No Cricketomania

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Living in a nation that loves cricket, and married in a household where everyone breathes cricket, I would've thought (or atleast hoped) that I'd come to love the game too.

 Instead, it has brought me to this ludicrous idea. 
What if our the sport of cricket was banned in India for an year....
I know it is almost an impossible occurrence, but just humour me for a while...

 Besides bringing a smile on most teachers faces, who keep fuming over their class watching cricket matches and not studying, it might achieve much more....


  • It will definitely bring down the advertising cost on all channels at prime-time (since cricket has also become an almost daily source of prime-time entertainment).
  • Other sports (which might provide similar excitement in smaller games), will finally see the light of the day or rather, will finally get a spot for telecast.
  • With all the spot fixing and other controversies surrounding cricket, am hoping the black money in circulation through the year will reduce. Games like tennis & hockey are probably not popular enough to be fixed. Else, why would Britain have to wait for 76 yrs for a Wimbledon win. If this was the case for a cricket tournament in India, I am almost 100% sure, someone would've arranged it to happen. 
  • Maybe other modes of entertainment will be created. Just the reality shows were created to beat the daily saas-bahu serials, some innovation could come out of this situation too.
  • The more we see on the screen, the more it influences us. So maybe we'll have more of gully football, badminton & tennis. Afterall, these games can also be played with just a ball & a bat.. oops, racket !

Comments

  1. KK12 July 2013 at 21:55

    First of all, I thought you were talking of banning only cricket as a sport, but your last point tells you are thinking of banning it EVERYWHERE. I think I positively hate cricket, but India will not be India without gully cricket, especially urban India.

    Your points, especially the ones about advertising and innovation-to-replace-cricket really show that you have spent some thought on this!

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    1. Dwiti R21 July 2013 at 22:00

      :) actually it's quite ironic... while I was typing this piece, my family was busy watching the tri-series and ashes all night..
      I guess i got a lot of cricket matches to think this over...

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