Question

I need an debate in against for the topic'Cricket is killing all other sports in India'

Answer 1

1. This game (cricket) is played in only about 8-10 nations in the world. So even if India manages to reach the top in this game one day it will not get true international recognition and appreciation. I consider it to be far better to be in the top 30 in sports such as soccer than be at the top in cricket.
2. The popularity of this game is by all means restricted to the Indian subcontinent only. It has clearly lost ground in the West Indies and England. They don't play cricket now with such vigour and attitude as they used to do before. I don't know why we are going after it when even England, where cricket was born, doesn't give it too much attention.

3. This is a long (7 to 8 hours) game. Test matches go on for five days. So it's a time-consuming game or in other words it's a time wasting game for the people who take interest in it. It wastes whole days for millions of people in India who watch it. This is also one reason why European and American nations abstain from this game.

4. The immense media attention for this game has reduced India's status and rank in a game like hockey where India has such an excellent tradition and record. I believe India has a better record in hockey than what Brazil has in soccer.

5. If cricket has to continue as it is then India should really learn from Australia, which, though it has a good cricket team, promotes and encourages other sports as well. Australia comes within the top five in the Olympics medals tally.

So the time has already come to seriously consider these things.