should we change our national sport to cricket?

nballa · Post by **nballa** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:45 pm

I think its time.
canada changed its national sport from cricket to something else.
a national game is something which we should be good at.

gbelday · Post by **gbelday** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:52 pm

Ok, are we good at cricket?
What would be your choice for national sport? Test, ODI or T20?

nballa · Post by **nballa** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:19 pm

gbelday wrote: Ok, are we good at cricket?
What would be your choice for national sport? Test, ODI or T20?

do we need the format?
we already won two world cups and made a final.
we are no 2 in tests. so we are good at all three.

jai_in_canada · Post by **jai_in_canada** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:30 pm

nballa wrote: I think its time.
canada changed its national sport from cricket to something else.
a national game is something which we should be good at.

Not many people know that cricket was the "national" sport of Canada, of all places!! For India, I say it should be kabaddi. Or how about police corruption?! Or "Crossing an Indian Road!" That should be an Olymic "track & field" event!

nballa · Post by **nballa** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:43 pm

jai_in_canada wrote:
Not many people know that cricket was the "national" sport of Canada, of all places!! For India, I say it should be kabaddi. Or how about police corruption?! Or "Crossing an Indian Road!" That should be an Olymic "track & field" event!

i would never watch or play kabbadi. its a very unclassy sport which doesnt cater to the elite or higher society.
i dont think i want to see a bunch of semi naked guys grabbing each other and shouting kabbadi. better left to the rural areas like gilli danda.

jai_in_canada · Post by **jai_in_canada** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:14 pm

u r so unabashedly elitist, my opinionated friend!

btw, are the kabaddi guys semi-naked or semi-dressed?!

depends on how you look at the "glass."
and would it make any difference to you if it were the WKA (as in WTA)?

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:38 pm

nballa wrote:

i would never watch or play kabbadi. its a very unclassy sport which doesnt cater to the elite or higher society.

Okay, an elitist or classy sport in which India is good.. No brainer.. Chess

!!! (though Jay will not agree that it is a sport)..

Better yet, We can have two national games, one for Elites and one for non-elites in the rural area!!!

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:45 pm

jai_in_canada wrote: and would it make any difference to you if it were the WKA (as in WTA)?

We actually had a WKA tournament (state level college meet)!!! The crowd was just unbelievable..

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:00 pm

jai_in_canada wrote: btw, are the kabaddi guys semi-naked or semi-dressed?! :D depends on how you look at the "glass."

What would you call the swimming guys -- nearly naked or minimally dressed?

Atithee · Post by **Atithee** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:28 pm

BSharma wrote:
jai_in_canada wrote: btw, are the kabaddi guys semi-naked or semi-dressed?! :D depends on how you look at the "glass."
What would you call the swimming guys -- nearly naked or minimally dressed?

Umm! Doesn't look like majority here cares about how the guys dress (Remember, we were talking about a WKA). Therefore, the question is probably more appropriate for the AVA?

nballa · Post by **nballa** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:41 pm

its amazing how these threads go from one topic to something wayy out of context.
and no i dont even want the image of WKA on my mind. we cant get one fatwa candidate out of our minds, i dont think we can handle 7.

ps:- please vote. last i heard SBI is giving ay 5 lakhs to each hockey player, they never gave a paisa to a cricketer during their existance. this madness should stop.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:21 pm

nballa wrote: its amazing how these threads go from one topic to something wayy out of context.
ps:- please vote.

Does it make a difference whether we call cricket or hockey or another sport as India's national sport? If it does, how? Would India change its national sport every time the Indians became world champion in a different sport? To me, the term national sport is meaningless. Those who understand sports know that India is good in cricket and those who do not care about sports give a damn about any sport. To many Indians, cricket is the ONLY sport and they care less whether Indian hockey team wins the Asia Cup or WC or Anand becomes the world chess champion.

nballa · Post by **nballa** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:02 am

BSharma wrote: Does it make a difference whether we call cricket or hockey or another sport as India's national sport? If it does, how? Would India change its national sport every time the Indians became world champion in a different sport? To me, the term national sport is meaningless. Those who understand sports know that India is good in cricket and those who do not care about sports give a damn about any sport. To many Indians, cricket is the ONLY sport and they care less whether Indian hockey team wins the Asia Cup or WC or Anand becomes the world chess champion.

the same can be said for a national bird or animal etc

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:33 am

nballa wrote:
BSharma wrote: Does it make a difference whether we call cricket or hockey or another sport as India's national sport? If it does, how? Would India change its national sport every time the Indians became world champion in a different sport? To me, the term national sport is meaningless. Those who understand sports know that India is good in cricket and those who do not care about sports give a damn about any sport. To many Indians, cricket is the ONLY sport and they care less whether Indian hockey team wins the Asia Cup or WC or Anand becomes the world chess champion.
the same can be said for a national bird or animal etc

Yes.

Every State in USA has a State flower, animal, bird, etc and what does it mean? It makes for good trivia questions at Academic Bowl competitions in America.

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