Cricket has become more popular than national sports in the subcontinent countries. what do you think are the reasons behind this?

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the collonial
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collonial
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colonial
period England
has
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brought Cricekt to the subcontinent
,
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since
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and since
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then
many people started playing the
game
.
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the
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recent times
cricekt
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cricket
has gained moment and
became
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more
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a more
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popular
game
than national sports, in
this
essay I shall discuss
reasons
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the reasons
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behind
this
. To embark upon,
fan
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the fan
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base for
cricket
has
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spiked suddenly when the Indian team won
1983
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the 1983
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world
cup, as nobody thought Kapil
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lead
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team would win
againest
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against
the mighty West Indies in the final. More
over
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the
game
itself is more engaging than any other
game
like
kabadi
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kabaddi
or football, so its
popularity
in India has
became
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become
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increasing year
on
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after
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year.
Initially
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game
was played only in test
format
, but as
this
format
takes five days to complete the ICC introduced one day
format
which eventually led to
ODI
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the ODI
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world
cup. As
the
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time progressed T20
format
came into
existense
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existence
.
T20
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formate
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format
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took down TRP ratings for broadcasters and became
most
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the most
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pleasing
format
of the
game
. Perhaps,
cricket
is the only
game
in the
world
that is
played in three formats. In India as
popularity
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for
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T20 increased BCCI started IPL in 2007,
eventually
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this
league became one of the most watched
sport
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in the
world
.
This
led to more and more people
started
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starting
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playing
as well as
watching the
game
. Cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli etc became sports persons with
most
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a most
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fan base in the
world
. The rise of
cricket
is not only limited to India even across the
world
its
popularity
is increasing. In the
past
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only 8-10
countiries
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countries
used to represent
in
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the
world
cup, but in
the
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recent times
this
has increased to 14. In conclusion, I would say that
cricket
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cricket's
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popularity
will remain
same
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the same
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and be one of the most loved
sport
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sports
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in the subcontinent.
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  • sports enthusiasts
  • passionate followers
  • cultural heritage
  • legacy
  • nostalgia
  • colonial past
  • cultural imperialism
  • international recognition
  • prestige
  • youth engagement
  • aspirations
  • advertising revenue
  • sponsorship
  • television rights
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