Cricket is like a religion in India for quite a long time. It reunites the Indian nation especially when cricketers win major tournaments like World Cup and other major tournaments.
The likes of Sachin Tendulkar are role models and youngsters look at them. In modern-day cricket, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma have been performing brilliantly for the Indian team and made the country proud with their remarkable performances.
Cricket is the biggest reason that makes people talk about the performances of cricketers in India for common people and they wanted to know about scores.
Here we look at the reasons why cricket is famous in India
Getting media coverage across different languages
The current media gives importance to coverage of cricket across different languages including Hindi, English, Kannada, Telegu, and Tamil. Right before the match, the experts talk about the different angles of the match and prediction.
They also talk about the predicted XI and the reasons why they will get dropped for a particular match. The audience will be able to know about the pitch report and the conditions of the venue. The report of the match will be there in the newspaper also next day in detail.
Cricketers and Cricket clubs made sure that they get various sponsors and advertisements. Many cricketers appear in several products and commercials.
Brilliant facilities at the stadiums
The Cricket Grounds in India especially in Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, and other venues will get brilliant indoor facilities for the cricketers to practice before the match.
Apart from the cricketers, the audience gets great viewing to see their favorite stars play in front of capacity crowds. India always gathers big crowds during big series including Australia and other teams.
BCCI ensures that cricketers and audiences viewing the matches will get the best experience ensuring that they get their money’s worth. Cricket makes every age group glued to TV if the match gets tense.
Knowledge about the Sport
The Indian audience knows a lot about cricketing action happening around the country. If the Indian cricket team is playing an important match, the audience will make their best efforts to watch from the stadium and cheer their stars.
During the Border Gavaskar Series 2023, there have been huge crowds in Nagpur, New Delhi, and Indore. Indian people cheer the loudest and enjoy victory to the fullest. The audience also appreciates the opposite team if they play decent enough.
Online Betting
Cricket Betting can help the common man to engage with the sport and also make some money and benefit from the sport if they do betting in dream XI.
This is a way for people to be well-versed in the game and this has helped Cricket become popular and famous in India. Most of the bets are done in India with cricket. This is due to various cricketing betting sites.
Cricket will be popular in India after today also because other sports like Badminton, Hockey will create interest but would not be close to becoming more popular than cricket.
IPL
Since its inception in 2008, the Indian Premier League has become the most popular league. During that time, the Indian fans cheer for their favorite teams and players enjoy themselves to the fullest on the ground and also watching on the TV couch.
The Indian Premier League has seen many youngsters make fame and the audience knows from their style of play and talk about how the match could have happened.
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