using it to play cards.

Which is a sport that you always wanted to play or learn? But didn’t get chance until now

Don't you feel there is inbred, slow simmering rivalry among bowlers of our national team

Not healthy competition, pull each other down rivalry 

It was evident in WC final, Shami, Siraj and Bumrah were not putting efforts in saving runs for each other. They were very close to being highest wicket takers 

Now today's match Mukesh had the same look. What he couldn't get in first super over, Ravi Bishnoi made it look like piece of cake in next

I feel we aren't being the team, that feel like Cup winners. Remember Dhoni's era?

Cricket: Tell me if I'm overthinking

Does anyone here know about any tech startups trying to work on cricket or other sports in general. In case you're building something and want to discuss, I would like to hear about it and if possible contribute towards building it.

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Jio breaks record of most number of concurrent users. Not a glitch 🙌

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Sure, football's a bigger sport globally but we have won 2 consecutive medals in hockey. And yet, no one gives a crap about hockey when the Olympics are not on. 

I'm no better. 

It is weird to me that Sunil Chhetri is a star without having played at the top level, and hockey player with Olympic medals rarely get any recognition. Nothing against football or Chhetri but this is quite sad.

Why is football more important than hockey in India?

Hi all,
I have been wondering for the past few days, why we have such a poor sporting culture in our country?

China used to be like us in the 80s, with very few medals in the Olympics (if I consider the Olympics medals as a metric). But they worked really well and efficiently towards the problem by forming clusters of games, healthy competition, focusing on more medal oriented sports (badminton, swimming for instance).

I wonder if it is only government policies and bureaucracy which has destroyed the sports culture?
What are other things which we can correct at our level if possible?

Or do we continue like this only in the future?

Thoughts!?

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