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Popularity of Cricket in Sub-continent

The game of cricket has a known historyPakistan lifted the Cup in 1992, captained by
spanning from the 16th century to the presentImran Khan. In 1996, Sri Lanka won the World
day, with international matches played sinceCup match, under the captaincy of Arjuna
1844 and the Test cricket matches since 1877.Ranatunga. As per Bangladesh is concerned,
During this time, the game developed from itsthe popularity of cricket is found the same
origins in England into a game, which is nowbut it's their bad luck, which never pulled
played all over the world passionately and isthem to win the Cup. Though, the team is
more popular in the Sub-Continent Nationstrying  hard  to  get  that!
such as, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh"2007" is again a year for the ninth edition
of the World Cup Cricket Tournament, and the
In these four Nations, cricket has emerged asfour Nations are holding its breath. The
the most popular form of sports. The game hasflow, the passion is still the same but only
its origin in the Sub- Continent Nationsthe players and the captaincy and getup has
from18th centuries and since then it haschanged. The players are coming with their
rooted itself on various grounds of World. Innew outfits, with new look carried with
this span of time the above three nation hasrocking fervor and stunning passion. In this
faced several rise and falls. As pertournament India is being captained by Rahul
Bangladesh is concerned, the origin ofDravid, Sri Lanka is being captained by
cricket is seen from the 19th century. TheMahela Jayawardene, Pakistan is being
nation also came with full-fledged enthusiasmcaptained by Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bangladesh is
with well-known players. It is after that thebeing  captained  by  Habibul  Bashar.
four Sub-Continent Nation faced tremendous
victory  and  defeat.The hopes for these four Nations are
dilemmatic, as their previous performance,
With the commencing of Cricket World Cup inwas not that much appealing. When we cast
1975, the popularity of cricket reached onour view towards India and Srilanka, we found
its peak. The game retained more zeal andthat Sri Lanka was defeated by India in the
passion. However, for Sub-Continent Nationrecently concluded home series. As per
World Cup it becomes like an obsession andPakistan is concerned, they are moving from a
even today the game is still holding the samevery bad phase, their players are injured and
passion  and  fervor.the team is surrounded by many controversies.
And, there is no word to explain about
When we move towards their previous history,Bangladesh. The prospect of World Cup is
we find that the top three Sub-Continentunder dilemmatic situation but the passion
Nation i.e. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka hadand popularity is still the same among these
a very brilliant past, holding World Cupfour  Sub-Continent  Nations.
once. India lifted the Cup in the year 1983,
under  the  captaincy  of  Kapil  Dev,Hence, we will have to wait and watch the
World Cup!



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