Anoop K Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 No.Sachin was way more popular. There was a report how sourav got angry when he was completely overshadowed by sachin's stardom when they arrived to play a match in the year 2001/02. Sachin even after his retirement is one of the most searched cricketer. SandeepMotta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scar Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Any Google trend is not enough to quantify the effect sachin had on cricket. The socio-economic structure of India was very much different to what we have now. India was a struggling economy and facing set backs on all fronts. SACHIN was one of the very few things Indians can feel proud about during those days. People use to turn off the TV once sachin use to get out. He had pan India fan following and hardly any haters. All of this was in the time when there was no hype and PR machinery to create reverence for a cricketer. Some years back I was in kerala, and I was astonished to find fans of sachin among the guys who don't even like cricket. To put things in perspective, Dhoni may become the most popular player of India but he can never become an emotion that sachin was. SandeepMotta, vvvslaxman, Gollum and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texy Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Sachin is old new...new generation grew up watching Dhoni so yes Dhoni is way more popular velu, SandeepMotta and Shunya 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasgulla Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said: VS How can you compare a comedy documentary vs a proper bio movie. He even got owned by MS there Shunya, SandeepMotta and Switchblade 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Anoop K said: No.Sachin was way more popular. There was a report how sourav got angry when he was completely overshadowed by sachin's stardom when they arrived to play a match in the year 2001/02. Sachin even after his retirement is one of the most searched cricketer. natural progression .. sunny , kapil was more popular .. then came sachin.. now dhoni .. tomorrow kohli.. day after tomorrow it might be pant adi B and Shunya 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Scar said: Any Google trend is not enough to quantify the effect sachin had on cricket. The socio-economic structure of India was very much different to what we have now. India was a struggling economy and facing set backs on all fronts. SACHIN was one of the very few things Indians can feel proud about during those days. People use to turn off the TV once sachin use to get out. He had pan India fan following and hardly any haters. All of this was in the time when there was no hype and PR machinery to create reverence for a cricketer. Some years back I was in kerala, and I was astonished to find fans of sachin among the guys who don't even like cricket. To put things in perspective, Dhoni may become the most popular player of India but he can never become an emotion that sachin was. Yup. He inspired lot of guys. Kohli, Sehwag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Mallu fans love Sachin more than mumbai fans themselves lol I can see a "maria sharapova" effect here velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Oh my Ngidi is showering praise velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 tbh, i'm totally baffled by the rise of popularity of dhoni especially more so in this IPL. it's crazy how so many people idolize him. wouldn't have thought dhoni had such massive fan following Shunya, vvvslaxman and velu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, PBN said: what happened around nov 2016 to create that spike. dhoni gave up odi captaincy around jan 2017 maybe .. didnt bother to check the spikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, velu said: dhoni started very late .. dhoni is ahead from 2011 as well Ok. Otherwise the result could indicate that Sachin is still popular even after his retirement Also we don’t know what is driving those searches. For e.g. Trump- Kim meeting could drive their respective searches Edited May 20, 2018 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Forget about Sachin. Kohli with his phenomenal talent averaging 50 across the formats should have been more popular than Dhoni. We don't see any such reception for him. velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelig Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said: Forget about Sachin. Kohli with his phenomenal talent averaging 50 across the formats should have been more popular than Dhoni. We don't see any such reception for him. Average Indian doesn't like cockiness. The Dark Horse, velu, Scar and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, zen said: Ok. Otherwise the result could indicate that Sachin is still popular even after his retirement Also we don’t know what is driving those searches. For e.g. Trump- Kim meeting could drive their respective searches anyway currently dhoni is more popular and i am not saying that he will stay at #1 forever heard this in select commentary as well ( kumble , deano .. were discussing about dhonis popularity ) .. after vvs ka post i thought we have a good potential with this topic zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Just now, Zelig said: Average Indian doesn't like cockiness. I think female following is a lot more for him for his coolness. That is one aspect i have noticed. Some of my relatives (females who don't really follow cricket that much) became his fan after listening to one post match interview. ICF pulse is very very different. Shunya and velu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shunya Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Way more popular. Oldies dont want to accept that newer generations does not care about Sachin. He is past. They are more or less settled on forums like ICF where they want to glorify past and live in their dream world. Also, since T20 cricket(IPL) has brought in more crowd, most of them revere Dhoni and have no clue about Sachin. Dhoni pops nowadays in stadiums are just so awesome to see, almost like how WWE had Austin and Rock entries. In any case, India continues to love Dhoni regardless of what ICF feels. Rasgulla and velu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 i am not sure whether 1970s ka kids still think kapil or gavaskar is still more popular than current players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Sachin is 2nd most influential Indian after Mahatma Gandhi. raki05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Just now, Trichromatic said: Sachin is 2nd most influential Indian after Mahatma Gandhi. Not in Modi era lol Rightnow Godse is more popular than Gandhi velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said: Not in Modi era lol Rightnow Godse is more popular than Gandhi Modi is far behind and Godse is unknown mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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