Sport and patriotism 1

Unlike football or hockey, a game where India is enjoying some prominence till the late nineties is cricket. Cricket has been able to keep pace with times. Hockey and football were unable to adjust to the demands of new age, a more aggressive playing style and even modern methods, and India’s decline in these sports has been painful tow witness. Cricket’s rise in India, on the other hand, seemingly complemented India’s growing engagement with the global market place. The world cup victory in 1983, followed a year after the 1990s, the decade of economic liberalization, saw a dramatic upswing in the fortunes of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.