velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 (edited) title credits goes to @vvvslaxman .. i see lots of potential , soul searching to be done on this topic Edited May 20 by velu 1 2 Rasgulla, Shunya and UrmiSinhaRay reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rahulrulezz 852 Report post Posted May 20 No one can match Sachin for us Indians. No one!! 2 3 speedheat, Gollum, Scar and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 1 minute ago, upriser7 said: No maybe yes.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 google trends .. dhoni ahead of sachin 2 UrmiSinhaRay and Scorpio reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 for the past 5 years .. 1 UrmiSinhaRay reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 Sachin got booed by his own crowd once if i remember right. I mean he is hugely popular across the world. But level of craze is more for Dhoni. 10000 people went just to see him going to have a haircut :) 1 1 1 Rasgulla, sscomp32 and UrmiSinhaRay reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jalebi_bhai 1,563 Report post Posted May 20 @velu start a poll. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zen 5,667 Report post Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, velu said: for the past 5 years .. That is not apples to apples as one has retired while the other is still playing. You should compare data when both of them were playing 1 UrmiSinhaRay reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 1 minute ago, jalebi_bhai said: @velu start a poll. i think sachin fans will win here in ICF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 This is not about who is better player. But just because of Dhoni, CSK was having a home game everywhere. I don't post anything bad about Dhoni on my FB as almost all my friends in the friend list are Dhoni fans lol I just play it safe. 1 3 velu, sscomp32, Shunya and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jalebi_bhai 1,563 Report post Posted May 20 1 minute ago, velu said: i think sachin fans will win here in ICF Don't be scared bro, just do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasgulla 6,528 Report post Posted May 20 Ofcourse why is this a surprise..sachin who ??? Indians support players who play for the team than selfish tuk tuk 100s. Sachin has huge fan following in Bangladesh for helping them with his tuk tuk 100.. @speedheat And @kira can confirm it 1 1 velu and SandeepMotta reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 1 minute ago, velu said: i think sachin fans will win here in ICF True. Sachin fans will outnumber Dhoni in ICF. 4 Shunya, velu, sscomp32 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zelig 1,217 Report post Posted May 20 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, zen said: That is not apples to apples as one has retired while the other is still playing. You should compare data when both of them were playing dhoni started very late .. dhoni is ahead from 2011 as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, jalebi_bhai said: Don't be scared bro, just do it. i have one simialr thread in cricket section ( between all the players ) for time being lets enjoy our google trend stats in fvaor of dhoni Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PBN 1,779 Report post Posted May 20 5 minutes ago, velu said: for the past 5 years .. what happened around nov 2016 to create that spike. dhoni gave up odi captaincy around jan 2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 VS 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 any idea on collections for these movies? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anoop K 10 Report post Posted May 20 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. 1 SandeepMotta reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scar 287 Report post Posted May 20 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. 1 1 2 SandeepMotta, Gollum, raki05 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Texy 1,366 Report post Posted May 20 Sachin is old new...new generation grew up watching Dhoni so yes Dhoni is way more popular 2 1 Shunya, velu and SandeepMotta reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasgulla 6,528 Report post Posted May 20 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 1 1 1 SandeepMotta, Switchblade and Shunya reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 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 2 Shunya and adi B reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 Mallu fans love Sachin more than mumbai fans themselves lol I can see a "maria sharapova" effect here 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 Oh my Ngidi is showering praise 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PBN 1,779 Report post Posted May 20 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 2 1 vvvslaxman, Shunya and velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zen 5,667 Report post Posted May 20 (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 by zen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 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. 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zelig 1,217 Report post Posted May 20 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. 2 4 Ankit_sharma03, Scar, velu and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 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 1 zen reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 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. 2 Shunya and velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shunya 2,965 Report post Posted May 20 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. 2 Rasgulla and velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 i am not sure whether 1970s ka kids still think kapil or gavaskar is still more popular than current players Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichromatic 3,965 Report post Posted May 20 Sachin is 2nd most influential Indian after Mahatma Gandhi. 1 raki05 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 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 1 velu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichromatic 3,965 Report post Posted May 20 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jusarrived 2,018 Report post Posted May 20 1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said: Sachin got booed by his own crowd once if i remember right. I mean he is hugely popular across the world. But level of craze is more for Dhoni. 10000 people went just to see him going to have a haircut :) It was in Mumbai , England test and I was there . As much as I wanted Tendulkar to retire , it was pretty sad to see 58 minutes 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. To an extent I agree , but some one like Kapil an WC winning All-rounder would have been way ahead of both Dhoni and Tendulkar . People at least had TVs to watch Tendulkar , imagine some one like Kapil today , he would have been not just Indian teams most valuable player but also the hottest players in IPL . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvvslaxman 6,989 Report post Posted May 20 You are right about Kapil dev. He had everything. Great bowler, Great hitter, Great fielder. Successful captain. He would have been darling of everyone. WHy now. Even back then when Kapil was dropped for Kolkatta test after he played a lofted shot to get out at Delhi, entire Kolkatta crowd booed Sunil Gavaskar. Kapil was a very very popular cricketer ala Dhoni is now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ankit_sharma03 11,388 Report post Posted May 20 Cant compare the popularity of 25 yr career to 13-14 yr career but dhoni is not far and he cud be up their if he does well in the last leg of his career 2 velu and adi B reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adi B 4,650 Report post Posted May 20 Nope ,but he's the only one close and thats mostly because of the ipl factor. Kohli not there yet but when dhoni retires he'll too reach that level and people will then say he's more popular than dhoni Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Trichromatic said: Sachin is 2nd most influential Indian after Mahatma Gandhi. who gave that award to sachin ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velu 13,628 Report post Posted May 20 17 minutes ago, adi B said: Nope ,but he's the only one close and thats mostly because of the ipl factor. Kohli not there yet but when dhoni retires he'll too reach that level and people will then say he's more popular than dhoni dont go just based on ICF .. ICF emerged with whn sachin was popular .. becaue of the emergance of facebook/reddit , new generation of people are not joining the sites like ICF ( same goes with other domain like finance as well ) .. google trend shows otherwise 1 Shunya reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichromatic 3,965 Report post Posted May 20 2 hours ago, Shunya said: 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. Dhoni's most of good years have overlapped with SRT's career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasgulla 6,528 Report post Posted May 20 2 hours ago, Shunya said: 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. ICF oldies(sachin chamchas) needs to retire from this forum. 1 Shunya reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichromatic 3,965 Report post Posted May 20 Facebook SRT - 28M followers Dhoni - 20M followers Twitter SRT - 20M followers Dhoni - 7M followers. 1 Number reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichromatic 3,965 Report post Posted May 20 2 hours 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. When was the last time an active "way more popular" celebrity had lower number of followers than a retired celebrity on social media? At least you would expect numbers to be close, but that's not the case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
