vvvslaxman Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 2 hours ago, gakgupta said: Well... This is what I am seeing. When I was a kid, kids used to get crazy about cricket. But now, I feel kids are not that crazy. Is this just in Hyderabad or everywhere else? My son likes kabbadi....I have seen few of my cousin kids like football.. Seem like in next 10 years there will be lot of change in indian sports in terms of interest... Btw, how successfully is ISL, pro kabbadi and other leagues of India? Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Tapatalk 8 Not sure about that. Even i liked a football a lot when i was a kid. Then i switched to cricket. I have played Kabaddi. But that is definitely not my most favorite sport. Link to comment
Khota Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, maniac said: You know that’s not the “point”’of having a silly point right? I do know. Who was the first one to start it? Maybe long time back but now these balls are flying and it is nothing but silly.But that does leave a fielder in a vulnerable position. Link to comment
Khota Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 To be frank cricket is a very boring sport to play and sometimes watch. If you are fielding and not bowling the other nine players are bored out of their minds. Football all 22 are playing all the time. Link to comment
maniac Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, Khota said: I do know. Who was the first one to start it? Maybe long time back but now these balls are flying and it is nothing but silly.But that does leave a fielder in a vulnerable position. No one has silly point in a T20 game or even in ODIs. It is usually when the ball is turning or the batsman is trying to fend short pitch bowling on a juicy track. If some one has a silly point on a 200 run t20 pitch sure you can call that stupid but don’t ever recollect that happening ever. Link to comment
Khota Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, maniac said: No one has silly point in a T20 game or even in ODIs. It is usually when the ball is turning or the batsman is trying to fend short pitch bowling on a juicy track. If some one has a silly point on a 200 run t20 pitch sure you can call that stupid but don’t ever recollect that happening ever. Even in test when I have seen it if a batsman shows some intent the fielder is dead meat. I understand it does help in close in catching but what if the batsman heaves at it. It is more of a suicide point than silly. Link to comment
velu Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 as modi would ask , "new generation pubg wala kya?" @sscomp32 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Few months back i was driving though western UP and saw so many young boys running on highway. These boys were in proper running gear much like you see in US schools. They were toned and it was evident they were training. Then i watches a bit of khalo india which made sense. For those who saw khelo india might have noticws how u17 boys were quicker than u19. Its fantastic for india and we will see results in coming years. flamy and sscomp32 2 Link to comment
Jimmypage Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 1 hour ago, maniac said: You know that’s not the “point”’of having a silly point right? I see what you did there Link to comment
SUMO Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 But more kids are playing proper cricket (with cricket kits in academies) Link to comment
sscomp32 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 But more kids are playing proper cricket (with cricket kits in academies)Because parents see that as a stable career with IPL coming in the picture. One of my cousins tried to pursue cricket as a career but his body couldn't handle the workload and he had to return home. Sent from my SM-G611F using Tapatalk Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, SUMO said: But more kids are playing proper cricket (with cricket kits in academies) Compared to population the number of kids playing actual proper cricket is less. Link to comment
The Hound Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Badminton has become a lot popular after saina & sindhu's emergence , Boxing could've seen a boom after Vijender's success but looks like that's on hold now. A lot of youngsters here watch Football , even those who don't know names of all the players of their favourite team .. Real McCoy and Laaloo 1 1 Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Badminton has become a lot popular after saina & sindhu's emergence , Boxing could've seen a boom after Vijender's success but looks like that's on hold now. A lot of youngsters here watch Football , even those who don't know names of all the players of their favourite team .. When you said here....which place you are referring to??Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Tapatalk Link to comment
YCCC Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) People posting on a cricket forum about how "boring" it is and other sports are so much better. Wtf I don't just mean discussions about how the game can improve, this is the sort of stuff you hear from people who hate cricket and never have or will watch a match! Edited February 9, 2019 by YCCC Real McCoy and Stradlater 2 Link to comment
kosingh Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) It's a global trend with sport. I was in Italy a few months ago. Italians in their late 20s, 30s and above were complaining that the young kids are just not into soccer like previous generations. People just have more entertainment options now. Edited February 9, 2019 by kosingh Link to comment
Khota Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Lot of people have multiple interests and cricket is one of those. Maybe people are on different forum too and cricket may be their 2nd or 3rd favorite sport. Not everyone is one sport fan. Link to comment
SRT100 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 8 hours ago, prasen82 said: The biggest reason has to be lack of space. Earlier in flats there were not many cars or vehicles or children can play in roads. Today how many children can play like that. Besides too many paraphernalia required for cricket. Add to the fact that hard ball is dangerous . I just stopped practicing with hard ball once my finger nail ruptured as a kid..And parents will also be loathe to allow kids to play with hard ball. For small town kids it's a way to achieve dreams, bigger city kids have more options and probably are content playing for 1 hour and watching it on television. Cricket has huge challenges going forward . For me personally, I find other sports to be more relevant than cricket. It's one dimensional and very rarely thrilling. This^ When I was a kid and family would travel to India, I would play cricket on the road with the neighbours. Back then they loved the novelty of having an "Australian fast bowler" play against the locals. Fast forward to 2019, those roads and side roads are full of traffic. Its impossible to play unless you go to an oval. Its sad because I have fond memories of playing against the locals and how much they relished for an overseas bowler to play against them. Link to comment
The Hound Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, gakgupta said: When you said here....which place you are referring to?? Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Tapatalk Delhi NCR Laaloo 1 Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, The Hound said: Delhi NCR great... Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 6 hours ago, kosingh said: It's a global trend with sport. I was in Italy a few months ago. Italians in their late 20s, 30s and above were complaining that the young kids are just not into soccer like previous generations. People just have more entertainment options now. I think smart phones and internet has changed the mindset of kids....not just india but everywhere and not just cricket but every sport. Attention span has decreased multi-fold prasen82 1 Link to comment
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