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Vol 3, Issue 4 (Monthly)
RNI No. DELBIL/2012/45795
December 2014 I Rs. 15/-
Vijay Anand
The year 2014 has come to an end. A quick
rear view mirror is presented to all the read-
ers of Sports Kreeda.
First, lets talk about the biggest event of the
planet, FIFA 2014. It took place in Brazil
this year. Samba boys were crushed in SF
by eventual champion Germany 7-1. Ar-
gentina offered good resistance in the final
but Messi and Co. was silenced by goal
from the foot of Gotze in the 113th minute
on 13th July. James Rodriguez was the top
scorer and scored most beautiful goal of the
WC against Uruguay in R16. Golden Ball
went to Lionel Messi. Bite of Suarez, exit
of Spain in first Round, progression of pool
toppers to QF, run of Costa Rica, header of
Van Persie against Spain, Only 3 points (by
draws) for Asia Oceana zone were the other
highlights and talking points of the WC 14.
Final of UEFA Champions League was for
the first time a city derby. Real completed
their dream Decima, defeating city rivals
Athletico in the final. They equalized in the
dying minute of the first half and then went
on to win in extra time. Simeones boys
won La liga after 95-96 season. Bayern Mu-
nich retained Bundesliga title in their record
breaking season. Manchester City over-
came resistance by Liverpool and won 2nd
EPL title in 3 years.
This year, Commonwealth games and Asian
games concluded in Glasgow, Scotland and
Incheon of South Korea respectively. Aus-
tralia top the tally in Commonwealth
Games and without an iota of doubt, China
finished first in the tally in Asian Games.
India won a total of 64 medals with 15
gold,30 silver and 19 bronze. Sathish
Sivalingam broke a new Commonwealth
record in Weightlifting. Vikas Shive Gowda
(Discuss Throw), P.Kashyap (Badminton),
Deepika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa
(Squash), Deepa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
and Gagan Narang (Shooting) brought
glory to Indian sports.
Every even year, continentals or Interna-
tional biggest event (Olympics) takes place.
This year, Asian games concluded in In-
cheon of South Korea. Without an iota of
doubt, China finished first in the tally. The
only point was how far they can stretch their
mark. They stopped at 151 Golds and 342
medals in total. India finished with credible
8th rank (11-10-36-57). Episode of Sarita
devi was the sordid point of the games.
India retain its hold on 4X400 relay for
women. Seema Poonia fought against all
odds of recent years and won the
other Gold of Athletics in
Discuss. In Kabaddi,
Iran came very
close to topple
us from
t h e
zenith but some-
how, Indian men
rescued themselves
for 9th Gold.
Womens team
Gold of Kabbadi also came our way. Mary
Kom set boxing ring on fire and proved that
she is still the best boxer in the country. Yo-
geshwar Dutt took home medal of yellow
metal in Wrestling after Kartar Singh, who
won it in 1984. Hockey Gold in
men came after Bangkok
98. Eves returned
with worthy
Bronze. Jitu
R a i
was the only shooter
who hit Gold spot.
India won 4 medals
in Squash. It could
have been 2 Golds,
had Saurav Ghoshal not lost from match
point in the final against his Kuwaiti friend
in the singles. Well it was an Asiad which
will be remembered for womens domina-
tion. They won about 50% of the total
medals. Small town girls like Annu Rani
(Meerut-UP, Womens Jevlin, Bronze with
NR), Lalita Babar(Maharashtra, 3000 met
Steeplechase Bronze), Vineesh Phogat (Bal-
ali- Haryana, Wrestling bronze) were
among those small town girls who made the
country proud.
Australia crushed host Nederland 6-1 in the
final of Hockey World Cup. Argentina won
their first ever medal by finishing 3rd. India
finished best among the Asians by getting
9th spot in the final standings. Dutch girls
salvaged the pride of hosts by defeating
Aussies 2-0 in the final. In Champions tro-
phy, Germany was crowned champion for
the first time in 7 years. It was a surprise that
final was played between the teams who
finished last in their group games. It opened
debate on the format. Behavior of Pakistani
players after beating India in SF bought
shame to the Hockey World. India finished
4th after loss to Australia in 3rd place
match.
In Tennis, Roger Federer made his sensa-
tional second coming under the guidance of
Stefan Edburg. The year will also be re-
membered for dawn of Samurai from Land
of the rising sun, Kei Nishikori. He de-
feated most players of the top ten ATP cir-
cuit and reached upto the final of US open.
Final drama of the ATP tour was reserved
for US open. It produced most surprising
winner of this century, Marin Cilic.
In Formula 1, Mercedes turned other cars
into bullock carts. Together, Nico Rosberg
and Lewis Hemilton won 16 of the 19 races.
They collected 701 points for the team.
Lewis, eventual champion, ended with 384
points. Thanks to new rules, all the above
statistics are new record. Accident that led
to severe head injuries to Jules Bianchi in
Japanese GP opened up the debate that there
are still some gaps left in the safety of play-
ers in Motorsports. In Moto GP, Marc Mar-
quez made fun of everybody and won first
10 races of the season, which is a record. He
went on to win the title by winning 13 of
total 18 races. Continued on Page 3
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Disabilities Sports workshops for
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Why did India Give
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New Delhi (Rakesh): The Wheelchair
Basketball Federation of India, in collabo-
ration with Choice International, the Inter-
national Red Cross and other partners, is
conducting workshops on Wheelchair Bas-
ketball and Boccia for disabled persons in
five locations in India from 5th-24th De-
cember 2014.
The workshops were inaugurated at the
Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) in Vas-
ant Kunj, New Delhi on the 5th of Decem-
ber 2014. The Chairman of the ISIC, Maj.
HPS Ahluwalia was present at the inaugu-
ration and said, While Wheelchair Basket-
ball is one of the leading international
paralympic sports, it is hardly played in our
country. We need to promote the sport not
only to create professional sportspersons but
also for rehabilitating people with disabil-
ity.
The workshops aim to increase awareness
on the positive impact of disability sports,
specifically Wheelchair Basketball and
Boccia, among disabled persons in India.
The workshops specifically target the dis-
abled persons, coaches, community leaders,
referees, physiotherapists interested in dis-
ability sports. The organisers seek to use
disability sports as a tool to promote equal-
ity and access to disabled persons and also,
to develop and train disabled sportspersons
to enable them to compete at national and
international disability sports tournaments.
The workshops will cover various areas
on Wheelchair Basketball such as the fun-
damentals (basic basketball skills with an
introduction to the rules of the game), con-
tact, stretching, basic chair skills, ball han-
dling and passing. The workshops are free
of cost and are being conducted by interna-
tional coaches from around the world. Mr.
Mark Walker from Australia, Mr. Jess from
the USA, Mr. Mike from Nepal, Mr. Manoj
Soma from the United Kingdom and Mr.
Aram Voerman from the Netherlands are
the international coaches involved in this
initiative. Former Captain of the Indian Na-
tional Basketball Team and Asian All-Star,
Mr. Jayasankar Menon, is also extending his
support to the initiative.
The workshops are free of cost and are
being conducted by international coaches
from around the world. Mr. Mark Walker
from Australia, Mr. Jess from the USA, Mr.
Mike from Nepal, Mr. Manoj Soma from
the United Kingdom and Mr. Aram Voer-
man from the Netherlands are the interna-
tional coaches involved in this initiative.
Former Captain of the Indian National Bas-
ketball Team and Asian All-Star, Mr.
Jayasankar Menon, is also extending his
support to the initiative.
Disabilities Sports workshops for disabled person in India
Tom Boon unveils
Dabang Mumbai ColoursMumbai: DoIT
Sports Management
Unveiled the team
jersey of Dabang
Mumbai, the Mum-
bai franchise of the
prestigious Hero
Hockey India
League (HIL), at
their home ground
Mahindra Hockey
Stadium.The third
edition of the league
will be held across
the country from
January 22 to Febru-
ary 22.The main objective of the Dabang Mumbai venture is to
win hearts of hockey lovers and to promote sports talent and
contribute towards development of sports across the country.The
jersey, unveiled by Dabang Mumbai star player Tom Boon and
Strategic Advisor and team mentor Viren Rasquinha, represents
the vibrant and fighting spirit of the state of Maharashtra and as
a symbol highlighting the uninhibited ambition of the franchise
to compete to win.
Speaking on the occasion, Boon, who became the highest-ever
paid player in the League after he was bought for a whopping
$103,000 by Dabang Mumbai, said: I have got a wonderful
response from the Indian public in the last couple of weeks dur-
ing the Champions Trophy. I am equally excited to be in Mum-
bai where I will make my debut for HIL 2015. I realize the
expectations and responsibility on my shoulders and I am deter-
mined to give my best for Dabang Mumbai in the coming
Hockey India League.
Viren Rasquinha, who is the advisor and mentor of Dabang
Mumbai said: I am looking forward to the next HIL. We have
some of the best players in the world in our team and we are
looking forward to give a tough fight to our opponents in the
League.
New Delhi: Court of Arbitration (CAS) has allowed
sprinter Dutee Chand to participate in national and
state level events till a final verdict on her appeal
against International Amateur Athletics Associations
(IAAF) hyperandrogenism policy, which resulted in
her ban, is reached.
This is an interim order and has opened the doors for
Dutee Chand to participate in the upcoming National
Games to be held in Kerala from January 31-Feb 14.
Considering this interim judgment a moral victory
for Government of India and Sports Authority of India,
Jiji Thomson, DG, SAI said, sport celebrates human
diversity, regardless of inherent natural characteristics.
Such a policy is contrary to the spirit of sports. Only
women athletes fall under these reg-
ulations and there is enough evi-
dence that athletes from country like
India are targeted and tested under
this policy. So this policy discrimi-
nation against women and specially
women coming from Global South
needs to be stop immediately.
It may be recalled that Dutee
Chand was disqualified by the Ath-
letics Federation of India as per
IAAFs hyperandrogenism policy
after tests revealed that her androgen
levels were higher than normal.
IAAFs hyperandrogenism policy
recommends that a woman athlete
with hyperandrogenism may lower
her androgen to a specified level
with the help of hormone therapy or
surgery and then compete as a
woman.
However, the player and Sports
Authority of India were of the view
that the policy
was against the
very spirit of
sports. SAI
then then nom-
inated Dr
P a y o s h r i
Mitra, an ex-
pert on gender
issues in
sports, to advice Dutee Chand following which she pe-
titioned CAS against the policy.
Government of India and Spots Authority of India
(SAI) pledge to support Dutee in her fight for justice.
CAS provides interim
relief to Dutee Chand
2014- A year of action and dramas Cracks are now visible in Great Wall of China in Badminton. Other
countries, specially India is making serious inroads in the silk route.
K Srikanth stunned Lin Dan in front of his home crowd and won
China Open. Saina proved that she is still the best badminton player
of the country. Dope episode of Lee Chong Wei was the bad patch of
the year. Death of Phil Hughes made eyes of every sport fan wet. In
World Basketball Championship, USA retained the cup and equaled
record 5 titles of erstwhile Yugoslavia. France won their first ever
medal in the colour of Bronze. Defeat of host and World no. 2 Spain
by France in the QF, Brazil bt. Argentina in R16 were the other high-
lights of the tournament. All 3 Asian team took the earliest flight.
Football League, Kabaddi Leagues and tennis, based on the format
of IPL, made their debut on Indian and International horizon this year.
They got overwhelming response from the crowd and media. How
far these will go and how much benefit national team will reap out of
these is yet to be seen. 2014 was full of dramas and actions. Surely,
2015 will not be short of these. So Bye Bye Fourteen, Welcome Fif-
teen.
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fopkj VIEWBUSINESS OF SPORTS Arjun J Chaudhuri
Organizing a sporting
tournament like the ICC
Cricket World Cup
which takes place in
Australia and New Zealand in February-
March 2015 requires a joining together of
multiple factorshealthy relationship be-
tween the Board and players via collective
bargaining agreements, and supporting
sponsors, optimal weather conditions, fa-
natical and engaged fans especially from
India who dominate over 65% viewership,
listenership and readership of cricket
broadcasting worldwide, respectable per-
formance from the hosts Australia and
New Zealand, controversy that keeps the
Interest and debate alive, awe-inspiring
skill, play and sportsmanship, and an un-
derlying cultural meaning that binds most
commonwealth countries where cricket
was first introduced by the United King-
dom, and taken from amateurism to the
next level of professional sport by their re-
spective economies in the post-decoloniza-
tion period.
Notwithstanding the above joining to-
gether of multiple factors, the frameworks
which is the basic competitiveness of the
cricket playing countries participating, and
how the public in India perceive the enter-
tainment value of the tournament that is
expected to be fiercely competitive. This is
crucially important because all of this
translates into the advertising and promo-
tional value of cricket or the commercial
success for the rights holders of the tour-
nament who have licensed these rights for
a fixed period to the highest bidder in ex-
change for royalty that includes broadcast-
ers and merchandisers trying to sell adver-
tising space and time, and products to other
businesses, and to the general public.
Unfortunately, the business model of
cricket is centered on the Big 3, as they are
called, namely, India, Australia and Eng-
land who along with others are full mem-
bers and associate members that include
the others without any attempt to
expand the reach of the
tournament
beyond
t h e s e
two main
groupings
in search of
newer mar-
kets.
To explain
this, lets take
the example of
Football in Eu-
rope where the
League and Cup
Football of Clubs,
and championship
Football of top Euro-
pean Clubs allow its
viewers, listeners and
readers to consume the
sport without feeling that
they are being forced fed
into saturation, and yet the
stadiums are in full to watch
this sport despite not taking
into account the fanatical and
engaged following of its national teams in
events such as the World Cup or the Euro-
pean Cup. The World Cup has expanded in
size from 13 sides initially to 32 sides
vying for the Cup, and the sport has spread
into newer markets across Africa and Asia
giving a new dimension to how fierce
competition for attention is.
The ICC Cricket World
Cup which takes place
in Australia and New
Zealand in February-
March 2015 is yet to
face up to the chal-
lenge that famil-
iarity does lead
to boredom or a
fall in the qual-
ity of compe-
tition. This
lack of fore-
sight on the
part of the
organiz-
ers is
devalu-
i n g
broadcasting
rights and sponsorship
deals of international and do-
mestic cricket in India such as the case of
Micromax acquiring sponsorship rights
30-35% below par as compared to before,
and ICCs approach of stunting growth in
new markets is clearly wrong. The Big 3
oppose the expansion of the Teams partic-
ipating from 14 in ICC Cricket World Cup
to be held in February-March 2014 to only
10 teams in 2019. India, Australia and Eng-
land have the necessary clout to set the
rules, which they do, and as a result only
10 nations known as full members play
tests along with ODI and T20 cricket,
while the remaining four nations out of
fourteen known as associate members
emerge from playing a qualifying tourna-
ment where in each of these countries - Ire-
land, Scotland, Afghanistan and the UAE,
the quality of cricket is rising sharply.
Lets examine the reason as to why that is
the case. For the ICC Cricket World Cup
2019, the ICC has decided that the 2019
tournament will feature only 10 teams
which will be the eight highest-ranked full
members [FMs] and the winners of two
play-offs between the 9TH and 10TH FMs
and the two best associate members
[AMs]. The odds are weighted in favor of
the full members: they play far more
matches than the AMs. Fear is that TV and
sponsorship ratings will drop if AMs defeat
the FMs, and therefore the game theory
strategy is to limit AM fixtures against
FMs. Best example of this happening was
when India lost to Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka in 2007 World Cup that resulted in
lost advertising and broadcasting revenue.
Therefore, the 2019 tournament will have
a round-robin format, guaranteeing that
India will play a minimum of 9 games,
compared with 3 in 2007 without in any
way improving the competitive value of
cricket which will ultimately hit the bottom
line
Phil Hughes- A life cut too shortVijay Anand
Death of Phil Hughes has come as
a shock to whole sporting World.
He was hit by a bouncer in a
Sheffield Shield match at the SCG
on 25th November. Tributes
poured in all social media. Players
from other sports also send condo-
lence message by their ways. As a
mark of respect, Australian Board
has decided to retire his jersey no.
64. They will also register his last
innings as 63 not out rather than
retired hurt.
No doubt, bouncer is the most
effective weapon of a pace bowler.
It is most terrorizing and some-
times lethal to a batsman. His
death has again opened up the de-
bate that short deliveries should be
banned in cricket. But practically
speaking, it is unlikely. Helmets
are very reliable now. Death of
Phil Hughes states that there is still
space for improvement.
Phil Hughes was few of those
players who really loved and en-
joyed the game. He already has
experience of 26 tests and 25
ODIs. The left handers Indian
connection was with Mumbai In-
dians as a top order batsman.
Death of sporting heroes is the
most tragic moment for a society.
Sporting legends give society joy,
pride and achieve what everyone
yearns. Everyone watches players
constantly in danger in moving
rocket of a F1 car or a batsman
facing beamer of 90 mph. It fills
us with admiration for real life he-
roes who defy death.
Most shocking death was of
Greatest Formula 1 driver of all
times, Ayrton Senna on May the
1st, 1994 at San Marino. It was
considered a National tragedy in
Brazil. His funeral was broadcast
live and was attended by approxi-
mately 3 million people in his
hometown Sao Paulo. As per Gui-
ness Book of World Records, this
is the largest gathering for a fu-
neral.
Boxing is another game where
many a deaths have taken place in
rings. Most tragic of them was
death of Korean boxer Duk Koo
Kim in 1982. American Boxer
Ray Mancini blew 44 unanswered
punches on the Korean boxer in
14th round. He suffered blot clots
in brain and died subsequently 4
days later in the hospital. Unable
to cope up, his mother took her life
4 months later. The referee,
Richard Green, equally unable to
cope up, committed suicide a year
later.
As per statistics, about half a
dozen footballers die each year on
football pitch. Cause of death in
most of the deaths is cardiac arrest.
Other games are not too far be-
hind. ON 18 July 1995 death of
Fabio Casartelli shocked the entire
sporting world. The Italian rider
was only 24 years old and reigning
Olympic champion. He died on
descend of Pyrenees on stage 15
of Tour de France.
Indians can never forget tragic
death of Raman Lamba. Meerut
born Lamba who played 4 tests
and 32 ODIs for the country died
at Dhaka while fielding at For-
ward short leg in a domestic game.
He was asked to wear helmet but
he denied. 3 deliveries later, the
ball struck his temple and he died
after 3 days.
As per Lord Buddha, death is
the only truth of life. But death on
field is most tragic. Each govern-
ing body of sport is trying their
best to make the games safe but
death of Hughes indicates that
there are still some holes to be
filled.
ICCs GAME THEORY for ICC World Cup 2015!
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Delhi University win mens North Zone I.U. CricketSuresh Kumar Lau
University of Delhi proved to be a hard nut to crack
and won the North Zone Inter-University (Mens)
tournament after 14 academic sessions. Abhishek
Vats of Swami Shraddhanand College and Rohit
Dubey of Ramlal Anand College(Evening) snapped
up five wickets each as Delhi University(DU)
thrashed Kurukshetra University(KU) by 276 runs to
take title recently, organized by DU at Delhi.
Put in, DU rode on Delhi under 19 batsman and stu-
dent of SGTB Khalsa College HitenDalals 169- run
knock to pile up a mammoth score of 349 in the stip-
ulated 50 overs. In reply, Abhishek and Rohit
wrecked the KU batting. The visitor folded up for
just 73 runs in 28.4 overs.
Delhi University Manager, mentor and Associate
Professor Swami Shraddhanand Dr. Inder Mohan
Dutta, the man behind Delhi University triumphant,
described DU win as a Welcome Result. The over-
all results of the tournament were a trifle flattering
for Delhi University. DU won the last North Zone
Inter-University at Govind Ballabh Pant University
of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar in 2000-
01 season.
Earlier DU registered a comprehensive 7 wickets win
over defending champion M.D. University (Rohtak)
in the first semifinal. In other last four matches, KU
edged past University of Allahabad 114 runs.
The scores (final) :
Delhi University 349 for nine in 50 overs (Hiten
Dalal 169, Hitesh Gemini 39 not out, Pradeep Malik
38, Navdeep Saini three for 91) beat Kurukshetra
University 73 in 28.4 overs (Abhishek Vats five for
36, RohitDubey five for 37).
Delhi University R ecordDelhi University has a splendid record in Rohinton Baria Trophy (symbol
of supremacy in the inter-university cricket championship. Delhi Univer-
sity in the only University ever to have won the trophy seven years in a
row 1977-78 to 1983-84
Delhi University winners of Rohinton Baria trophy since
its inception i.e.1940-1941
1953-1954 Delhi University
1959-1960 Delhi University
1968-1969 Delhi University
1973-1974 Delhi University
1977-1978 Delhi University
1978-1979 Delhi University
1979-1980 Delhi University
1980-1981 Delhi University
1981-1982 Delhi University
1982-1983 Delhi University
1983-1984 Delhi University
1987-1988 Delhi University
1989-1990 Delhi University
1992-1993 Delhi University
Yuva Braham Shakti
honours Yogeshwar DuttNew Delhi: Dr. San-
jay Vats from Yuva
Braham Shakti organ-
ised a public rally and
felicitation ceremony
for Indian Wrestler
Yogeshwar Dutt to
celebrate his Gold
medal win in the
Asian Games 2014.
Yuva Braham Shakti,
an organization
whose main aim is to
help budding players
grow in their respec-
tive sport and repre-
sent nation at their best. This event was organized to spread a message
that every youngster in India who wish to make his/her career in sports
learns from the experiences and struggles of Yogeshwar and aim to suc-
ceed in their life.
Yogeshwar Dutt commented, I am extremely thankful to Dr. Sanjay Vats
for organizing this ceremony for me. He has always been a great support
throughout my journey. I am thankful to Dr. Vats and Yuva Braham Shakti
who aims to provide all their support to the growing Indian sport enthu-
siasts.
Dr. Sanjay Vats on behalf of Yuva Braham Shakti celebrated and an-
nounced this as a very special occasion for the whole nation as Yogeshwar
Dutt ended Indias 28 year long wait for a wrestling Gold.
The Vijay rally by Yuva Braham Shakti started at 1:00pm from Peeragarhi
Chowk, Delhi and assembled at DDA Ground, Nangloi where Yogeshwar
Dutt was felicitated.
Raninder Singh becomes
first Indian executive
member of ISSFNew Delhi: Shri Raninder Singh, President Na-
tional Rifle Association of India (NRAI), contest-
ing in his very first elections at the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the global
body representing the sport of Shooting, was
elected member of the all powerful Executive
Committee during its General Assembly meeting
held at Munich, Germany, on 3rd December
2014. In doing so, he became the first Indian to
be elected to the post in the 107-year history of
the ISSF. Mr. Singh garnered 22 out of 25 votes.
He was also elected as the member of the Admin-
istrative Council of ISSF with 145 out of 293
votes.
Commenting on the development, Mr. Raninder
Singh said, "I feel extremely honoured and hum-
bled at the immense faith and responsibility
shown by the ISSF, towards me. This is not only
a personal honour, but an honour for the nation
as well. I shall do my utmost to repose the faith
bestowed upon me and work tirelessly for the im-
provement of the sport globally. This would also
give a huge lift to the sport in India, which is al-
ready setting new standards with every passing
day."
Shri Raninder Singh has been an accomplished
international trap shooter himself and is still tak-
ing part in Shooting Competitions regularly.
Rajesh SharmaSKDesk
Indian Bodybuilders make
India proudIndias Sangram Chougule bags gold in men sen-
ior whereas B Maheshwaran makes the nation
proud by winning gold in men senior 70 kg cat-
egory in the 6th World Body Building and
Physique Sports Competition 2014 organized by
the Indian Body Builders Federation at the Bom-
bay Exhibition Centre, NESCO in Mumbai. This
World Bodybuilding Championship witnessed
more than 400 national and international athletes
from all over the world over a period of three
days. The competitors showed great character
and determination as they battled out on the plat-
form to prove themselves and their worthiness in
the championship.
It feels great to represent your country and win
in your homeland. Past two years have been hard
for me and I was really looking forward for this
competition said winner Sangram Chougule
who bagged Gold in Men Senior 85 kg.
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P.Arun
Historically with India being a colony
of England for over ninety years and
having traded and in turn being influ-
enced by it for an even longer time,
one takes for granted that sporting exchanges too would
have taken place. With which one would have expected In-
dians to be exposed to both the game of cricket and foot-
ball.However, over 65 years of independence sees India as
a cricketing nation with literally no presence of football.
This in itself poses an interesting question, since the popu-
larity of any recreational or sporting activity depends on
factors like social-cultural conditions, geo-political condi-
tions, economic conditions and also the climatic conditions
of a region.
Thus, an investigation on this question leads to an answer
on the countrys social-cultural, geo-political, economical
and climatic conditions, especially in the last hundred
years. While the expected influence of the social-cultural,
geo-political, economical and climatic conditions is easy
to appreciate, the ability to resolve which of these parame-
ters as crucial would be impossible, especially for a country
of Indias size and diversity. It is with this knowledge that
I have to admit, I move. To put across my point I would di-
vide the hundred years in question to three distinct time
eras, namely pre 1947 (marking Indias independence), In-
dependence to 1983 (India wins its first Cricket World cup
title) and finally post 1983 era.
1.Pre 1947 EraPre- 1947 saw a time of 30,000 to 300,000 British coming
in contact with the native Indians. This interaction was
strange as it had different levels varying from a master-
slave relation to a relationship among equals. One of course
can relate this to the status of the British officer and that of
the Indian with whom the proximity is in question. Either
way, the British officer was at a superior position and had
a claim of royalty and thus the right to indulge in the gen-
tleman game of cricket. One has only to remember that
football was a more sporting craze with the mine-workers
of post industrial revolution England. This population was
never in proximity with the local population of India. So
what the Indians saw was cricket and an invite to join in
the game would amount to acceptability in the club of gen-
tlemen. Thus, the Nawab of Pataudi played. The rest of the
population was just too poor to bother with sports when
they were more preoccupied with the adventure of feeding
themselves.
2. Between Independence and 1983The time period between Independence and 1983 saw a
young country getting in terms with itself. With the British
rule coming to an end, a new middle class started develop-
ing. Though not Nawabs by birth, by education and gov-
ernment jobs they started patronizing the game of cricket.
Cricket in those days was only test matches played over 5-
6 days. The game had its appeal not only because it was in-
herited from gentlemen (British officers) but also it
matched the mood and flavor of the native Indians. Like
the two great books of India, Mahabharata
and Ramayana, the game of test cricket al-
lowed the plot to unravel with many sub-plots
developing within it. It also had the pleasure
of chess (a game that originated in India)
where schemes and plans with enticements of
the bowler led to the fall of the batsman.
Football not only was too fast, it also was a
physical game which meant physical contact.
India in those years remained a country with
caste system and ills of untouchability. The
only field game that was popular (in-fact more
than cricket) was field hockey, which some-
how made sure the opponent player was at
least a stick distance away. Fact that social ref-
ormation had succeeded against caste system
more in areas of Kerala and West Bengal, with
pockets of Christianity in Goa and North East
part of India coincides with area where football
is popular, can not be neglected.
3. Post 1983 era1983 marked the winning of the World Cup by India for
the first time. It came at a time where the country and its
populace were searching for something to reassure them of
the redeeming pledge made at the time of Independence. It
had already lost its claim to the hockey crown. But that
world cup win at Lords also had an ingrained message to
the success starved population back in India. It was
achieved by a captain who had no Nawab parentage or
claim to a gentleman. He was a part of the masses. For the
first time a commoner was being celebrated. The win also
brought money to the players. Money that was enough not
only to sustain during the playing years but well into re-
tirement. For the every increasing middle class of India,
who made financial security the bane of any decision-mak-
ing, saw cricket as a viable career option.
The pace of the game increased, deviating from the pace
of story telling in Ramayana or Mahabharata, but larger
money flows fulfilling further aspirations. Today in the
2011 world cup winning cricket team only Sachin Ten-
dulkar is from an urban upper middle-class family. The rest
is from the interiors of the country (even Sehwag is from
the rural areas of Delhi). Those who do not make a cut to
the Indian team also earn well from IPL. Cricket thus offers
lower middle class to break into the big league within the
life span of a generation.
Each era mentioned above gave a definite flip to cricket
without impeding the growth of football; however, the gulf
between the two games became larger and larger, leading
to the present scenario and question that aroused. Today,
Indias economic prosperity is improving; aspirations are
improving and the curse of castes receding ever so slowly.
One thus, can expect growth of other games in the next 40-
50 years.
Why did India Give Football a Skip?
The first English touring team
Player born in this month
Ravindrasinh
Anirudhsinh
Jadeja
Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is a
professional Indian crick-
eter . He is a left-handed
middle-order batsman
and slow left-arm ortho-
dox bowler. Jadeja rep-
resents Saurashtra in
first-class cricket,and
Chennai Super Kings in
the Indian Premier
League. He was part of
the victorious Indian U-
19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in
2008. He also represented Indian U-19 cricket team in
2006. Jadeja also represented India in the 2009 and
2010 ICC World Twenty20 competitions.
He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February
2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 in that match. How-
ever, his Test debut came almost four years later, in De-
cember 2012, against England at Nagpur. He was
bought for $2 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the
2012 IPL Players Auction.