National sport of country is that sport which a
country plays most and have achieved unbelievable
heights in that sport.
Do currently national sport of India fits in the
above scale?;answer will be no.So no need to mention
which sport is currently worth saying national sport of
India?.
Hockey was given name of national sport of India,when
India was master of Hockey.When players like Colonel
Dhyanchand was playing for India that time India was
master of Hockey but it is past.When India was going
in Olympics it was sure that India will win gold Medal,
but...this was History of Indian Hockey.India's
performance at that time does not matches with current
poor performance.The disastrous moment for India
Hockey came when they could not qualify for Olympic
last year.Present condition is that no parents are
interested in seeing their child as future DhyanChand
Which things are responsible for this sad conditions
of Indian Hockey.Cricket can be said responsible for
this condition of Hockey at some extent but it was
work of Sport Ministry that they should have taken
sufficient steps to promote Hockey so that Cricket should
not dominate their National game.But call it whatever
you say,fever of cricket that touched Indian cricket fans
when India won 1983 World Cup have not yet came down,
instead India owns powerful 'Chair' in ICC.Initially
when ICC was started England and Australia had 'Veto
Power' but when Asian countries started dominating ICC,
they had to end 'Veto Power' in 1991.Today it is not
worth mentioning what position India holds on map of
World Cricket?.Hockey started first in India but their
is no organization controlling Hockey in India but their
is organization controlling Cricket in India i.e.BCCI.
Initially India was said beginner of Cricket but now
India have given answer to them by winning two world Cups
and maintaining Cricket's one of the Richest Organization
ever.Today cricket is in every corner of India wherever you
go.India's cricket love is worth seeing.
Former Captain of India Mansoor Ali Khan said that
time has come when Cricket should be declared as National
sport of India.
From last 4-5 years Cricket was loosing control over
Cricket fans but IPL came and compensated everything.
It was India first who decided to form a league like that
in Football,on the basis of Indian Cricket fans they had
expected it's success and they got expected results.
During IPL's first session TRP was recorded 8 approximately.
