The hoopla around Indian cricket, especially about the cricketer has been so much that many of the folks today have forgotten our great national game-Hockey. Hockey appears nowhere in the discussion of sports within India. I will not be surprised if a 5 year old kid talks about Sachin Tendulkar's batting prowess or the number of wickets Anil Kumble has been piling up in his career. The kids will probably start believing that our national game is Cricket! What a shame! Honestly how many of the folks know Dhanraj Pillai? With the exception of the knowledgeable few, others will ask, Dhanraj who? That is unfortunately the sorry state of affairs.Stop.
Looking at the brighter side of things, there is equal if not more hoopla about soccer in the recent days. Looks like the whole country is getting excited about soccer, everyone wants to watch it, play it, talk about it all the time and definitely yearn be part of the world cup one way or the other. If we can take any cue from all the passion and enthusiasm, maybe it is high time we start thinking about a serious soccer team representing India. Gone or the days when we were rejected a place in the soccer because we couldn't play with our shoes on. Given the right focus and the coaching, we can form quite a strong team to find a place for ourselves in the near future world cup soccer.
If we achieve such a great task, will soccer turn out to be an alternative to Indian cricket? I can't wait for the alternative to take shape!
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I do not like cricket too much ... hated it more after all that sorid matchfixing controversy : nowadays everyone seems to take on ostrich approach to that whole incident X-(
We were good at hockey once ... in the distant past. Nowadays we are just another team - quickly falling to the slot of 'forgettable team' :-(
Consider the sports where we do really well - almost zero publicity for those !
The media is obsessed with sensationalism , not reporting : case to point - tennis and now batminton !
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