People keep asking me this time and again, why are Indians so crazy about Cricket and not Football. To answer this we have to decipher the whole geography and weather of India, you might be wondering what has geography and weather got to do with playing games like Football and Cricket. But there is according to me.
So why Cricket is so popular? the simple reason being traditionally India was and is better in Cricket then any other team games apart from maybe Hockey. Cricket played in Indian streets is simple, you have a bat and a ball either Tennis or rubber ball and you can play Cricket wherever you want, In front of your house, in the street corner or in a empty plot of land. To play football firstly you need a play ground, you need a good number of players and you need playing shoes, and that's not all, most of India is dry most of the year apart from the monsoon season, so the ground is dry and hard for most of the year, football being a game where you need to be acrobatic, slip and slide and might fall several times during a game, and any fall on the dry ground will inevitable lead to injuries. Where as in Cricket you need maybe 3 players and a game is on and no risk of falling or injuring yourself.
So kids in India prefer to play Cricket which is cheaper, easier and safer then Football, the same reasons apply to hockey as well. the only exceptions to this are the states of Kerala and West Bengal where Football is relatively popular as these states receive more rainfall then the rest of India and the ground is soft and green for a longer duration of the year. That's why in countries of Western Europe games like Football and Rugby are popular, as the ground is wet and soft all round the year and even if you fall on the ground the risk of injury is minimal.
What say, agree?
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