Cricket Crazy Nation

Often I come acrozz thiz statement that "Cricket is over hyped in our country"...by thoze who hate cricket for some reasonz.....I can understand such a statement by a sports person who iz doing well in hiz sport which may not be cricket.... but not getting hiz due recognition.

Then there are those set of people who feel bad for other sportz that not getting popular. And often Cricket iz held responsible for the lack of popularity of theze sportz....Alas! nobody ever triez to figure out the reason behind Cricket's Succezz in thiz Country.

I feel & thiz iz juz my thought...that India became a cricket crazy nation post 1983 World Cup succezz & luckily for all the cricket fanz like me..thiz waz the period when television started pentrating each house hold....1983 succezz waz followed by winning "The World Championship of Cricket" in 1985 & we all love winning & watchin our nation winning while competing against other country makez uz even more proud....thtz precisely wat happened....people started watching more & more of cricket & if not great succezz but atleast India performed better in thiz sport. Slowly & steadily with thiz support India waz developing into a power house of Cricket which it iz today. Older generation would perhapz argue on thiz sayin they say succezz of cricket much before 1983 when we won Test seriez in England & they are right. But winning doesnt count if you are not winning consistently & that waz the difference between the teamz of the 1970'z & 80'z......

Am sure the people who complain of Cricket'z popularity still would not like to agree to wat I say...but I would just like to say one thing to them...we all strive 4 that one medal at Olympicz(which v got finally), we wish we had one Tennis playerz who cud get uz grand slamz(In the individual category), maybe a formula one driver who would win one Driver's championship, one golfer who would give Tiger Woodz a run for hiz money...but till we get that one person why not boast & raise a toast for our Cricket Championz who make uz proud atleast once in a while?????

And dont forget India rulez even the World Cricket Governing Body becoz of itz power....so letz be proud of wat we have while we wait for other Championz of India 2 Rise.....