dark_profile Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1) It's seen as a third-world game. Already England and Australia are losing their interest in the sport, based on the trend of their recent performances. I don't see any developed country picking up the sport because there is no prestige on the line. What is there to accomplish in beating a developing country? 2) People follow cricket not because it is popular, but cricket is popular because people follow it. And the reason people follow it is because it is the only sport in the current Indian setup that ensures a decent dopamine hit - i.e. cricket is rewarding (we're competitive in it). As India becomes competitive in the first-world sports, like football or tennis or golf or athletics, people will get better dopamine hit from watching India compete with first-world countries like US, Germany, etc. So, cricket following is bound to slump as we progress economically and develop competency in the first-world sports. Tendu_10, maniac, sandeep and 2 others 5 Link to comment
nevada Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I don't think so. It is and will continue to be a favorite pastime of Indians. I think test cricket will die, and with lots of T20 leagues, cricket will go the way of soccer with cricketers mostly playing club cricket and showing up once in a while to play for the country. Zero_Unit, beetle, Tendu_10 and 1 other 4 Link to comment
dark_profile Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Just now, nevada said: It is and will continue to be a favorite pastime of Indians. As long as we are bad in other sports. That's what my point is. As we grow and cross the success threshold in other sports that hold more prestige, the upcoming generation will start picking up those sports. Cricket will die a slow death. sandeep and Vilander 2 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 As long as there is money and political interest in cricket, the game will flourish in India, hence the world Link to comment
Singh bling Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1) It's seen as a third-world game. Already England and Australia are losing their interest in the sport, based on the trend of their recent performances. I don't see any developed country picking up the sport because there is no prestige on the line. What is there to accomplish in beating a developing country? 2) People follow cricket not because it is popular, but cricket is popular because people follow it. And the reason people follow it is because it is the only sport in the current Indian setup that ensures a decent dopamine hit - i.e. cricket is rewarding (we're competitive in it). As India becomes competitive in the first-world sports, like football or tennis or golf or athletics, people will get better dopamine hit from watching India compete with first-world countries like US, Germany, etc. So, cricket following is bound to slump as we progress economically and develop competency in the first-world sports. Lol In this world , team games like football , baseball, rugby , American football etc are most popular.If you think Indians will Switch to boring Golf or Athletics which are not spectator friendly then I don't know what to say Only football can replace cricket but for that you need extremely fit men which most Asians are not , from past 100 years hardly any world class footballer is produced .So thinking that India will produce 15 world class footballers in 25 years is just a day dream Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk Tendu_10, chaman jhinga and Unstable Joe 2 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 t20 will be good, tests ok. ODI will surely die. Yes there is a degree of lack of value in playing cricket. You play Zimbabwe/pakistan/afganistan/bangladesh a set of countries not necessarily known for being best in many things. Even the world beater team is India , which does pathetically in other sports and in olympics. Zero_Unit 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 2 hours ago, dark_profile said: As long as we are bad in other sports. That's what my point is. As we grow and cross the success threshold in other sports that hold more prestige, the upcoming generation will start picking up those sports. Cricket will die a slow death. it is already lots of kids pickup basketball and soccer these days. Link to comment
Adi_91 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Shaz1 said: Well we still got PSL to look forward to each year. A truck every ICFer looks forward to for quality Edited June 21, 2017 by Adi_91 Link to comment
chaman jhinga Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Singh bling said: Lol In this world , team games like football , baseball, rugby , American football etc are most popular.If you think Indians will Switch to boring Golf or Athletics which are not spectator friendly then I don't know what to say Only football can replace cricket but for that you need extremely fit men which most Asians are not , from past 100 years hardly any world class footballer is produced .So thinking that India will produce 15 world class footballers in 25 years is just a day dream Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk what a rubbish post. Who said that asians are not fit? maybe east asians. You are talking as if all Europeans are fit. The thing is they have football culture right from the beginning while we do not. India does not produce world class football players because indians are not interested in football. But if indians start to take interest in football then they can also produce world class players. Hockey also requires fit men and india had a world beater hockey team in the past and has a decent team now. So the question of physical fitness does not arise here. It's the matter of interest and culture. India never had interest nor the culture for football. Edited June 21, 2017 by chaman jhinga Vilander 1 Link to comment
Soorma_Bhopali Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 5 hours ago, dark_profile said: 1) It's seen as a third-world game. Already England and Australia are losing their interest in the sport, based on the trend of their recent performances. I don't see any developed country picking up the sport because there is no prestige on the line. What is there to accomplish in beating a developing country? 2) People follow cricket not because it is popular, but cricket is popular because people follow it. And the reason people follow it is because it is the only sport in the current Indian setup that ensures a decent dopamine hit - i.e. cricket is rewarding (we're competitive in it). As India becomes competitive in the first-world sports, like football or tennis or golf or athletics, people will get better dopamine hit from watching India compete with first-world countries like US, Germany, etc. So, cricket following is bound to slump as we progress economically and develop competency in the first-world sports. I don't think so ..some amount of viewership will decline as other Olympic sports and football start getting their dues ..leagues like pro kabaddi , ISL & HIL along with global football leagues also will get more viewership as more Indians travel globally and uplifted economically..However, Cricket in any form (T20 + ODI + Tests) will be the dominant sport in India by some margin in next 50-100 years to come Link to comment
goose Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 A lot will cease to exist in 25 years. Link to comment
MechEng Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 So do you follow a sport because it is fun or do you want dopamine hits of a third world country beating a developed country? BeautifulGame 1 Link to comment
dark_profile Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, MechEng said: So do you follow a sport because it is fun or do you want dopamine hits of a third world country beating a developed country? Fun <- Reward <- Dopamine Under the hood, it's majorly dopamine. Would it be fun if you continue to be pathetic in some endeavor? Fun comes from the rewarding nature of the endeavor, and reward is linked to dopamine release. I can't highly recommend this book to all Indian cricket fans: The Secret Lives of Sports Fans Edited June 21, 2017 by dark_profile Link to comment
NareshK Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) We love cricket because its the only sport where we can beat the goras(in ODIs, T20s and in tests at home only). Unless we ourselves become goras or become good at other sports like soccer or tennis, we will continue to watch cricket. Both those scenarios have no chance of happening. Edited June 21, 2017 by NareshK Link to comment
chaman jhinga Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 22 minutes ago, NareshK said: We love cricket because its the only sport where we can beat the goras(in ODIs, T20s and in tests at home only). Unless we ourselves become goras or become good at other sports like soccer or tennis, we will continue to watch cricket. Both those scenarios have no chance of happening. what? really? Do you want to say that we do not beat goras in hockey? Adi_91 and Vilander 2 Link to comment
Tendu_10 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Tests maybe it will def be reduced to 4 days. But T20s will be alive n well. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment
Zero_Unit Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Most likely test cricket will die off (I am really crossing my fingers for that to happen - definitely not a fan of it) T20 will definitely be a bigger thing, I won't be surprised it 10-10 becomes a thing. ODI is most likely in trouble aswell. I foresee a lot of domestic leagues like IPL to pop up and less country v country. Link to comment
StriKe Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 12 hours ago, Vilander said: t20 will be good, tests ok. ODI will surely die. Yes there is a degree of lack of value in playing cricket. You play Zimbabwe/pakistan/afganistan/bangladesh a set of countries not necessarily known for being best in many things. Even the world beater team is India , which does pathetically in other sports and in olympics. Once in 4 year World Cup will never die. Maybe bilateral series will turn into T20 not the 50 over World Cup. Link to comment
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