Will India Be Known for Sports other than Cricket??
The Great Indian Cricket Bubble has finally burst this week with the IPL betting and match fixing controversy gobbling up 2 teams and once again bringing the ‘gentleman’s game’ into disrepute. On the brighter side India hogged the headlines over the weekend in another continent when tennis history was created. The women’s doubles and mixed doubles were won by Sania Mirza and Leader Paes respectively with their common partner, Martina Hingis. To top it, the boy’s doubles title was won by Sumit Nangal of India with his Viatnamese partner. Truly a fantabulous achievement, especially in our country, where only one sport has the privilege to be on the cover pages screaming headlines, for good or bad. I wonder why? Why has cricket assumed so much importance in our nation’s lifeline that we do not seem to be able to survive without it? If that is so, why is cricket not our national sport, as many would wrongly believe? Our modern sporting history got off to a rich start.